Search Results: Abandon and Destroy by J E MacDonnell

Horwitz, Australia, 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 160 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Horwitz, Australia, 1963. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of covers have moderate wear. Spine has moderate lean and moderate reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; War; Inventory No: 17040100..

Horwitz Publications, Australia, 1963. Paperback. Book Condition: Fair. Wear to covers. Reading copy..

Sydney: Horwitz Publications. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1963). First Edition. Softcover. Some creasing to spine. Small ink price on first page. Foxing to page edges. ; First printing. [4], (7)-160, [2 (advertisements)] pages. Page dimensions: 177 x 114mm. Fiction, World War Two, naval fiction. This title is No. 51 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. "Pelican was the oldest and slowest destroyer in the flotilla. Rust-streaked and narrow-gutted, lacking modern equipment, she would be no loss to the Royal Australian Navy. Yet her tough, casual captain commanding an apparently ill-disciplined crew proudly scorned the order to Abandon and Destroy" - from blurb on rear cover. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-84 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels".] .