The Ship

First edition, first impression.  192pp.  Brown cloth binding, gilt and relief lettering on spine.  12mo.  Cloth is heavily worn and rubbed, rounded at corners and spine tips, marked, slight forward lean.  Text block edges foxed with traces of dust.  Previous owner's name neatly inked on the front free endpaper.  A hint of rusting on endpapers else internally neat and clean. A  first edition copy of  C S Forester's morale-boosting nautical novel, set the Mediterranean sea during the Second World War, suitable for reading and restoration or to fill a gap in a collection until a better copy can be sourced and afforded.