'HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOUR'

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1952. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition thus. Signed and dated by Nicholas Monsarrat on the front flyleaf. The story of a mortally crippled ship, torpedoed with ghastly loss of life, being brought back to port by the indomitable courage of her captain and the grit and determination of the surviving members of her crew in the face of all the hazards of war and weather. Illustrated by James Holland. Octavo: 92, [4] pp. Original purple cloth binding, with white-stamped titles and decorations. The dust jacket is a bit edgeworn, with a short tear to the rear panel; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78735)