The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
1953. Fourteenth Edition. 416 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.