The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
1953. 13th Edition. 416 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with silver lettering. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Business card glued to front endpaper. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.