Valiant Occasions
London: Constable, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edtion. Hardcover in navy blue cloth with spine lettered in silver. Fine in original color illustrated dust jacket, price clipped and with a chip to the bottom front panel and rubbing to the folds. Non-fiction. Shot-by-shot accounts of naval engagements in World War II by a gunner officer in the permanent Australian Navy until 1947. Throughout the book battle-cruisers, destroyers, sloops, and submarines , ship with famous names and ships little known to the public, play out their historic parts. The Royal Navy and the Royal Australian navy, so closely united in action through their interchange of officers and ships, join together in battle with the enemy in all theatres of the war. Fine / good. Item #E34616
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