230pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Novel in which a group of civilians become 'hostilities only' sailors in the Royal Navy during World War II and which provides the reader with fascinating insight into the real horrors of the war.