64pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Top edge or boards discoloured, small white marks on both boards. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has shelf wear, chipping to edges, some closed tears, price unclipped. 8vo. The author develops his powers of award-winning dramatic narrative to recall a symbol of a tragedy of the times. Seldom has a tale of the shipwreck been surpassed in tension and excitement, in richness of evocative detail, or pervading sense of horror and of pity.
