Eurydice by Taffrail (Henry Taprell Dorling) - 1953

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. Tale of WWII navel warfare. Book in very good, tight condition, with only minor marks to maroon covers. No DJ. Ref: 06403. First Edition. Cloth. VG/N/a. 13cmx19cm.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. 286 pages. Page edges lightly soiled, foxed. Red cloth boards with a lightly bumped upper front corner, in price-clippeddust-jacket which is edge-worn, with a circular coffee mug stain at the centre of the rear cover (rear board lightly affected). A fictional account of a destroyer's encounters with the Japanese Navy in the Java Seas in 1942.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo.

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. No torn or missing pages. Shop stamp on ffep. Age spotting toedges. Bumps to corners of boards. 286 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; 1940s; Military & Warfare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52112. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. Some small tears along the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel set in the Java Sea during WW2. The story involves a Royal Navy destroyer which is damaged in a Japanese attack and takes refuge off a small island. Originally printed in 1953, this is the second impression from later that year. 286pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. 1954 hardback. No Dust-Jacket

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. [Wartime adventure] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.352. Publisher's dark blue cloth, blocked in white, in full-colour dust-wrapper illustrated by Bip Pares, priced at 7/6. Author's presentation note in green ink to the title page "Signed for my friend / Eileen Cond / by 'Taffrail' / Taprell Dorling (underlined) / August 27th 1953." Edges lightly spotted, jacket a trifle edgeworn. Near fine. Another of Taffrail's naval-based thrillers, based in the South Pacific. This copy belonged to a prominent collector of modern firsts Miss Eileen M. Cond, a correspondent of Ian Fleming and the first Secretary to the James Bond Fan Club. Presented a few months after publication of the first Bond novel Casino Royale.