Moderate creasing to spine. Previous owner's name and address on inside of front cover. Small ink cross mark on first page.; "Classic" series reprint, with silver covers. This title is #20 in the J. E. Macdonnell "Classic" reprint series, but was #21 in the original J. E. Macdonnell "Sea Adventure" series. [4], (7)-161, [1 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 176 x 113mm. Fiction, World War Two, naval fiction. "Here is a new-look series of books by Australia's finest writer of sea stories [. . .] Presented in a new format, with distinctive silver covers [. . .] Here are exciting examples of the storyteller's art, engrossing stories of naval action during the Second World War" - from blurb on rear cover. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-84 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels".]