The Battle of the Narrow Seas - A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945 by Lieutenant-Commander Peter Scott - 1946

Book jacket shows some tears back and front of the jacket. Boards are in good condition other than bumping at the corners and mild wear - see photos . Tight spine no loose pages. Owners book plate inside.

Country Life Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 228 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout with colour illustrated frontispiece. Newspaper clippings inserted to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Tape to edges. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London: Country Life, 1945 A history of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea 1939-1945.
xii, 228pp illustrated mainly with black and white halftones and eight plates in colour from paintings by the author.
Size 250x200mm

London: Country Life, 1946. reprint. Nice Copy. quarto. chipped dust jacket xii + 228pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, maps, charts, index, The coastal forces that fought to keep open the convoy routes of the English Channel. Includes the stories of the Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches

London: Country Life Limited, 1945. A history of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945. Pp. xii+228. coloured frontispiece plus 7 coloured and 48 black & white plates, title page vignette and text decorations, text and endpaper maps, index; cr. 4to; pictorial pale blue cloth, a little faded and worn; dust wrapper, worn, creased and split, edges chipped and torn; pages a little browned, top edges of leaves foxed; Country Life, London, 1945. First edition.