The Cadet Edition of the Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
1963. Fourteenth Cadet Edition. 328 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Green water staining to front pastedown and bottom edges of text-block. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Moderate water staining to spine and board edges.