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King, Commander William.
The Stick and the Stars.
Publisher: Hutchinson, London;
Date of Publication: 1958
Stock Code: 12584
First edition, gift inscribed by the author (signed as Bill King) to the title page. Octavo, pp. 192. Sepia-toned frontispiece of the author from a portrait by William Dring. Map endpapers. Publishers’ teal cloth, maroon title label to spine, with silver titles. Silver star motifs to spine, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A very good book in a very good dust-jacket. Small stain to lower board. A touch of foxing to end-papers otherwise contents clean and bright. Dust-jacket lightly foxed and a touch soiled with minor nicks & creases to edge, and a small stain at lower fold. Autobiography of William King and his experiences as a commanding officer of a British submarine during the Second World War, including the Norwegian campaign, and his later role sailing small boats, winning the Paul Hammond Cup in 1951. £85.00