The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat, 1951, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st Ed. Paperback, VG

Monsarrat, Nicholas. The Cruel Sea (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951).

English, First Edition, Very Good, SC, 8vo, 8 1/4" x 5 1/2," 509 pp.

ISBN: N/A

First Edition. Very Good multicolored pictorial paper wrappers with yellow lettering on spine. Covers have moderate age toning, moderate wear along edges and tips, and vertical wrinkles along spine, and the front adjoining flap is completely split vertically but laid in, else clean and intact. Pages have light age toning and slightly bumped tips along fore-edge, else clean and intact. Gripping sea novel set during World War II. The Cruel Sea follows the story of Royal Navy sailors who are tasked with manning a Flower-class corvette and protecting Allied convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic. Nicholas Monsarrat (1910-1979), a British novelist who actually served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) during WWII, draws upon his own experiences to accurately depict the high-stakes environment of being in a wartime convoy escort while braving tumultuous seas and navigating waters patrolled by German U-boats.