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The Sub: The Autobiography of David Munro, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.

TAFFRAIL [pseudonym of H. Taprell DORLING] (1883-1968).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo. pp. 356 [2]. With 5 b/w illustrated plates including frontispiece. In publisher's cyan cloth with darker blue titles to spine and upper board. Lacking jacket. Slight browning to poor quality paper, and slight sunning to spine; near-fine overall. An account of a naval officer's training at Dartmouth (Devon) and Osbourne (Isle of Wight) colleges before the eruption of the Great War. Item #45449

Price: £85.00

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