Holt RN

Based on the BBC TV series Warship

by Ian MacKintosh

Arthur Barker, 1977
First edition
Hardcover, dustjacket

Condition: Very Good
a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, ex-lib with stickers and stamps to endpapers, sticker residue to covers. Dustjacket very good, clipped with some rubbing, bumping and chipping, sticker to spine (see photographs)

“This latest Warship story finds HMS Hero in the bustle and colour of the Far East, and catapults her new captain – Edward Holt – into a pot-pourri of intrigue, romance and danger.  Across a panorama which stretches from the streets of Hong Kong to the waters of the Pacific Ocean, Holt encounters the enigma of Zoe Carter, the fanaticism of Panmuir, the artfulness of Meryon; and ultimately, the horror of a situation which is to change all their lives.  But there is support for him form Napier, his new and unconventional first lieutenant, and from his ship’s company; and there are lessons, too, in taking Hero to the brink of a disaster, and in reaching a hand to a strange and unhappy girl.”