Proud Echo
by Ronald McKie, Illustrated by Frank Norton
Angus and Robertson, 1953, illustrated in text, hardcover, dustjacket
Very Good Condition, pages yellowed, previous owners inscription on preliminary title page. Dustjacket has tears and chips (see photographs)
'On a February night in 1942 the Australian light cruiser Perth and the American heavy cruiser Houston, having survived the disastrous battle of the Java Sea, encountered a strong Japanese convoy moving in to invade Java. After a fierce engagement with an overwhelming enemy force, both ships were sunk. Here is the story of a great and terrible battle, as told to the author by those who survived it.'