The Price of Admiralty by Paul McGuire and Frances Margaret McGuire

The Price of Admiralty

by Paul McGuire and Frances Margaret McGuire

Oxford University Press, 1944, [First Edition], black and white photographic plates, colour illustrated frontispiece, illustrated endpapers (maps), hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and covers, no inscriptions, age toned pages, minor foxing, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing and bumping, chipping, tears and small parts missing, some creasing and minor discolouration (see photographs)

“This book interprets the meaning of seapower, its part in our history and the great value and use of our Navy.
It gives deserved prominence to the splendid part taken by the small ships and their crews.  The sloops, corvettes and destroyers are usually much less in public notice than the larger ships, yet theirs is the important task of holding the sea lanes and of keeping the seas free for use, which is the essential meaning of seapower.
The book describes the life of a man, the late Commander J. H. Walker, M.V.O., D.S.C., R.A.N., and of his ship, H.M.A.S. Parramatta; both used to represent their service.”