DAUNTLESS. by Evans, Alan - 1980

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. 252 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "If you were Commander David Smith of the British Navy, what would you do? Off the coast of Palestine in Octovber, 1917, he is put in charge of the light cruiser 'Dauntless', the seaplane tender 'Blackbird', and two monitors with 6-inch guns. The small force is expected to elude U-boats while somehow stopping a German troop train on its way to shore up the Turks' defenses against the British Army. Lurking somewhere over the horizon is the sinister German cruiser 'Walkure', a heavily armed ship commanded by an officer as wily as Smith himself." Minor wrinkling at bottom of spine, faint cigarette odour. Dust jacket is price clipped, has minor edgewear/wrinkling, very light browning - mainly on spine and at edges, very minor rubbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good.