BATTLE OF THE JAVA SEA

First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 260. Original publisher's binding in blue, lettered silver at spine. Dust jacket in glossy ivory, lettered black with a depictions of National flags and a quotation from Churchill "The forlorn battle" : the attempt to defend Southeast Asia against the Japanese "This is the first full account of one of the major naval campaigns of the Second World War." Endpaper maps of Southeast Asia. Black and white photographs and further maps illustrate the text. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Decent copy.