Harrisson, Lt Cdr J. A. B. and Galsworthy, Lt Cdr H. J. PAD or Minesweeper Nonsense Verse Warren and Son, Winchester, ND [1944], 1st edn., 55pp, line drawings in text, dark blue paper covered bds. gilt and ruled on upper bd., fore and lower edges uncut, plain lettered dw, an anthology of exchanges of signals in verse between two motor minesweepers, call signs U3U and U7U, sweeping the English South Coast in the days leading up to the Normandy invasion 1944. PAD was a warning at the start of a signal that because of its length a signal pad would be required to take it down, a wonderful example of the banter between vessels, with a foreword by the one-time Commander in Chief, Admiral Sir Arthur Waistell, scarce, loosely inserted contemporay newpapger review


HARRISON, James Anthony Bernard, and Hubert J. GALSWORTHY. P A D. Illustrations by M. Galsworthy. Foreword by Admiral Sir Arthur Waistell. Warren & Son, Winchester, [1944]. First Edition. Blue paper boards. Very nice in dust-wrapper, which bears the explanatory sub-title 'Minesweeper Nonsense Verses;' press review inserted. Galsworthy was a nephew of the novelist. £10.00