FIRST EDITION Hardback.  Inscribed by the author.  8vo 9.5 x 6 inches. Black cloth with gilt titles.  Illustrated with photographs and maps.  213 pages including Glossary.  Fine in similar unclipped dustwrapper which has owners name neatly written in purple to bottom right hand corner of dustwrapper.  Phil Durham joined the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as a thirteen-year-old cadet in 1934.  As war broke out he embarked on a rich and varied naval career, varying from heat drenched Alexandria to Iceland's arctic climes and back to the Indian Ocean.  This autobiographical account is taken from his Midshipman's Journal and other records culminating in his taking the first U-Boat surrender of V.E. Day. Ref.2121