Death In Russian Habit [Presentation Copy to Admiral Arleigh Burke]
- London: John Long Ltd, 1958
London: John Long Ltd, 1958. First Edition. First impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Admiral .. Arleigh Burke / I do hope it may amuse you to read this some time - if you can have any time for relaxation these days. With the very best wishes of the author, "Sea Lion," signed "alias Geoffrey R. Bennett," dated in year of publication. With the printed bookplate of Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations; also laid-in are Burke's calling card and a small autographed placard. 12mo; blue cloth hardcover, 208pp. Light wear, spine mildly sunned, lacking dustwrapper. Library of Congress "duplicate" stamp to front free endpaper, underneath Bennett's incription. Very Good.
Very nice association copy of this mid-career novel by "Sea Lion," a pseudonym Bennett chose during his naval career, as British military regulations forbade publishing under his own name. Geoffrey Bennett (1909-1983) was a prolific naval historian and writer of popular fiction, including a number of works for children. This suspense novel, set in Moscow during the Cold War; is intriguingly inscribed to WW2 Naval hero Adm. Arleigh Burke, who had risen to the position of U.S. Chief of Naval Operations in 1955, where he remained through the first two years of the Kennedy administration.
Very nice association copy of this mid-career novel by "Sea Lion," a pseudonym Bennett chose during his naval career, as British military regulations forbade publishing under his own name. Geoffrey Bennett (1909-1983) was a prolific naval historian and writer of popular fiction, including a number of works for children. This suspense novel, set in Moscow during the Cold War; is intriguingly inscribed to WW2 Naval hero Adm. Arleigh Burke, who had risen to the position of U.S. Chief of Naval Operations in 1955, where he remained through the first two years of the Kennedy administration.