Battleships [signed] [first edition]

4to (28 x 23 cm). 267 pp. Black cloth covers with paste-on B/W photograph of three barrels and sunrise over bridge/masts to upper. Silver gilt titles to spine. Endpapers B/W photograph of flames from broadside. Author's inscription to " a former battleship sailor" on half-title page, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with chips/tears to edges and head of spine. 2 cm missing from tail of spine. In Mylar. $35.