Stoker, Commander H.G. Straws in the Wind. Herbert Jenkins, 1925. 8vo, org. green cloth, upper...
Stoker, Commander H.G. Straws in the Wind. Herbert Jenkins, 1925. 8vo, org. green cloth, upper joint starting; port. frontis., 13 photographic plates (two misplaced, one loose but present), w.a.f.; provenance: lengthy gift inscription on ffep, dated 1925. First ed. Stoker was a decorated naval officer who commanded the first submarine into the Dardanelles in 1915. He became an actor in 1920 but returned to active service during the Second World War. He was Bram Stoker's cousin.