MILLER, John. Saints and Parachutes: Two Aspects of an Adventure. London: Constable. 1951. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s green cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Peter Chadwick. A very good copy. The cloth clean and bright, tips a trifle bumped, the binding tight and square. Textblock edges spotted, with some light and occasional foxing in places. From the library of Bruce Marshall with his ink inscription to front endpaper. The dust jacket unclipped, with some noticeable fading to the front panel, several small nicks and closed tears, though nevertheless uncommon.
An unusual book, a portrait in dual form of both the clearing of mines at sea during the Second World War, and the author’s related spiritual progress towards Roman Catholicism. Lt. Com. John Miller was one of the first winners of the George Cross, for ‘great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty’ of bomb disposal during the Blitz of late 1940, many of which were, hence the title, ‘parachute mines’ dropped aerially With a black and white plate of the mine at Barking Creek, the disposal of which triggered the awarding of the George Cross. Uncommon.
MILLER, John. Saints and Parachutes: Two Aspects of an Adventure. London: Constable. 1951. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s green cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Peter Chadwick. A very good copy. The cloth clean and bright, tips a trifle bumped, the binding tight and square. Textblock edges spotted, with some light and occasional foxing in places. From the library of Bruce Marshall with his ink inscription to front endpaper. The dust jacket unclipped, with some noticeable fading to the front panel, several small nicks and closed tears, though nevertheless uncommon.
An unusual book, a portrait in dual form of both the clearing of mines at sea during the Second World War, and the author’s related spiritual progress towards Roman Catholicism. Lt. Com. John Miller was one of the first winners of the George Cross, for ‘great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty’ of bomb disposal during the Blitz of late 1940, many of which were, hence the title, ‘parachute mines’ dropped aerially With a black and white plate of the mine at Barking Creek, the disposal of which triggered the awarding of the George Cross. Uncommon.
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