The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk. 1st Fontana Books ed. 1972. S/C. 536 pp.

The classic Pulitzer Prize winning novel of World War II at sea. It tells the story of the battered American Navy minesweeper USS Caine, of a captain on the brink of madness, and of the lieutenant who risked court-martial to save the Caine and her crew.

This is the first Fontana Books edition of 1972. The first hardback UK edition was published in 1951 by Jonathan Cape. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1952. Condition of this edition: Foxing and stains on first and last pages.