The Price of Admiralty (1944) By Paul and Margaret McGuire
 
The story of HMAS Parramatta, from her launching at Sydney to her loss in action off Tobruk. This book also describes the life of Commander Jefferson Hirst Walker who commanded HMAS Parramatta. "This is not the story of a man. Walker would not have wished that. As his life enters this book it is to represent a vocation. This is the story of a ship. But the ship represents a service: and its story is used to illustrate the meaning of sea power to a people whom the ship and the ship's company served." 
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
328 pages
In Good Condition