No Bugles No Drums

Minerva, Auckland, 1965. Minor secondhand wear to dustjacket extremities, faded dustjacket spine, foxing to page edges, 'Xmas 1965' in blue ink at top of front endpaper.

On being asked to write something for the front flap of this jacket our blurb writer replied:
I'm not going to waste my time. Everyone knows master-athlete PETER SNELL and this is his story. Surely that's enough.
We agreed.

- from the dust-jacket.