Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text: MUNCASTER, Martin. The Wind in the Oak: The Life, Work and Philosophy of the Marine and Landscape Artist Claude Muncaster. 120p., illus., index. London: Garton, 1978. ISBN: 0906030056.

As a member of the RNV(S)R, Muncaster was called up in February 1940. After some brief tribulations in Andania and a spell of illness, he went to the Admiralty, with responsibility for the camouflage of ships at sea. He held this post until invalided out in 1943. This saga is covered in 25 pages of a full biography. There was a separate and numbered limited edition of 100 copies.