Brassey, Earl; Leyland, John Editors (3 results)

8vo; pp. viii, 264, x advertisements; b/w frontispiece, 6 pages b/w plates, 78 pages of plans of British and foreign ships, index, original blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, title blindstamped on front board, blindstamped decoration, spine and corners bumped with some wear, light discolouration to front and rear free endpapers and verso frontispiece, previous owner has made some notations in ink, cloth still bright, good copy. London, William Clowes And Sons, 1915.

8vo; pp. viii, 324, xii advertisements; b/w frontispiece, 3 pages b/w plates, 7 b/w illustrations, 1 full page map, 1 folding map, 78 pages of plans of foreign ships ( the plans of British ships had been withdrawn by order of the Admiralty), index, original blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, title blindstamped on front board, blindstamped decoration, spine and corners bumped with some wear, light flecking to top of page edges, light discolouration to front and rear free endpapers, previous owner has made some notations in ink, foxing to last 3 pages of advertisements, cloth still bright, good copy. London, William Clowes And Sons, 1916.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. vi, [2], 528, [xiv] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Cover and edge wear, including worn edges. Somewhat shaken. Spine and other parts of the cloth have some soiling and staining. Some endpaper, edge and page soiling noted. Some front board weakness noted. Ex-ships Library U.S.E.D. Culebra. Bookplate of John Lyman inside front cover! The Naval Annual was a book that provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications. It was started by Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey in 1886. The Brassey series began a dozen years earlier, and its special strength was the dozen or more detailed articles on naval matters, authored by experts. They covered British and other nations' naval developments ranging from the latest ships to overall policy. Among the contributors were: C. N. Robinson, Rey di Villarey, Nakashima, G. S. Know, John Leyland, Alexander Richardson, L. H. Hordern, Norman Leslie, R. P. Erule Erle Drax, and Leslie Champness. Among the topics covered are: The World War, Allied Navies, Enemy Navies, Comparative Strength, Warship Propelling Machinery, Submarine War, Merchant Shipping, Convoy System, Allied Maritime Transport Council, Wartime Naval Construction, Admiralty Administration, Naval Personnel, Naval Education, Naval Pay, Naval Welfare, Naval Aircraft, Ship Plans, Armour, Ordnance, Naval Estimates, Battle of the Jutland Bank Dispatches, British Ships at the Battle of Jutland, German Ships at the Battle of Jutland, Zeebrugge and Ostend Dispatches, The Grand Fleet, Naval Loses in the War, Four Years of Military Overseas Transport--Statistics, The Royal Naval Air Service in the War, Naval Terms of the Armistice and Treaty of Peace. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.