Captain Christopher Cradock (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. 359 pages. Corner of page 239/240 torn with the loss of some text, otherwise a sound copy of a rare book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. This Collectable 1st edition book is in good condition with water staining on the back cover. The hinges are slightly strained but firm. The pages are clean with occasional spots.This was the senior Royal Navy officer's last book, after becoming captain of the battleship HMS Swiftsure in 1906. Cradock had earned a great reputation for gallantry during his service, and was relieved in 1908.An insightful autobiography of notes and observations of life in the Royal Navy.Illustrated with a Frontispiece and six monochromes plates, two more than are listed in the list of illustrations. Collated, complete.

Condition: Very Good. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, front and spine. Thick 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (xvi), 465 pp with a further 13 monochrome illustrations throughout. Three ink names to the front free end paper, one of them 'F. C. D. Sturdee | August 23rd 1919' Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, with the armorial bookplate opposite of 'Lionel Arthur Doveton Sturdee', rubbing across the spine ends, pencil calculations to the rear lining papers and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Customs duty applies for orders shipped into the EU from outside the EU, Delivered Duty Paid (DDP), our shipping price includes DDP. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL NAVY (RN).

pp. viii [recte ix], (i), 359, (i). Frontispiece, 6 plates (2 more than listed). Pictorial cloth gilt, a little wear to spine ends else a very good copy.

VIII, 359 p., frontispiece and 5 full page illustrations. First edition. Naval tips and notes for young marines from the author of "Sporting notes in the Far East" and "Wrinkles in Seamanship". Dedication to "the six hundred and fifty cadets who were shipmates with me in the old "Britannia", 1896 - 99". - Edges and endpapers slightly browned, inside fresh and clean. Bei Bedarf können Bilder gesendet werden. - Stand 16. 7. 2026: Wir teilen heute mit, daß ein Großteil unserer Titel nunmehr preislich reduziert wurde! Nutzen Sie das "Sommerloch". Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 8vo, original blue cloth with gilt-stamped title and front illustration. The boards little rubbed.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The uncommon first edition of Captain Christopher Cradock's notes and observations from life in the Royal Navy. First edition of Whispers from the Fleet by Captain Christopher Cradock in the original publisher's cloth binding with decorative gilt.This was the senior Royal Navy officer's last book, after becoming captain of the battleship HMS Swiftsure in 1906. Cradock had earned a great reputation for gallantry during his service, and was relieved in 1908.An insightful autobiography of notes and observations of life in the Royal Navy.Illustrated with a frontispiece and six monochrome plates, two more than are listed in the list of illustrations. Collated, complete.Prior owner's ink inscription from 1908 to the first pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The hinges are slightly strained but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription from 1908 to the first pastedown.Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good Indeed. book.