Language: English
Published by NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY LONDON, 1981
ISBN 10: 0859372669 ISBN 13: 9780859372664
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
US$ 106.59
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Add to basketVERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN CREAM AND BLUE WITH GOLD DECORATION TO FRONT COVER. RATHER FADED SPINE. REPRODUCED FROM ORIGINAL OF 1899. PUBLICATIONS OF THE NAVY RECORD SOCIETY VOL: XV1.CONTAINS 9 ILLUSTRATIONS. SCARCE.
Published by Navy Records Society, London, 1900
Seller: Cider Creek Books, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First Edition. Vol 1: Xvi + [348] pp.; Vol 2: vIII + [346] pp. Dark blue and white buckram binding w/gilt lettering to spine, gilt naval device on front boards. Protected in plastic covers, with wear to extremities, age-toned spines, brown publishers top stain. Volume 1 has some loose sections to the back (split at page 222), Volume 2 is still tight. Bookplate of Charles Hardinge Drage in both volumes. This is a collection of excerpts from ships' logs and signal books, with associated correspondence, allowing detailed study of the course of the most important naval engagements of the period.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 718 pages.