Laur Captain (3 results)

Ex library, first edition, octavo, navy blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 387pp, illus plus folding plates to rear, VG (usu library markings, light bruising to spine extrems, some tanning & light soiling to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, creasing to a couple of folding plates).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xiii, 387pp, illustrated, 3 of 5 large pull-outs. Studies of the tactical factors and unity of doctrine. Clean and tight, little rubbing to extremities. Missing plates are 1) Equilibrium, 2) Formations and Positions of Concentration. 1kg.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. An exceptional copy of this first edition of this important study on naval tactics by A. Baudry, illustrated with five folding plates. Complete and very rare. The first edition of this work, being the first English translation. This work is an important French study on naval tactics, published just on the eve on World War One. The first part of the work is divided into five sub-sections, each looking at a seperate area of naval tactics, whereas the second part of the work is by Captain Laur giving his observation on Baudry's study. With five folding plates to the rear. With an introduction by Admiral Sir Reginald N. Custance. Collated, complete. Scarce. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A very little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A couple of very light spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with just some spots to the endpapers. Near Fine. book.