Life of ADMIRAL SIR ARCHIBALD LUCIUS DOUGLAS G.C.B., G.C.V.O. - Founder Of The Japanese Navy. Commander of the Legion of Honour, Order of the Rising Sun of Japan, Spanish Naval Order of Merit

Douglas Archibald C.

Published by Oxford At The Clarendon Press [Oford Studies In Mdern Languages And Literature General Editor H.G.Fiedler]., Totnes, Devon, 1938

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8vo, ix, 192pp. Illustrated.Half page ERRATA [neatly glued to illustrations page].Inscription in Ink to Charles Stevenson With the compliments of the Author Archd. Douglas.July 1940. Minor staining to endpapers and page edges. Blue Cloth gilt (Very Good). Dust Jacket (some minor repairs o/w Good). Admiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas (1842?1913) was a distinguished Canadian-born Royal Navy officer and key founder of the modern Imperial Japanese Navy. A Gunnery specialist, he led the second British mission to Japan (1873?1875), training officers and introducing football, before rising to command the East Indies Station and becoming Second Naval Lord.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life of ADMIRAL SIR ARCHIBALD LUCIUS DOUGLAS G.C.B., G.C.V.O. - Founder Of The Japanese Navy. Commander of the Legion of Honour, Order of the Rising Sun of Japan, Spanish Naval Order of Merit
• Publisher: Oxford At The Clarendon Press [Oford Studies In Mdern Languages And Literature General Editor H.G.Fiedler]., Totnes, Devon
• Publication Date: 1938
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Hans Erni
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good