A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
Published by MacMillan & Co, London, 1898
- First Edition
- Signed
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.Catron Grant Books
AbeBooks seller since November 17, 2005
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 65.00
Quantity: 1 available
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London: MacMillan & Co., 1898 84 pp perfect-bound in blue illustrated paper. From the library of C. Lovat Frazer, English artist, designer and author. The phrase 'A Fleet in Being' referrs to a fleet in port which extends control of the surrounding seas just by its presence without leaving port. The book will appeal to those interested in naval warfare and in particular the development of the British fleet at the turn of the 20th Century. Text is clean and tight , Contemporary owner's name on half-title, no other interior markings. Covers have soil and edgewear, chips to spine ends front cover detached but present Double-cased in blue buckram with gold-stamped titles along spine. ASSOCIATION BOOKPLATE. First Edition. Cased Softcover. Good/Very Good +. 5" x 8".
Seller Inventory # 700226
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Publisher
- MacMillan & Co, London
- Publication year
- 1898
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good +
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- English Literature and History
Catron Grant Books
Rio Rancho, NM, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 17, 2005
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We specialize in books on South and Central Asia: China, Tibet Mongolia and India, their art, exploration and history plus early and mid-Twentieth Century literature and show business titles. Also books on World War Two, China-Burma-India and the Pacific. Much gold, some dross but no fluff.
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Catron Grant Books
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Catron Grant Books. Christie Lucero, Sole proprietor, 2181 Zaragoza Rd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124.USA. Phone 1 505 896 2221. Email : cjl@catrongrantbooks.com. A book may be returned within two weeks of receipt for full refund. The book must be in the same condition as when it was sent. Books under $9.00 are non-returnable.
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