Book Details

Author: Holmes, F. M.:
Title: England's Navy - Stories of its Ships and its Services. With a Glance at Some Navies of the Ancient World.
Published: London: S.W. Partridge & Co., n.d.
Classification: Catalogue 20 - Military
Description: Previous owner's inscription dated 1896 on ffep. 320 pp + 16 pp ads. Frontispiece, & and many other plates and smaller illustrations throughout text. Contents: How We Build Our Battleships, From Log-Raft to War-Galley, The Wooden Walls of Old England, The Story of the IronClad, Cruisers and Other Crafts, A Glance at the Guns. Text very clean throughout. Front hinge cracked internally. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Colour vignette of battleship on front cover and naval officer on spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Boards bright and clean. Overall condition VG.
Book Number: #7033
Price: € 17.50
   

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