British Seamen Hardcover - 1943

HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication: 1943* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, white and navy blue paper covered boards with an anchor design. White title to spine. Slight shelf wear to edge and corners. Slight marks to front cover. Spine faded and aged. GD+* Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp and sewn binding tight. No annotation, but inscription and dedication to front paste-down and fep. Minimal paper colouration but no foxing. VG+* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 26 illustrations in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text. No Index at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series. David James Mathew was born in1902 and following naval service in World War I he studied history at Oxford and gained his degree in 1923. He then studied for ordination and spent much of his life in the service of the church in London and in Africa, later as bishop in ordinary to the British Armed Forces. He wrote numerous works on history. Those who read this book will be brought near to the inmost spirit of maritime Britain. A really nice copy of the first edition in this collectable series but without dust-wrapper.