From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919 (Complete 5 Vol set)
by Marder A.J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Oxford University Press [1961-70], 1961. First Edition 5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 5 portrait frontispieces, 66 plates on 40, 7 illustrations and charts in the text, 22 folding or double-page charts (most coloured in outline) bound in, and 16 folding charts coloured in outline in pocket at end of third volume; blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set. The set comprises Volume I: The Road to War, 1904-1914 (1961); Volume II: The War Years: to the Eve of Jutland (1965); Volume III: Jutland and After (May 1916-December 1916) (1966); Volume IV: 1917: Year of Crisis (1969); Volume V: Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919) (1970). Set is bound in uniform blue cloth although spines are faded on Vols 1-3. The definitive history of the Royal Navy in the years leading up to and during the Great War. Arguably the finest contribution to the litertaure of naval history since Mahan. Now very scarce as a complete set. A clean tight difficult to find set,. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011996
- Title
- From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919 (Complete 5 Vol set)
- Author
- Marder A.J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press [1961-70]
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Royal Navy, World War I, 1914 1919
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I; Britain;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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