Flotillas : A Hard-Lying Story by DAWSON, Captain Lionel RN - 1933

Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes.Interesting and vivid account of service in Destroyers in the Great War.Frontis iilus. portrait of Captain Dawson.227 p.pages + Appendices & adverts.No inscriptions except pencil note on contents in corner of ffep. Spine cloth faded and tanned but lettering and Seahorse Design very clear. Protected in removable clear plastic wrapper.

London: Rich & Cowan, 1935. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes. Interesting and vivid account of service in Destroyers in the Great War. Frontis illus. B&W full-length photo of Captain Dawson. Grey cloth cover with dark Blue lettering on front & spine. 227 pages + Appendices and adverts. No inscriptions except pencil note on contents in corner of ffep. Spine cloth faded and tanned but lettering and Seahorse Design very clear. Protected in removable plastic wrapper.

London: Rich and Cowan, Ltd, 1933. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. Mills, R.G. 266pp. 1933. 1st edition. Original publisher's brown cloth - with gilt dulled to spine. All plates present but for the plate opposite page 24. Gaumont British naval welfare fund plate and another plate pasted to the front paste-down. Upper edge brown. Some light foxing to the fore-edge and some scattered foxing elsewhere - most notable to the endpapers including the title page.

London: Rich & Cowan, 1933. Book. Good. Brown Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. xiii, 266 pages plus appendix, frontispiece and other b/w illustrations (all present). Some wear on spine..

London: Rich & Cowan, 1933. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is somewhat faded. Previous owners' name and date to the pastedown. . First edition (first printing). Hardback. Physically 9¼” x 6¼” (1.2 kg); (xv) 266pp; Preface by Sir Roger Keyes; Includes: Black & white photographs; Chapter headpieces; Chapter tailpieces; Frontispiece; Appendices (3); || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191333|| Condition:

London: Rich & Cowan, 1935. 1st ed. thus. Very Good. octavo. dust jacket xv + 235pp., frontis., b/w pls., text ills., appends., Reminiscences of a Naval Office. Inc. much of WWI interest. Well-used, dust jacket laid-down with contact o/w VG clean, tight copy

London: Rich and Cowan Ltd, 1935. Bumping to head and foot of spine; spine and edges sunned; some soiling and discolouration to cloth; pages yellowed with some mild foxing, including page edges; binding shaken but strong. DW MIld chip and rub to edges with mild creasing; rubbing and scratching to surface of cover; 2cm open chip at top edge; soiling and discolouration to cover; some foxing.. Neptune Library Edition. Cloth on Board. VG/VG.

London: Rich & Cowan, 1935 A Destroyer Captain in World War One, Captain Dawson chronicles from the beginning of the 20th century to the end of the war and describes in refreshing straightforward style the duties, dangers and relaxations of the average officer in the Royal Navy.
xv, 233pp with black and white plates and embellished with humorous line drawings.