The Jack and Ensign -(SIGNED)- by Read, Gordon Charles -(signed)- - 1986

United Kingdom: The Bath Press, 1986. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Glossy pictorial hard cover, 96 pages, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR, with b & w illustrations through-out, with full page letter loosely laid in. "Our Island's heritage. A history, in verse, from Drake to the 1980's, together with the author's own abservations during sixteen vears in the Royal Navy, the oldest fighting service in existance. Drake, Nelson, Beatty, Jellicoe, and Mountbatten are all remembered as are Victory, Dreadnought, Ajax, Sheffield, Ardent and Antelope. The Events of Trafalgar, Jutland, Dunkirk, Normandy and Falklands also. Though more than Admirals, ships and events. It is the story of the common people who served the Jack and Ensign, 'Jack', 'Jenny' and 'Royal'. Their traditions, their fears, their simple pleasures. What they gave and still give for 'God Monarch and Country. to them the ballads, 'Trafalgar Epitaph', 'Jenny' and 'Per Mare Per Terram', are dedicated." Check out the scans. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.