Our Navy For a Thousand Years
by Eardley-Wilmot, Sir S. (with Additional Chapters by Captain A. C. Dewar)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. , LTD.. Very Good with no dust jacket. c1932. Reprint (Revised and with additional chapters). Hardcover. Black boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. No dustjacket. The page edges are browned/foxed and there is also some light foxing to the internal front and back pages. Otherwise NO Inscriptions or Marks. (xii) + 435pp. Illustrated in b/w with b/w maps and plans, plus a colour frontispiece of Lord Nelson. Index. Revised and with additional chapters on "The Navy In The Great War" by Captain A. C. Dewar. Apart from the foxing, as mentioned above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright 'VG' copy. "An account of all the principal operations in which the British Navy has been engaged from the reign of King Alfred to the end of the First World War." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110465
- Title
- Our Navy For a Thousand Years
- Author
- Eardley-Wilmot, Sir S. (with Additional Chapters by Captain A. C. Dewar)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint (Revised and with additional chapters)
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Co. , LTD.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1932
- Keywords
- Our Navy For A Thousand Years; Sir S. Eardley-wilmot; Captain A. C. Dewar;, The Royal Navy; Maritime History; King Alfred; The Great War; The First , World War; Lord Nelson; 800-1918; Warships; Goeben And Breslau; Heligoland , Bight; Cruiser Warfare; Coro
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- Naval/Maritime;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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