The Nelson Navy Book
Blackie & Son Limited
, London, England
Originally published on the eve of the centenary of Trafalgar and Nelson's death, it is much more than an a history of England's Greatest sailor but it also includes sections on early contact with the Danes, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Cook and many aspects of the British Navy as it was in the early 1900's with armoured cruisers, modern battleships and torpedo-boats involved. Still a very interesting handsome book.
$125.00
Specifications
| Author | Hadden, J.Cuthbert |
| Publisher | Blackie & Son Limited |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | Unspecified |
| Pages | 303pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Olive green cloth covered boards with title original both front board and spine with embossed pictures of and officer original spine and a barefoot gunner with cannon original front board and no dust wrapper as issued with bumping original all corners and spine edges plus all edges are still stained a glossy green. also it has a 3cm round embossed gold stamp original rear board reading prize Awarded by the London County Council'. the spine remains firm and sound despite the bulky text block and there is a new heavy duty removable clear archival protective cover as well. |
| Overall | Text is in good order printed on thick fibrous age yellowed paper stock that has very mild foxing throughout with only two areas of isolated early hinge cracking. a 1912 prize certificate is still attached to the front pastedown with adjacent abrasions on the front free endpaper there are many illustrations in both colour and black and white plates that are all undamaged and intact too. |
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