FIRST EDITION FIVE VOLUMES IN SIX (VOLUME 3 WAS PRODUCED IN TWO PARTS). A VERY GOOD SET WITH DUSTWRAPPERS (DUSTWRAPPER TO VOL. 3 PART 2 IS WORN AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE). BOOKPLATE OF MAJOR S B WHITMORE.
TEXT IN FRENCH. 460 PAGES COMPLETE WITH MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. BOUND IN DARK GREEN HALF LEATHER MARBLED BOARDS WITH FIVE RAISED BANDS ON THE SPINE. A NICE TIGHT COPY. AMORIAL BOOKPLATE ON INSIDE OF FRONT BOARD.
VOLUME 2. AN EX-LIBRARY COPY BOUND IN NICE BLUE CLOTH GILT TITLES USUAL LIBRARY STAMPS FRONT END PAGE CRUDELY STRENGTHENED OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK. WITH FOUR FOLD-OUT MAPS AND 390 PAGES.
SECOND AND FOURTH EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. 1 PORTRAIT FRONTIS. 7 PLTS 6 PLANS (3 FOLDING); VOL 2 .PORT. FRONTIS 10 PLTS 4 FOLDING PLANS. WITH ALS FROM LORD ROBERTS TIPPED INTO FIRST BLANK OLD HEADED ‘COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN INDIA’ NOTEPAPER FROM ‘A CAMP NEAR QUETTA’ DATED 4TH APRIL 1887. BOTH VOLS. WITH BOOKPLATES OF LINLEY BLATHWAYT (1839-1910) OF EAGLE HOUSE BATH AND VOL 1. WITH PLATE OF HIS SON WILLIAM (1882-1952). BOTH VOLS IN FULL CALF GILT SPINES GILT IN COMPARTMENTS TEGS. MARBLED ENDPAPER TO VOL. 1 LOOSE BUT A VERY GOOD ATTRACTIVE SET WITH HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE FISHER ERA 1904-1919. FIVE VOLUMES COMPLETE. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH NO DUSTWRAPPERS. BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. THREE VOLUMES FADED TO THE SPINE TO GIVE UNEVEN COLOURING. CHARTS AND MAPS AS CALLED FOR. VERY SCARCE AS A SET.
FROM DREADNOUGHT TO SCAPA FLOW (5 VOLUMES).1 × £300.00