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Jane Frederick T.

The British Battle Fleet. Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries to the Present Day. With Illustrations in Colour from Original Water-Colour Drawings by W.L. Wyllie. [Second Edition].

Library Press, 1915

126.50 €

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(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1915
Author
Jane Frederick T.
Publishers
Library Press
Keyword
naval, royal navy, ww1, fleet development, fleet strategy, wyllie, frederick t. jane, naval, wwi, british, battle, fleet
Languages
English

Description

2 vols., 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with coloured frontispieces, titles in red and black, 23 fine coloured plates by Wyllie, 17 plates in monochrome, 11 plates of portraits, and 23 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text; original pictorial blue cloth gilt, cloth backs gilt, backstrips mildly faded else a very good, clean copy. This standard work was first published in 1912 (though NMM gives 1914). This edition is 'revised and brought up to date in order to present to the reader the exact state of our Navy when the fighting began'. Nice set of this important survey, augmented by Wyliie's splendid colour plates. NMM V/1 2558 (recording the original edition).