The Naval History of Great Britain. from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. A New Edition, with Additions and Notes, and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier. BRIGHT WORKING SET IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
Rare and modern books
James William
Insel, Leipzig,
1939
The Naval History of Great Britain. from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. A New Edition, with Additions and Notes, and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier. BRIGHT WORKING SET IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
Rare and modern books
James William
Insel, Leipzig,
1939
418.60 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1939
- Author
- James William
- Publishers
- Insel, Leipzig
- Keyword
- naval, to 1914, royal navy, william james, nelson, chamier
- Languages
- English
Description
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 engraved portrait frontispieces, 19 engraved portraits, numerous diagrams in the text and 28 folding abstracts, some light and inoffensive age-staining; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, marbled boards, backs with flat bands lettered and numbered in gilt, red edges, three volumes expertly rebacked to style with old backstrips laid down, a good, bright, firm copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs, and neat press-mark on title rectos and versos.
