When Britannia Ruled the Waves : The Heyday of the Royal Navy : The Life and Paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB 1877-1952
Livres anciens et modernes
Kitson, Frank
Halsgrove,
2007
When Britannia Ruled the Waves : The Heyday of the Royal Navy : The Life and Paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB 1877-1952
Livres anciens et modernes
Kitson, Frank
Halsgrove,
2007
9,95 €
(Hyde,
Royaume-Uni)
Mode de Paiement
- PayPal
- Carte bancaire
- Virement bancaire
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- Carta del Docente
Détails
- Année
- 2007
- ISBN
- 1841145971
- Lieu d'édition
- Wellington, Somerset
- Auteur
- Kitson, Frank
- Éditeurs
- Halsgrove
- Format
- 9.5 x 10.25 inches
- Edition
- First Edition
- Thème
- Royal Navy, Art, Paintings, Biography
- Description
- Near Very Good
- Description
- Hard Cover
- Jaquette
- True
- Etat de conservation
- En excellent ètat
- Reliure
- Couverture rigide
- Dédicacée
- False
- Premiére Edition
- True
Description
Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with two small repaired tears to upper edge and light creasing to upper and lower edges. 112pp. This is a story about a youth who joined the Royal Navy in 1891 and left it at sixty-five in 1942. In addition to being a successful officer who rose to high rank he was from his early days a beautiful artist. The book is a written account of his career illustrated extensively by his photographs and a wealth of his paintings. The author, his elder son, retired in 1985 as Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces.
