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Editore: Published by Michael Joseph Ltd., 44 Bedford Square, London First Edition . 1981., 1981
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Prima edizione
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 320 printed pages of text with 21 photo-plates & 6 maps. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0718118138 ROYAL NAVY (RN).
Editore: Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1919
Da: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Fourth impression of the true first edition, published in the same month as the first impression, February 1919. ***xvi pages of prelims and 517 printed pages of text, illustrated with one coloured plate, nine monochrome plates, including a frontispiece, nine large folding charts coloured in outline, and four folding diagrams in a pocket at the back of the book - I. Plan of Jutland Battle, II. Diagram to illustrate the situation that might have arisen had the Battle Fleet deployed on the starboard wing column, III. Diagram showing order of the Battle Fleet, IV. Track of Squadrons. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards, with gilt titles to the spine, and gilt decoration to the front board. The gilt titles on the spine are faded as usual, and the cloth is slightly marked. Head and tail of spine slightly worn, creased and rubbed. Edges of spine rubbed. Corners bumped, affecting some of the top corners of the page block. This is a very heavy book, and as such, the binding feels slightly strained, but there is no splitting or tearing, and the contents are all holding together. No loose pages. Contents clean and unmarked. There is an interesting inscription in pencil to the front free endpaper, as follows: E. G. H. Alduson - for his wife - April 8 1919 - to the Royal United Service Library from Lady Alduson, July 1934.' No dustwrapper. 517 pages. 240 mm x 170 mm. ***'The Grand Fleet was the main fleet of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Formed in August 1914 from the First Fleet and elements of the Second Fleet of the Home Fleets, the Grand Fleet included 25?35 state-of-the-art capital ships. It was initially commanded by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. He was succeeded by Admiral Sir David Beatty in December 1916. The Grand Fleet was based first at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands and later at Rosyth on the Firth of Forth. It took part in the biggest fleet action of the war ? the Battle of Jutland ? in June 1916. In April 1919 the Grand Fleet was disbanded, with much of its strength forming a new Atlantic Fleet.' ***'Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM, DL (5 Dec 1859 - 20 Nov 1935) was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial. Jellicoe made no serious mistakes and the German High Seas Fleet retreated to port, at a time when defeat would have been catastrophic for Britain, but the public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a more dramatic victory given that they outnumbered the enemy. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoys, but was relieved at the end of 1917. He also served as the Governor-General of New Zealand in the early 1920s.' [Wiki] ***A monumental study of the Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy, and the Battle of Jutland, well illustrated with maps and photographs, published just after the end of the First World War. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Editore: Published by Cassell & Company Ltd., 37-38 St. Andrew's Hill, London February . 1919., 1919
Da: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Copia autografata
Hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt motif to the front cover. Thick 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains [xvi] 517 printed pages of text with a frontispiece, a coloured plate, 9 monochrome plates on 7, 9 large folding charts coloured in outline and 4 folding diagrams in pocket at end. Tanning to the edges of the end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small stains to the right edge of the front cover, small chips and related tears to the corners and spine ends, priced 31/6. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'To Lieutenant Stephen King-Hall RN, With best wishes from the author, Jellicoe, 21st February 1919'. Stephen King-Hall was educated at Lausanne in Switzerland and at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, with the Grand Fleet, serving on HMS Southampton and 11th Submarine Flotilla. He gained the rank of Commander in the service of the Royal Navy in 1928, before resigning in 1929. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR.