Saumarez sir james (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. In 1808 Saumarez was given command of the Baltic fleet with his flag in HMS Victory. Saumarez's mission was to protect the British trade and to blockade enemy ports under French control in northern Germany. Under pressure from France, Sweden declared war on Britain in 1810 but Saumarez showed conspicuous tact towards the government of Sweden and her shipping, correctly guessing that the Swedes, like their Russian neighbours, would eventually defy Napoleon. Saumarez's fleet was instrumental in hampering French operations. Includes 2*maps and b/w frontispiece. xxvi, 288pp. Half-bound in blue buckram with cream buckram to remainder. Society's emblem in gilt to upper boards and gilt lettering to spine. Slight shelf-wear to extremities of boards. Spine strip lightly sunned. Sperry, Armstrong (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No D/J as Published. Light shelf wear to extremities.

First Edition. Selections from the Baltic correspondence of Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez 1808-1812. Edited by A. N. Ryan. Pp. xxvi+288(last blank)+[6](Navy Records Society publications), frontispiece, 1 text and 1 folding map, index; demy 8vo; qr. navy and white buckram, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt, top fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, leaves lightly browned, some foxing; Navy Records Society, [London], 1968. Publications of the Navy Records Society Volume 110. First edition.…

Two pages, obl.12mo, fold mark, good condition. "Previous to leaving the Baltic, Sir James Saumarez was presented with a magnificent Sword [sett?] in Diamonds by His Majesty The King of Sweden for the Services he rendered to thjat country and upon the arrival of the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia in England he was honored with their Majesties persoanl thanks for the benefit derived to the Common Cause of Europe, which were also communicated to him from the Emperor of Austria by his Excellency Prince Metternich. | Sir James Saumarez was appointed Commander in Chief on the Plymouth station on the 24th of March 1824 - which he resigned on the Ist of May last to The Rt Honble the Earl of Northesk." Also docketed with his name and rank.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1838 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 453 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 453.…