Her Majesty's Navy
Author:
LOW,CHARLES RATHBONE
Title:
Her Majesty's Navy
Subtitle:
including its deeds and battles 6 vols.
Publisher:
virtue london [nd]
Description:
first edition thus [6 vols.] ills.[45 col.plates by w.christian symons and w.fred mitchell] VG (textured blue cloth w.red borders and titling to top boards,gilt titling to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,spines sl.sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of all spines,brown eps,some prelims.sl.soiled/foxed,some tissue guards present,some minor soiling to margins of some plates but all images are clean and bright,one plate missing - frontis.portrait from division ii,some plates loosening,one non-illustrated title page detached but present,aeg sl.rubbed,tight)
Comments:
a tidy set of the six division edition of this seminal work;wonderful col.chromolithographs;45 of the 46 present and clean
Keywords:
navy nautical military history charles rathbone low
Catalogue:
military nautical history transport