Rule Britannia : the Victorian and Edwardian Navy / Peter Padfield
by Padfield, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0710007744
- ISBN 13
- 9780710007742
- Seller
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About This Item
London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes index.Contents: Introduction -- Ships and attitudes -- Men -- and a few women -- Officers -- The commitment and the means -- Wider yet and wider... -- High noon of naval power -- War navy -- References and select bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy History 19th century. Great Britain. Royal Navy History 20th century.Great Britain. Royal Navy History 19th century. Great Britain. Royal Navy.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 393552
- Title
- Rule Britannia : the Victorian and Edwardian Navy / Peter Padfield
- Author
- Padfield, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0710007744
- ISBN 13
- 9780710007742
- Publisher
- London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
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