The Navy Of Britain

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1948. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this naval history by Michael Lewis, delightfully illustrated. Detailing the origins of the Royal Navy, its ships, officers, seamen, administration and noteworthy battles, weapons and tactics.Written by Michael Lewis (1890-1970), a British naval historian who served… Read more about this item

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. Second impression. Owner's name on front fly, small pen notation on copyright page, light water stain on bottom page corners, spine faded, else very good minus.

George Allen And Unwin Ltd., 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. First Published. 659 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decorations. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have moderate… Read more about this item

George Allen & Unwin, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Second Impression. 560 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated plates, with fold-out diagrams. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Light thumb-marking present. Fold-out diagrams are in good condition. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin. A crisp and tight copy with very lightly bumped spine ends. . Very Good. Cloth. 1948.

London : G. Allen and Unwin, 1949. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 660 p : illus. (part col.) ports ; 22 cm. Notes; ""A brief bibliography"": p. 615-621. Subject; Great Britain. Royal Navy.… Read more about this item

George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, blue cloth. Vg condition in vg dj. Gift presentation (to "Dan Kimball, Secretary of the Navy") on the front endpaper. Dust jacket now in an archival mylar protector. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 660 pp.,… Read more about this item

George Allen. nice copy; dust jacket has chips . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1948.

George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948, first edition,, 1948. Hardcover. large 8vo, colour frontis, over 60 plates, original cloth boards, good+, some wear on edges.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1948. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Presentation copy, awarderd by the Director of the Meteorological Office, London to CaptainJ. C. Mellonie as an acknowledgement of his valuable work at sea during the year ended 31st March 1949. Frontis has a Colour illustration of "The Sovereign of the Seas". Detailed History of… Read more about this item

Allen & Unwin, 1948., 1948. 1st ed. First Edition. 560p. photos. Maps. Copy of Col. Malin Craig jr. Foxing. Very Good+ /Poor Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor.

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1949 Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Spine lighlty chipped and rubbed at head/foot. Coloured frontis. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w plates.

George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. very . Solid copy, clean and unmarked, with some pipe smokers spotting. Well illustrated with photos, drawings and diagrams. Jacket is bright under fresh mylar and shows edgeware and minor loss at front folds.

George Allen and Unwin London 1949 G/Fair (dj chipped and worn round edges with small area of loss to back cover, clean blue cloth with gilt titles on spine and gilt vignette on front board, top page edges blue, brown spotting to outside page edges, occasional foxing to margins but contents generally clean tight and bright) octavo 560pp. Second impression.… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, nd (1949). Blue cloth. Spine and cover edges sunned: VG+/no dj. 8vo. Illustrated in color and black and white.

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) The author describes this as not a Naval History, but a History of the British Navy. He looks at the vessels from Round Ship to Battleship, Officers, Men and Managmement, and in the final section Weapons, Tactics and battles. Each section has a further contents page which introduces… Read more about this item