Lot 25
Royal Navy, history, a quantity, including Glascock, W.N.
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The naval officer's manual. London, 1848. Second edition, original cloth, worn; Brenton, E.P. The naval history of Great Britain. 1837. 2 volumes, one volume worn, one rebacked; Hoste, Capt. Sir W. Memoirs and letters. London, 1833. 2 volumes, 8vo, half calf, worn; Nicolas, H.H. A history of the Royal Navy. 1847. 2 volumes in one, original cloth, rebacked; [Bate, John and Henry Cavendish] The cruise round the world of the Flying Squadron, 1869-1870 under the command of Rear-Admiral G.T. Phipps Hornby. 1871. Folding map and chromolithographed plates, original cloth, rebacked, spotting; Kingston, W.H.G. Blue Jackets. London, 1854. Rebound; Biddlecombe, G. Steam fleet tactics. 1857. 4to, annotated copy, original cloth; Oppenheim, M. A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping. 1896; Albion, R.G. Forests and sea power. The timber problem of the Royal Navy 1652-1862. 1926; Marcus, G.J. The age of Nelson. 1971. Dust-jacket; Brooks, F.W. The English naval forces 1199-1272. [n.d.]; Dickson, R.K. The history of H.M. Navigation School 1729-1926. [c.1927]; Burgoyne, A.H. Submarine navigation past and present. 1903. 2 volumes, later cloth; Field, C. Britain's sea soldiers. A history of the Royal Marines. 1924. 2 volumes, 4to; Le Fevre, P. Precursors of Nelson. 2000. Dust-jacket; Cresswell, S.G. War, ice & piracy... the Journals and letters of Samuel Gurney Cresswell. 2000. Dust-jacket; Dawson, Lionel Flotillas, a hard-lying story. 1933; Kenworthy, J.M. Freedom of the seas. [c.1918]; Erhman, J. The navy in the war of William III 1689-1697. 1953; Hutchinson, J.R. The press-gang afloat and ashore. 1913. Cover detached; most original cloth, with Cruising Association Library gilt stamp on upper cover and/or bookplate or small oval stamp on title; and a quantity of similar works on the Royal Navy, 19th and 20th century; sold not subject to return (quantity)
Footnote
Provenance: The Cruising Association Library