The True Glory: The Story of the Royal Navy Over a Thousand Years Tapa dura - 1983

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Harper & Row, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean and tight. DJ not price clipped. In Gaylord cover.

New York: Harper & Row. 1983. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. Maps to endpapers. 288 pages. A carefully planned and beautifully illustrated history of Royal Navy and its origins from the time of King Alfred. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.

Very clean book. Black and white photographs. Pictures on request

New York: Harper & Row, 1983. 288 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). Map endpapers, b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "A carefully planned and beautifully illustrated history of the Royal Navy and its origins from the time of King Alfred to the present day - a panoramic view of the ships, seamen, organisation and fighting records of the unique force that for a thousand years has stood between England and her foes. As the Falklands Task Force has recently demonstrated, the Royal Navy of today is capable of operating efficiently and effectively wherever it is required. In its history there have been many lengthy periods when this has been brilliantly demonstrated, notably in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, during the Napoleonic Wars and during large parts of the First and Second World Wars. Yet there have also been times when governmental cheese-paring, faulty design criteria, service squabbles or an unwillingness by those in charge to accept new ideas - such as steam power or the… Leer más

Harper & Row. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. First U.S. Edition stated on verso of title page; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition..

Harper & Row, 1983. First U.S. Edition. . Hard Cover/No Jacket. Fine. pp.288 with index. From the Anglo-Saxons, Normans and Plantagenets 896-1485 to 1945 to the present day. clean tight unread copy blue cloth covers show slight soiling Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall