Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. de Scott, Adm. Percy - 1919

Paperback. Very Good.

John Murray, 1919. Hardcover. Good. 1919. No edition remarks. 358 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs and diagrams. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.

New York: George H. Doran Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1919. First American Edition. Hardcover. New York: George H. Doran, (1919). First American Edition. 8vo. xviii,342pp, Index. Blue cloth slightly worn, spine dulled, very good condition, no dj. 42 illustrations on coated paper. From the author's Preface: these pages "will at least show how opposed the Navy can be to necessary reforms, involving radical departures from traditional routine; the extent to which national interests may be injured owing to conservative forces within, and without, the public services; and what injury the country may suffer from politicians interfering in technical matters, which they necessarily do not understand" (dj).; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages .

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London: John Murray, 1919. xviii, 358pp, index, appendices, bw ills. Or blue cloth with gilt emblem to front. Light toning to page edges, light edge wear. Admiral tells of fifty years service with the Royal Navy including service in Egypt, Boxer Rebellion, Boer War, WWI and more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Doran, 1919. Hard Cover. vg. octavo. Blue cloth.Gilt lettering to spine. 341pp Light crease in front endpaper. Nice copy.

New York: George H Doran, 1919. Hardcover; 8vo; 342 pp. First US ed. Blue cloth with gilt on spine. Spine sunned and rubbed. Bumped corners. Bright and clean interior. VG. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.