THE ROYAL NAVY IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, 1840-1914

This is a first soft-cover edition of The Royal Navy in Old Photographs, by the English naval officer Wilfred Pym Trotter (1897-1984), published in 1975. (I also have The Victorian and Edwardian Army in Old Photographs listed here.)

It is a wonderful cornucopia of images dating from the 1840s to just prior to the first world war. The captions are great and the photographs themselves are mostly of extraordinary quality given the time they were taken. More than anything however, the breadth of subjects captured makes this book stand apart from many picture books about the Royal Navy, and the sailors and officers themselves are often the focus, though rarely posed in pristine uniforms, but rather shown at their work. Beautiful collection.

176 pages with 190 photos. The covers are darkening but the inside is in excellent condition.

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