A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy and of Merchant Shipping in relation to the Navy, from MDIX to MDCLX, with an Introduction treating of the Preceding Period. [The Administration of the Royal Navy, 1509-1660 (spine title)]
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1896.
Octavo, xiv, 412 (last one the colophon) pages with a decorated title page plus 3 plates (2 hand-coloured).
Dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine, and decorated in blind on the front cover; top edge gilt, others uncut; covers a little sunned, marked, rubbed and bumped; contemporary Mt Barker Institute library label mounted on the front pastedown; front free endpaper unevenly tanned and foxed, with minimal foxing to both endpapers; a very good copy (internally excellent).
Item #103750
Price (AUD):
$150.00
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