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Rare and modern books

Kitson, Frank

When Britannia Ruled the Waves : The Heyday of the Royal Navy : The Life and Paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB 1877-1952

Halsgrove, 2007

9.95 €

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(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
2007
ISBN
1841145971
Place of printing
Wellington, Somerset
Author
Kitson, Frank
Publishers
Halsgrove
Size
9.5 x 10.25 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Royal Navy, Art, Paintings, Biography
Cover description
Near Very Good
Binding description
Hard Cover
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with two small repaired tears to upper edge and light creasing to upper and lower edges. 112pp. This is a story about a youth who joined the Royal Navy in 1891 and left it at sixty-five in 1942. In addition to being a successful officer who rose to high rank he was from his early days a beautiful artist. The book is a written account of his career illustrated extensively by his photographs and a wealth of his paintings. The author, his elder son, retired in 1985 as Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces.