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Jellicoe Admiral Of The Fleet Viscount

The Grand Fleet 1914-16. Its Creation, Development and Work. IN FULL MOROCCO WITH BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC PROVENANCE

Cassell, 1919

397,90 €

Island Books

(Devon, Royaume-Uni)

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Détails

Année
1919
Auteur
Jellicoe Admiral Of The Fleet Viscount
Éditeurs
Cassell
Thème
naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, royal navy, grand fleet, jutland, jellicoe, beatty, josselyn, atlantic, intrepid
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, coloured plate, 9 monochrome plates on 7, 9 large folding charts coloured in outline and 4 folding diagrams in pocket at end, some light spotting to fore-edges, a few charts lightly spotted at folds; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, gilt from original backstrip and gilt device from upper board mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM JOSSELYN RN AND BEARS HIS NEAT HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE (DATED 1919) ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. During WWII, Captain J.W. Josselyn commanded INTREPID (1939-1942), CARADOC (1942-1943), and HAWKINS (from 1943). It was whilst in command of INTREPID that he took part (together with INGLEFIELD and IVANHOE) in the sinking of U-45 by depth charge off the south-west coast of Ireland in October 1939. He retired from the service in 1949. Albion, p.271; Enser, p.309