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Four Books on the Royal Navy.

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
Four Books on the Royal Navy.
<B>Four Books on the Royal Navy.</B></I> Including:<BR><BR><B>Brian Lavery. </B></I><B><I>Nelson's Navy</B></I></B></I><I> The Ships, Men and Organization 1793-1815</B></I>. Brian Lavery. Foreword by Patrick O'Brien. [Annapolis, Maryland]: Naval Institute Press, [1994]. Reprinted, with revisions. Quarto. 352 pages. Sumptuously illustrated on almost every page. Index. Publisher's light gray cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Attractively illustrated dust jacket. An appealing and very good copy. <BR><BR>[And:] <BR><BR><B>Dudley Pope. </B></I><B><I>The Great Gamble</B></I></B></I><B>. </B></I>Dudley Pope. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1972]. First edition. Octavo. 579 pages. Thirty-three inserted illustrations, four maps. Index. Publisher's light brown cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Black endpapers. A fresh and very good copy. <BR><BR> [And:]<BR><BR><B>G[eoffrey]. J. Marcus. </B></I><B><I>The Age of Nelson</B></I></B></I><B> </B></I><I>The Royal Navy 1793-1815</B></I>. G. J. Marcus. New York: Viking Press, [1971]. First Edition. Octavo. 532 pages. Forty inserted illustrations, eighteen maps. Index. Publisher's blue cloth covers with spine lettered in gilt and tooled in green. Illustrated dust jacket. Slight tears to dust jacket and price clipped, altogether a very good copy. <BR><BR> [And:] <B> <BR><BR>C. Nepean Longridge. </B></I><B><I>The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships</B></I></B></I><B>.</B></I> By C. Nepean Longridge. Drawings designed by E. Bowness and executed by G. F. Campbell. Folding plans designed and executed by G. F. Campbell. [Annapolis, Maryland]: Naval Institute Press, [1994]. Twelfth Impression. Octavo. xii, 283 pages. 195 illustrations within the text, forty-nine illustrations on plates. Index. Publisher's green cloth covers with the spine lettered in gilt. Fully illustrated dust jacket. Some discoloration to top edge of pages, slight wrinkling to top of dust jacket. Altogether a bright and very good copy.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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