Fifty Years in the Royal Navy
by Scott, Sir Percy, Admiral
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1919. First American Edition. Hardcover. New York: George H. Doran, (1919). First American Edition. 8vo. xviii,342pp, Index. Blue cloth slightly worn, spine dulled, very good condition, no dj. 42 illustrations on coated paper. From the author's Preface: these pages "will at least show how opposed the Navy can be to necessary reforms, involving radical departures from traditional routine; the extent to which national interests may be injured owing to conservative forces within, and without, the public services; and what injury the country may suffer from politicians interfering in technical matters, which they necessarily do not understand" (dj).; Illustrated; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9789
- Title
- Fifty Years in the Royal Navy
- Author
- Scott, Sir Percy, Admiral
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Royal Navy
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