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Original first edition. PEEPS AT THE ROYAL NAVY Illustrated with twelve full colour plates by First published 1913 by £23.00 + P & P |
A blue decorated cloth bound book with plate set in the centre, unusually a unique plate not found inside, with gilt lettering and dark blue dcoration
to the spine and front board. Spine slightly worn and faded but front still very attractive. Page block complete with all plates and incluing tissue guard to frontispiece is square, tight, clean and bright apart from a little browning first few pages. VERY GOOD condition |
An attractive general work illustrated throughout by Norman Wilkinson in full colour; a typical illustration is shown here entitled " A Hydro-Aeroplane " and another is the mounted plate on the front board entitled
" A Super-Dreadnought: H.M.S. King George V. ".the other illustrations, all in colour are:
- H.M.S. "Dreadnought"
- Ships of the time of Alfred the Great
- The "Henri Grace a Dieu"
- The last Fight of the "Revenge"
- Battle of Quiberon Bay
- The "Victory" going into action at Trafalgar
- Our first ironclad, H.M.S. "Warrior"
- An early turret ship, H.M.S "Thunderer"
- A destroyer at sea
- Submrine and aeroplane
The illustration above faces the last text page and the penultimate chapter reads:
" It is scarcely likely that bomb-dropping on a moving ship will ever be successful, except by a lucky chance; but the aeroplane has certainly a future before it in another branch of naval work. Its speed, and the height to which it can range, will enable it to do the scouting work of the fleet far more efficiently than the destroyer or small cruiser; and, though Britain has been very slow to take up this idea, there is no doubt that in the future we shall see a great development of the hydro-aeroplane for scouting purposes at all events, if not for those of actual battle. "
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