The Grand Fleet 1914-16. Its Creation, Development and Work [Signed]

Jellicoe, Admiral Viscount of Scapa [Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM (5 December 1859 - 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during World War I [William Stephen Richard King-Hall, Baron King-Hall (21 January 1893 - 2 June 1966) was a British naval officer, writer, politician and playwright].

Verlag: Published by Cassell & Company Ltd., 37-38 St. Andrew's Hill, London February . 1919., 1919

Beschreibung

Hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt motif to the front cover. Thick 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains [xvi] 517 printed pages of text with a frontispiece, a coloured plate, 9 monochrome plates on 7, 9 large folding charts coloured in outline and 4 folding diagrams in pocket at end. Tanning to the edges of the end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small stains to the right edge of the front cover, small chips and related tears to the corners and spine ends, priced 31/6. SIGNED by the author to the front free end paper 'To Lieutenant Stephen King-Hall RN, With best wishes from the author, Jellicoe, 21st February 1919'. Stephen King-Hall was educated at Lausanne in Switzerland and at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918, with the Grand Fleet, serving on HMS Southampton and 11th Submarine Flotilla. He gained the rank of Commander in the service of the Royal Navy in 1928, before resigning in 1929. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Grand Fleet 1914-16. Its Creation, Development and Work [Signed]
• Verlag: Published by Cassell & Company Ltd., 37-38 St. Andrew's Hill, London February . 1919.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1919
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Gut
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers