A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
by Kipling, Rudyard
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good +
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: MacMillan & Co., 1898 London: MacMillan & Co., 1898 84 pp perfect-bound in blue illustrated paper. From the library of C. Lovat Frazer, English artist, designer and author. The phrase 'A Fleet in Being' referrs to a fleet in port which extends control of the surrounding seas just by its presence without leaving port. The book will appeal to those interested in naval warfare and in particular the development of the British fleet at the turn of the 20th Century. Text is clean and tight , Contemporary owner's name on half-title, no other interior markings. Covers have soil and edgewear, chips to spine ends front cover detached but present Double-cased in blue buckram with gold-stamped titles along spine. ASSOCIATION BOOKPLATE. First Edition. Cased Softcover. Good/Very Good +. 5" x 8".. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Paperback. Good/Very Good +.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 700226
- Title
- A Fleet in Being: Notes on Two Trips with the Channel Squadron
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- MacMillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Literature and History;
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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