The Grand Fleet, 1914-16; Its Creation, Development and Work

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1919. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. fair to good. x, 517, [3] pages. Illustrations (with 9 plates and 13 plans and diagrams, including 4 fold-out maps in pocket at rear of volume). Appendix I and II. Index. Some foxing to text. Some weakness to rear board. Address stickers inside front board and on title page, clear plastic coating has been applied to boards (somewhat bubbled), some wear to spine edges. Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM, DL (5 December 1859 - 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial. The public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a more dramatic victory. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoys, but was relieved at the end of 1917. This book covers the period from the outbreak of World War I to the end of November 1916, and includes four chapters (pp. 306-417) on the Battle of Jutland.
From a posting by Gordon Smith on Naval-Historydotnet "This account of the formation of the Grand Fleet by such a famous Admiral, and especially by the man who was British Commander-in-Chief during the Battle of Jutland, is indispensable to any researcher or scholar of World War I who wants to start to understand the vastness of the war at sea and its near fatal impact on Britain and her Allies. It is particularly interesting to read Jellicoe's account of Jutland, written before much of the smoke of battle had cleared, and to realize what tremendous risks such men had to take."