The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, Admiral of the Fleet , in two Volumes. Volume One only by Admiral Sir R H Bacon - 1929

Doubleday Doran. Very Good. 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original maroon boards has minor wear to extremities, half-inch cut near the top of the spine, no other defects. Bright gilt titles to spine. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A handsome copy of the first U. S. Edition, stated. Lord Fisher had an enormous influence on the Royal Navy in a career lasting more than 60 years, and spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. He is considered second in importance only to Lord Nelson. Volume one only, covering Fisher's life to 1907. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 312 pages. G3 .

London: Hodder and |Stoughton, 1929. First edition, complete in two hardback volumes. 8vo (25cm by 16cm), xxix, 312pp; vii, 328pp. 38 plates. Original black cloth, gilt titling to the spines, gilt motifs to the front boards. There is some light chafing to the extremities of the bindings, and light foxing to the edges of the text blocks; overall, this set is in good to very good condition.

New York: Doubleday, Doran. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First American Edition, First Printing. Large 8vo. xxviii,312; vii,328pp, Indexes. Red cloth, very good (few small spots on spine of Vol. 1, crack in rear hinge Vol. 1 stabilized with archival glue). No djs. Illustrations include portraits, drawings, and maps. From foreword: "In the face of the most formidable opposition, and in spite of being largely unsupported by our politicians, he effected the complete reorganization and rebuilding of the British navy, and thus gave to the country, on the eve of the Great War, a weapon which ensured the safety of our Empire".; Illustrated; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1929. Green cloth on boards, gilt title and gilt emblem on front with Fear God and Dread Nought; moderate soiling & rubbing to cover; front & rear cover moderately browned. Spine: green colour, thin bumping to head & foot. Edges: moderate soiling and foxing. Eps: single name to ffep; light vertical dj shadowing. Frontis: b/w photograph of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher. A few pages very fore-edge with some of the edges soil bleed otherwise clean contents. B/w illustrations. Fldg map is clean and intact. Binding is VG+. 318p Dj: moderate soiling and rubbing. Spine: light soiling, head & foot with thin wear, small tears and chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with small open wear, tears and chips. Chippings to top-edge.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG.

Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc, 1929. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. Detailed Biography in 2 Volumes, Includes: Early Career in the Navy, The Dreadnought, Lectures to Mediterranean Fleet, General Work as First Sea Lord, The Baltic Project & the Dardanelles. Illustrated with B&W Photos. Red cloth covers with blind-stamped facsimilie signature on fronts and Gilt Lettering on spines. Vol 1, 312 Pages & Vol. 2, 328 Pages. 9 3/4" Tall, 1.9 Kilos. No inscriptions. Nice, clean set. Weight, 1.9 kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1929. In two volumes. Pp. xxviii+312+vi+328, 38 plates (2 folding, 3 printed in red & black), appendix, indices; med. 8vo; black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards slightly marked, with a couple of small faint damp stains, fore-corners bruised; scattered light foxing; Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London, 1929. First edition. *From the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his bookplate on the upper free endpapers. Previously from the collection of newspaper publisher Sir James Gomer Berry (1883-1968), whose armorial bookplate is on the upper pastedowns.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier toning to the spine of both volumes, a little loss to the head of the spine and corners. Some The contents complete, clean and tight. age-toning to the edges of the text block. . ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.4kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day service, tracked, duties unpaid. ### Hardback in dust wrapper (green boards with blue titling to the spine) Physically 10” x 6½” (2.4 kg); (xxviii/vii) 312/328pp; Index; 2nd impression, first published the same year. Includes: Black & white photographs (plates);; Fold-out plates; Frontispiece portrait; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a… Read More