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FITZGERALD, C.C. Penrose, Admiral. From Sail to Steam : Naval Recollections, 1878-1905. L: Edward Arnold, 1916. Pp 303. Illustrated. 8vo, ribbed blue cloth, gilt to spine. Memoirs of a Royal Navy officer from the height of the Pax Britannica. "I trust...that I may claim you as an old friend who willindulgently accompany me upon a few more cruises, in Her Majesty's ships, to various quarters of the globe, to show the flag, police the seas, and maintain that very real but rather indescribable thing we call British prestige." -from the Preface. Cloth blistered, rubbed, owner's signature, else vg. 95.00
Title: From Sail to Steam : Naval Recollections, 1878-1905
Categories: 41,
Publisher: Edward Arnold, 1916,:
Seller ID: 29126
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