Britain's Naval Power by Hamilton Williams 1898 1st Ed
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A very scarce edition with an added bonus of a dedication letter attached from the author. Britain's Naval Power : A Short History of the Growth of the British Navy Part II From Trafalgar to the Present Time by Hamilton Williams, M.A. Instructor in English Literature to Naval Cadets in H.M.S. Britannia. Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London 1898, First Edition. Very good condition navy cloth hardcover with gilt titles and flag pictorial on front board. Tissued frontis illustration. Interior illustrations. Block is secure and tight. Boards are very nice with a bumping to lower corners, a few spots of rubbing on front board, bump mid point on lower back board edge, large rub area on front pastedown. 221+ pp..Letter at front free endpaper tacked on left side dating May 26, 1898 ... My Dear Mr. Ellis At last my little book on which you lavished so much kind care and attention is out. May I ask you to accept a copy, not for its own intrinsic worth, but as a recognition of your goodness to me, Yours very faithfully Hamilton Williams. Woodshed Books is a long established bookstore with an inventory of over 20,000 books. We package with care - wrapped, protected and boxed. Our dustjackets are all protected in mylar. We ship from both the U.S. and Canada and will ship internationally (please email for quote). Canadian shipments
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