Yonge, C.D. The History of the British Navy from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Volume II only [of Two ] , London: Richard Bentley, 1863.

First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No d/w. Lge 8vo. Hardback, 145mm x 230mm tall (5.75" x 9.25" approx.). Pp xi + errata leaf + 809 + 7 double-folding battle plans [Trafalgar, Aix Roads, the Bombardments of Acre, Rhodes, Sebastopol, Bomarsund & Sveaborg, and the attack on the Peilo Forts ]. Title-page printed in red & black. Light rubs to edges and corners, and with some fairly minor occasional spotting, otherwise very good, in the original blind-decorated, blue cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title. This is the second volume only of the uncommon First Edition, which was published in two volumes, with the less impressive-looking Second Edition being in three small 8vo volumes. (Book ref. 004114)  £55.00

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