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NAVAL. Report of the Committee on the Inflexible. With Appendix.London : 1878
First and only edition, extremely uncommon. Inflexible was built to counter the Mediterranean threat of the Italian battleships Duilio and Dandolo, huge ironclad platforms carrying two pairs of 15-inch Armstrong guns each. Inflexible mounted more ordnance than any previous British ship, and her 24-inch thick plate meant that she certainly lived up to... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 94263
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NAVAL. The Tenth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry.[London] : 1805
First edition of the report produced by the commission of inquiry appointed in 1802 to review the financial management of the Admiralty, of which Dundas had been treasurer between 1782 and 1800, and which, on the initiative of Samuel Whitbread, resulted in Dundas's impeachment in 1806 for the misappropriation of public money.
Henry Dundas, first... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 133498
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NAVAL. Small silk pocketbook with nautically-themed goldwork.?German : 1827
An exquisite little ?wedding token in typical Beidermeier taste. The white silk and gold thread, together with the wreaths and paired initials do suggest a symbolic rather than practical role for the anchor, although the repetition of the motif and its presence in a "realisitc" setting may suggest a nautical context. Delightful. Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 131570
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NAVAL. The Cruise; a Poetical sketch, in Eight Cantos. By a Naval Officer.London : 1808
First edition of this extremely uncommon poetical account of a two-month "shakedown" cruise with a new ship's company on a British man-of-war, this an attractively presented tall copy.
The work was begun as a pastime during a "regimen on shore recruiting an extremely exhausted constitution". Finding his "Sketches of Scenes which had occurred... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 67173
