A Seaman’s Pocket-Book
( ROYAL NAVY ) ADMIRALTY
June 1943. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
SOLE WARTIME EDITION WITH SUPPLEMENT: NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
Published: HMSO, 1943
Stock code: 37773
Price: £46.00
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with 5 coloured plates and very numerous monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original boards printed in black, blue cloth back, a remarkably well-preserved, near fine copy.
Publication code BR 827. With 2 pages of trade advertisements at front and BR 827a Supplement loosly inserted. Sole wartime edition of a deceptively detailed and compact guide aimed primarily at HO ratings that by now were forming an increasing proportion of ships' companies. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION