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The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV

JAMES, William

A New Edition, with Additions and Notes [by Professor York Powell] bringing the Work down to 1827.

SOLID WORKING XL SET

Published: Macmillan, 1902

Stock code: 20085

Price: £85.00

Sold from an institution with its tape-marks on covers, bookplate on front paste-downs and small blind stamp on titles. Wanting the frontispiece to volume five. 'A standard contemporary authority for detailed naval events of the period. Although criticised on the grounds of prejudice, still invaluable as a work of reference' (NMM). 'Useful for its minutely detailed play-by-play account' (Albion). This compact but entirely unabridged version is a reissue of the seventh edition of 1886 with considerable additions by Professor York Powell. Albion p.244; NMM 5, 2158; Sandler 1827.