The British Navy: Its Making and Its Meaning by Ernest Protheroe

An in-depth history of the Royal British Navy from its early beginnings to World War One, including technical advances.

Published circa 1915-1916 (based on an internal review of battleships and warships listed and technology discussed) by George Routledge and Sons. In contemporary black full leather bishop with a beautiful gold seal of the Royal British Navy centered on front board with the Latin motto “Nulla Vestigia Retrorsum” or We Never Surrender. Five raised spine bands with gilt tooled emblems in five compartments and a red leather with gilt labeling in compartment two. All the edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Eight full-page color plates and 289 beautiful black and white illustrations both within text and full-page. Octavo, 8.5” x 5.5”, [656 pp]; Appendix [13]; Index [23]

Condition: Very Good

Square spine with firm hinges and joints. Rebacked spine in more modern leather with old, rubbed leather spine label attached. Edges, boads and corners rubbed with some leather loss along the extremities. Abrasion/gouge to page edges which extends to about a dozen internal pages. Front hinge shows antiquarian reinforcement. Front and rear fly leaves show smudges and toning and wear with the text itself clean with no writing and crisp white pages with some toning along the margins. A group of partially creased page corners. No foxing, no writing, no stickers or bookplates. Just an inventory stamp number on a rear flyleaf.

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