1914 The Book of the Blue Sea

Description

Colour Plates, Fine Binding, First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and thirty-two black-and-white images in the text. Collated complete. A collection of stories of real naval life in the days of Nelson, with sketches of sea service and sea fights, and records of the careers of the boys who became men upon these ships. Written by Sir Henry John Newbolt, an English poet, novelist and historian. Illustrated by Norman Wilkinson, a British artist and marine painter. Bound by Bickers & Son, Leicester.