SEA BATTLES CLOSE-UP: THE AGE OF NELSON; Foreword by Alexander Kent
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press in assoc. with the National Maritime Museum, 1996. Profusely Illustrated with Period Naval Engagements, Maps, Portraits. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. Small quarto (9 1/2" x 7"), charcoal gray boards with gold lettering on spine;profusely illustrated with period images of naval engagements, ships, and portraits; Foreword by Alexander Kent; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with detail from 192 pages. Fine / Near Fine. Item #9422
ISBN: 1557507465
"David Lyon was a curator at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, where he looked after the huge ships plans collection before becoming Curator of Naval Ordnance, then Head of Enquiries and finally Chief of Research of the Maritime Information Centre....
He has written and lectured extensively both in Britain and abroad an his many publications include The Sailing Navy List, The Denny List, Steam, Steel and Torpedoes, and Sea Battles in Close-up: The Nelson Era."--U.S. Naval Institute
Well-illustrated overview of the complexity of sea warfare during the Age of Nelson. Tight, clean, bright copy. Dust jacket is clean and unclipped with light rubbing. The lower corners of several pages near the end of the book are somewhat ruffled. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Price: $25.00