The Naval Front by Maxwell Gordon S - 1920

London: A & C Black. Very Good+. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. In unusually beautiful condition except for boards evenly faded and outer hinges split; Rare. 16 tissue guarded plates from watercolors by Donald Maxwell and 16 b&w plates by the same illustrator ; Color Illustrations; 8vo; xii, 203 pages .

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1920. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6.5". Donald Maxwell. A smart first edition of this illustrated work following the British Navy into battle circa 1918. First edition. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, fifteen colour plates, and sixteen black and white plates. Collated complete. A detailed account of British Naval battles, with chapters on: The British Submarines and the Heligoland Bight Action, The Battle of Jutland, The Dover Patrol, The Ostend Attacks, The Merchant Service in the War, and much more. Written by Lieutenant Colonel Gordon S. Maxwell, a British soldier, writer, and General Operating Manager of the London Underground. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell, an English writer and illustrator noted for his topographical paintings. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean… Read More

E-009: A. & C. Black. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1920. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. A. & C. Black, Ltd, London, 1920. Xii, 203 pages of text. Illustrated with 16 colour and 16 black and white full page plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear, rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremities (DJ is chipped and worn at the crown and heel of the DJ). Bound in blue decorative cloth binding with gilt titles present to the spine and the front board. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Offsetting present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. The Maxwell brothers were both serving officers in the RNVR. Donald, the elder, was a well known naval artist before the war and after service in the North Sea was appointed in 1918 Admiralty Official Artist travelling to Mesopotamia and Palestine to do pictures for the Imperial War Museum. Gordon served in… Read More