Papers and Addresses ... Naval and Maritime from 1872 [1871] to 1893

Hardcover. Fair. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1894, first edition; two volumes, 8vo, pp ix, 399 and viii, 360. ... ... NOTE that volume I in particular is only in fair condition, hence the low price for the item. Each volume is blue cloth gilt but the spine of vol I has discoloured to while the sides are duller than those of vol II; ex-library with a library stamp, annotated neatly in ink, on one of the prelims and the end papers of each volume; the front hinge of vol I has a 25mm tear at the foot while at the head of the spine a similar sized patch has been roughly glued back into place; the back cover, variously up to around 50mm from the back hinge has suffered water damage and consequent discolouration and damage to the covering fabric and with the hinge now weak; some foxing in both volumes but the contents, particularly of vol II, generally clean. ... ... Brassey was a Liberal politican, serving under both W E Gladstone and Lord Roseberry. He headed the Royal Opium Commission and was Governor of Victoria, Australia, from 1895 to 1900. In 1886 he founded the eponymous Naval Annual which brought together expert articles on naval developments. ... ... NOTE that as the two volumes together weigh some 1.5kg there will be a carriage supplement for overseas (but not domestic UK) orders, the exact amount depending on destination and form of carriage.