The R.N.V.R. - a record of achievement by Kerr, J Lennox & Granville, Wildfred - 1957

London: George Harrap, 1957. First Edition . Cloth. Good/Good. Bound in navy blue cloth, with dw, frontis, 43 b/w photographs, 1 in-text illustration, 304pp. dw has been repaired.

No DJ. Clean boards, bright gilt title to spine, publisher gilt worn.  Initials to f.f.e.p., tiny note to bottom margin p.96, illustrated in half-tone.  Otherwise very clean internally with little sign of use.  No other inscriptions or markings and not price clipped.

Harrap. Like New. Book is like new. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover has very slight shelf wear.

Harrap,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 46 plates on 22; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed at extremities and lightly browned with one short closed tear at rear panel. A full history, half of which is devoted to WWII. Law, 0862. Inexplicably, not recorded by Enser.

London: Harrap, 1957. [Naval history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.304. With frontispiece illustration and full-page half tone plates, line-drawings within the text. Bound in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, with illustrated dust-jacket priced at 21s. Contents clean, discreet ink ownership, jacket with some chips and tears. Very good. A history of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve form the late nineteenth century to the present day (1957), including accounts of wartime operations in the Mediterranean, the Second MTB flotilla at Hong Kong, minesweeping and mine disposal, and their role in the Fleet Air Arm. Photos include the Dieppe Raid (in which Cdr. Ian Fleming was an observer), landing craft, motor torpedo boat, commandos in France, Long-Range Desert Group liaison, submarines, etc. This copy is from the comprehensive collection assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled notes and signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th… Read More