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The Seaman's Signal Manual for the use of Her Majesty's Fleet
by British Admiralty; Royal Navy
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: Official Copy HMSO. Very Good. 1899. Softcover. 21, (3), 12 plates pages; Original blue cloth covered card binding, gilt title on upper cover; cloth rubbed and scratched at spine andfront cover; LC bookplate and two institutional stamps - LC surplus release stamp on ffep and presentation stamp from the British Admiralty. Text and plates clean and complete. Two b&w illustrations (semafore signals), plus twelve colour plates, lithographed by Wyman and Sons. Pagination: 21, (3), 12 plates. OCLC 752909111. WorldCat identifies 2 locations and COPAC cites four locations for this 1899 edition. Colour plates are clean and bright. "the English did employ signal books as early as 1714. John Greenwood’s signal book was the first of the sort published in England and was not updated until some thirty years later by John Millan in 1746. However, both manuals were merely commercial ventures rather than tactical works. ... By 1806, William, then the Duke of Clarence, had invested in his own naval signal book. William was on the cutting edge of maritime communication as such manuals were long absent from British naval tactics." Throughout the 18th and 19th century various texts relating to nautical signals and signaling appeared, with the Royal Navy eventually settling on this commmonly accepted manual. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44622
- Title
- The Seaman's Signal Manual for the use of Her Majesty's Fleet
- Author
- British Admiralty; Royal Navy
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Official Copy HMSO
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- British Royal Navy, Signals and signaling, Her Majesty's Fleet, Seamanship, Nautical Signaling, Flags, Mariners Equipment
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century;
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Antiquarian Book Shop
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Washington, District of Columbia
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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