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The Royal Tour 1901 or The Cruise of H.M.S. Ophir ~ Being a Lower Deck Account of Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's Voyage Around the British Empire
by Price, Harry Petty Officer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0906671108
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671108
- Seller
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Robertsdale, Alabama, United States
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About This Item
Webb & Bower (Publishers) Limited, Exeter, Devon, 1980. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover (20 x 29 cm), not paginated., Colour sketches. ISBN: 0906671108. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Very Good condition. Full-bound blue boards. Lightly bumped. Rolled, creased at head & foot of spine. Pages tanning. Personal inscription ('From Irvine & Elaine') at top of copyright page. The dj is rolled, creased along edges, chipped, with some small closed tears. The dj is now protected in an archival book cover (removable). "'The Royal Tour' is a facsimile of Petty Officer Harry Price's handwritten and illustrated account of the cruise of HMS Ophir in 1901, when the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary) toured almost the whole of the British Empire with the exception of India. They travelled via Gibraltar and Malta down the Red Sea to Colombo and Singapore, going on to Australia and New Zealand, across the Indian Ocean to South Africa via Mauritius and finally to Canada via St Vincent before returning to England. The whole trip took nearly nine months and was enormously popular with the countries visited. It was a time when the British Empire was immensely strong, and the reception of the royal party at each port of call highlighted the success of the tour as a diplomatic exercise. Harry Price Wrote and illustrated his journal during the voyage itself, and produced a picture of the tour which has an immediate and spontaneous impact, far removed from the turgid official reports of the time. Apart from the journal itself the book includes a biographical note by Harry Price's son Jack, his naval papers and a portrait of himself in the tropical kit of the period."
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- E. Manning Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3137
- Title
- The Royal Tour 1901 or The Cruise of H.M.S. Ophir ~ Being a Lower Deck Account of Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's Voyage Around the British Empire
- Author
- Price, Harry Petty Officer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile
- ISBN 10
- 0906671108
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671108
- Publisher
- Webb & Bower
- Place of Publication
- Exeter
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- England, Great Britain, King, Royals, Royalty, Yacht, Sailing, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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About E. Manning Books
I am a full-time independent internet only bookseller with a growing general stock of collectible, out-of-print, and quality second-hand books. I have been an avid collector since 1997 and am an alumnus of the 2001 Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. I proclaim no specialty, but tend to focus on Australiana, History/Military History and Vintage Paperbacks.Address: P.O. Box 801, Robertsdale, AL 36567-0801Email: manningbooks@gmail.com."Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." ~P.J. O'Rourke, Author/Political Satirist
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