Description
Hardcover in publisher’s pictorial dust-jacket. 535 pages. Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with prints, photographs, maps and charts. First edition, stated first printing. Written by a distinguished assortment of naval historians, the 19 biographies herein focus on the fighting admiral from the advent of the gun armed sailing ship, with the principle theme being “leadership in war at sea”. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. appears unread. As new.