Excerpt from The Naval Annual, 1912 Part I. Of the present volume contains the usual reviews of the progress of Navies and comparative strength, which, for the reasons already given, involve far more work for the Editor than was the case a few years ago. Lord Brassey offers some suggestions on Naval Ad ministration. Commander Robinson contributes an interesting account of the Italian naval operations, and Mr. Leyland's paper on Naval War Staffs gives an excellent survey of what is required for the British Navy. Mr. ...
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Excerpt from The Naval Annual, 1912 Part I. Of the present volume contains the usual reviews of the progress of Navies and comparative strength, which, for the reasons already given, involve far more work for the Editor than was the case a few years ago. Lord Brassey offers some suggestions on Naval Ad ministration. Commander Robinson contributes an interesting account of the Italian naval operations, and Mr. Leyland's paper on Naval War Staffs gives an excellent survey of what is required for the British Navy. Mr. Richardson discusses machinery problems in high - powered warships. Sir William White, by special request, writes on a subject of which he is a master. Commander Robinson's work has been carried through in spite of serious illness. Mr Barnaby remains responsible for the plates of ships. Part IV., in addition to the usual matter, contains the First Lord's speech of March 18th, already referred to, and some papers regarding the Dominion Navies. After twenty-one years' work, the Editor had serious thoughts of discontinuing the publication of the Naval Annual. The book was started by Lord Brassey, in the first instance for the benefit of Naval officers, and secondly to bring together reliable information in convenient form to awaken general interest in the Navy. With these objects in view it has been continued by the present Editor. The Admiralty now circulate to Naval officers far more information than they did some years ago. Other Annuals have come into existence. The Navy League Annual, from being a cheap publication which it was well for the Navy League to issue, has developed into a volume in the style of the Naval Annual, and to some extent competing with it. There might therefore seem to be less reason for carrying on the Naval Annual now than in days gone by. But after consultation with Naval officers and others whose opinion was of value the Editor came to the conclusion that the book was of real service to the Navy and the country, and that the time and trouble devoted to making the information given as reliable as possible were not thrown away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Very Good. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Original decorative stamped blue cloth hard covers with gilt titles to spine. Moderate handling and toning to covers; edges and endpapers toned. Old owner's name and date to front endpaper; some neatly penciled ship-related notes to one blank page. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated.
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Good. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Original decorative stamped blue cloth hard covers with gilt titles to spine. Wear, handling and toning to covers; edges and endpapers toned. Inner hinges cracked but holding firmly enough; old name and date to front endpaper. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated.
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Presumed First Edition, First printing thus
Publisher:
J. Griffin and Co
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1910
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English
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Good. vi, [2], 471, [3] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Some cover and edge wear. Bookplates inside front cover. Spine and other parts of the cloth worn, soiled and stained. Some endpaper, edge and page soiling noted. Front board has some weakness. Ex-library with usual library markings. The Naval Annual was a book that provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications. It was started by Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey in 1886. The Brassey series began a dozen years earlier, and its special strength was the dozen or more detailed articles on naval matters, authored by experts. They covered British and other nations' naval developments ranging from the latest ships to overall policy. Among the contributors were: Cyprian Bridge, Sydney Eardley-Wilmot, Alan Field, John Leyland, Alexander Richardson, C. N. Robinson, and S. W. Barnaby. Among the topics covered are: The British Navy, Foreign Navies, Comparative Strength, Naval War Councils, General Staffs, Types of Warships, German Navy, Warship Speed, Command of the Adriatic, Shipbuilding, Sea-Training, Ship Plans, Armour, Ordnance, Shipbuilding, Naval Estimates.
