Sea fights of the Great War : naval incidents during the first nine months / by W.L. Wyllie, R.A. and M.F. Wren ; with 24 colour and 26 black-and-white plates and numerous maps by W.L. Wyllie and I. Bevan.
William Lionel Wyllie, R.A. (London 1851 - Hampstead 1931)
Category
Books
Date
1918
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3250595
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 167, [1] p., frontis. plate (col.), plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial bookplate (sailing ship with Fairhaven arms on sails): ‘Sapphire R.Y.S.’ and ‘Broughton’ [i.e. from the library of the yacht ‘Sapphire’, owned by Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929), later by Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Purple ink-stamp: ‘S.Y. SAPPHIRE.’ on front free endpaper. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; blue stamped naval crown with trident and laurel wreath on upper board; dark blue lettering on upper board and spine.
Makers and roles
William Lionel Wyllie, R.A. (London 1851 - Hampstead 1931), author M. F. Wren, author Irwin Bevan (1852-1940), illustrator