Records / by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher.
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot 'Jacky' Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher GCB, OM, GCVO (1841-1920)
Category
Books
Date
1919
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258661
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv, [2], 279, [1] p., [13] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 8vo. 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.’ [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)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's black cloth; gilt lettering on upper board and spine.
Makers and roles
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot 'Jacky' Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher GCB, OM, GCVO (1841-1920) , author