The Wonder Book of The Navy, with Foreword by the Late Earl Jellicoe. Edited by Harry Golding. Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd., London and Melbourne, printed by Butler and Tanner Ltd., Frome and London, c1939.

Dimensions : 250mm x 182mm x 26mm.

8vo, 256 heavy gloss numbered pages with 8 colour plates and nearly 300 pictures.

Condition/Notes : No DJ.(Not known whether issued with this edition). The front pictorial board has wear to edges and wear/bumps to corners and marking/usage to face. The back board is similar with scratching. The red linen spine is worn top and tail and worn to face with title ink faded. Paste-down and front e/p is illustrated with black and white comic depiction of life on the deck of a naval vessel at sea by Thomas Maybank. Verso blank. pp with title, verso sepia photo "A depth charge". Frontispiece follows "Hoisting the Colours". Title page with full details, verso list of Other Wonder Books which runs to The Story Wonder Book. List of Colour Plates follows which only refers to the first as the front cover "The Control Tower of HMS Nelson". The pages are in good condition but some corner folds. Colour plates very good. Binding fairly tight but with slight gapping in places. Fully intact. Some foxing and light usage in places. Back e/p and paste-down illustrated with black and white comic depiction of crew members painting the side of the ship. 70mm of cotton binding showing from lower edge but intact. Dusting and marking to the edges. Overall, a very interesting volume and of great historical interest. A very good collection of photographs. Please view the images below :

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