John Winton Bücher

Winton, John. Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor. Life on the lower-deck of the Victorian Navy. London, Michael Joseph, 1977. 24 cm x 16 cm. 320 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following The British Tar - the early nineteenth-century Navy / From Burma to Navarino - the Navy of the 1820s / From Acre to Borneo - the Navy of the 1840s / Captain and Eurydice - two mid-Victorian naval tragedies etc etc.

In the Illustrated History of the Royal Navy, author John Winton captures the military splendor of the British Royal Navy. Lavishly illustrated with visual matter mainly drawn from the collections of the Royal Navy Museum, John Winton brings to life the magnificent tradition of the Royal Navy and its key role in the defense of the United Kingdom. It encompasses all the majesty and storied reputation of the Royal Navy, which continues to the present day.