The Command of the Ocean (Signed copy)

Signed by N A M Rodger, A Naval History of Britain, 1649–1815

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Printing Details

First edition, later printing (seventh). Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 16cm, 907pp.

Signed directly to the title page by N A M Rodger.

The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. It describes not just battles, voyages and cruises but how the Navy was manned, how it was supplied with timber, hemp and iron, how its men (and sometimes women) were fed, and above all how it was financed and directed. It was during the century and a half covered by this book that the successful organizing of these last three—victualling, money and management—took the Navy to the heart of the British state. It is the great achievement of the book to show how completely integrated and mutually dependent Britain and the Navy then became.

Condition

A good copy. The book has some light tanning to the pages' top edge but is otherwise in strong readable condition. The dustwrapper is creased with a small tear to the head of the spine and has been price-clipped but remains acceptable.

ISBN

9780713994117

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