[Battle Signals, Militaria, 1788]
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AN ESSAY ON SIGNALS. BY AN OFFICER OF THE BRITISH NAVY. London: Stafford and Davenport, for S. Hooper, 1788. 8vo. iv, 120 pp. (lacking pp. 15/16 and 29/30), + 14 (of 16) plates, including 5 leaves of night signals uncolored, and 9 leaves flag signals in hand-color. Period calf, defective. ************* Very rare. We trace no copies in the USA and only a small number in UK institutional holdings. RBH records only one auction appearance in the last 75 years (Sotheby's, 2007, complete copy, sold for GBP 2,125.)
Condition
Front board detached, spine heavily chipped, portions of contents loose, some marginal chipping, finger soiling and similar signs of use, foxing, sold as-is.
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[Battle Signals, Militaria, 1788]
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