The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
Language: English
Published by Eveleigh Nash, London, 1913
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Mrs Books, Peterhead, United KingdomMrs Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 349pp including Index, + Contents + List of Illustrations + Catalogue of Publishers' Advertisements. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore, published by Eveleigh Nash [1913], First Edition. Illustrated, black & white full plate - all collated & present. This volume is from the personal library of Cloudesley Varyl Robinson - a Rear Admiral at Gallipoli - book plate to pastedown. Rear Admiral Robinson was born in Tottenham in London in 1883. Robinson joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet in January 1897. In 1900 he was a midshipman on the cruiser HMS Orlando at the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion when he was set ashore with dispatches for Peking. Robinson was promoted to sub-lieutenant in April 1902 and lieutenant in August 1903. He was promoted to lieutenant-commander in August 1911 and was in the Grand Fleet aboard HMS Achilles at the commencement of World War I in 1914 & was promoted Commander at the end of 1914. Commander Robinson was present during the operations at Gallipoli in 1915 aboard HMS Edgar following which he commanded the coastal patrol boats located at Osea Island in the Blackwater Estuary in Essex. He was mentioned in dispatches in 1917. Robinson commanded the seaplane carrier HMS Empress in 1919 and was promoted Captain in June 1921. Robinson was Captain in Charge at Singapore from 1921 to 1923 and was appointed the command of the light cruiser HMS Constance in December 1924. Robinson was the naval attaché at Tokyo and after at Peking from 1926 to 1929. He was in command of the newly converted aircraft carrier HMS Courageous from 1931 to 1932 and was promoted Rear-Admiral on 5 January 1933 before retiring at his own request in 1934. At the commencement of World War II Robinson was recalled to duty as a Commodore (Second Class) and was appointed second-in-command of the Naval Air Stations between 1940 and 1943 and was Flag Officer Air Stations for the remainder of the War before being placed back on the retired list in August 1945. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the same year. He died in Wandsworth in London in 1959. In publishers' original blue cloth boards, with blind rules and gilt lettering to front and spine. Head and tail crushed, with small, closed tears. Spine slightly sunned. Deckle edge to text block. This volume is from the personal library of Cloudesley Varyl Robinson - a Rear Admiral at Gallipoli - book plate to pastedown. FEP has a shaded image made by the bookplate. Previous owners name in ink to top of pastedown. Spine cracked to prelim at front - no loose pages. Black and white frontispiece 'An Unwelcome Visit From the press-Gang', with tissue guard. Book review laid in to prelim before Contents page and continued on reverse of Contents page; handwritten date and newspaper title above the article - in old ink: Army and Navy Gazette 27. 12. 1913. Loose black and white illustration (additional to those in the book) - with handwritten note in pencil to reverse. Loose article from 'The Outlook' dated November 15, 1913 - referencing the author. Various newspaper clipping related to Press Gangs loose in the book (with comments in ink). Minor annotations in pencil - these are very likely to have been written by the Rear Admiral. Previous bookseller information to rear pastedown (lower left: N.H.G. Hurst No. 200. 200 is written in pen, the rest is stamped in black ink). Further details & images for any of the items listed are available on request. Mrs Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. For shipping heavier items, or delivery outside the UK, please read our shipping terms for further details.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
- Author
- J. R. Hutchinson
- Publisher
- Eveleigh Nash, London
- Publication year
- 1913
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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