ROYAL NAVALESE (SIGNED) : A Glossary of Forecastle and Quarterdeck Words and Phrases

Irving (Royal Navy), Commander John

Published by Focal Point Publications - Edward Arnold & Co., London, England, 1946

About this Item

176 pages: 6.25 x 9.25 in.: KB#019237: NEW, UNREAD Condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR'S SON (David Irving) at top of title page; this copy was received, by this bookdealer, directly from the author's family. Book was originally published in 1946; this is the second printing, done in 2020. Bookjacket / dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for signature), brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. The Author John Irving was an officer serving in the Royal Navy from 1914 to 1945. "The sea has a language of its own which I deem worthy of preservation. It is the unbreakable link between seamen. The sailor lives a life so much apart from his fellow men, a life of journeyings and wanderings, of strange places and strange tongues. To-day, in Mess Deck and Ward Room there are phrases in common daily use which span the centuries. The speed of modern sea life has a tendency to brush some of those older expressions from the seaman's tongue but they contrive to linger on in the background. I have therefore garnered them into this Glossary of Navalese, at least to keep their memory green, for they do not die.": B&W Illustrations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROYAL NAVALESE (SIGNED) : A Glossary of Forecastle and Quarterdeck Words and Phrases
• Publisher: Focal Point Publications - Edward Arnold & Co., London, England
• Publication Date: 1946
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Beryl Irving
• Edition: First Edition: Second Printing.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)