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The speed of warships. / [by Ralph George Hawtrey].
[London : Chapman and Hall, 1897].
An extract from: "The fortnightly review" September, 1897.
Signed at end: "Ralph George Hawtrey".
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Bound with: "The speed of warships. A reply.".
Two newspaper extracts pasted on blank sheet between two articles: "An Eton boy as naval expert" (The Westminster Gazette 11th September 1897) and "Mr. Gladstone and the eton boy" (The Morning Post 20th September 1897).
Warships.
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Chapman and Hall publisher.
England London.
B37057