MR. PEPY’S NAVY
Written and Illustrated by...
1968
First American Edition
A.S. Barnes and Company [South Brunswick, NY]
8vo
Hardcover [Navy Blue cloth]
Item Number: 4885
$45.00
Description
An excellent overview of Samuel Pepys’ administration (and virtual creation) of the Royal Navy in the late 17th c.; he became known as “the Saviour of the Navy.” Also much on the ships, equipment and sailors. A fine copy, except for clipped front end paper, without dust jacket. (189p., 74 illus., index.)