The Naval History of Great Britain by William James - INDEX

Index to James' Naval History edition 1886, prepared by CG Toogood and edited by TA Brassey

Published by Conway Maritime Press in 1971, 187 pages. Hardback with Dust Jacket - c.15.5cm by 23cm (A58FWSO)

From the front inside fly leaf: Those who have occasion to use James Naval History are straight away impressed with the extensive mass of rich and valuable material contained in the 3,000 pages of this scholarly work. Moreover it is a work of painstaking accuracy and meticulous detail with regard to dates, names, tonnage, armament and movement of ships. The index to this storehouse of naval material was prepared by C. G. Toogood under the supervision of T. A. Brassay and is arranged in four parts - Briish and Foreign Ships, Naval Officers, Military Officers and Naval Actions. For the purpose of serious study it is an indispensable guide to the material that exists and where it can be found with the minimum of trouble.

The condition of the book is generally good. The duct jacket has one or two minor scuffs but is clean and bright, the spine is intact and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound. There is a previous owners label on the inside front cover.