[Rarebooks] FS: THE NAVAL ANNUAL, 1886.

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Brassey, [Thomas] Lord. THE NAVAL ANNUAL, 1886.  Portsmouth: J. 
Griffin and Co., 1886. 550 pp. + adv. Illus. with b/w & color 
drawings, b/w engravings and maps. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. 
First year of publication. Inscribed by J. Vavasseur to Admiral 
Simpson, U.S.N. on the first blank.

Rear Admiral Edward Simpson (1824-1888) served in the 
Mexican-American and Civil Wars. After the war he did tours of 
ordnance duty, including missions to Europe in 1870-72 and 1883 where 
he no doubt came into contact with John Vavasseur (1834-1908) of the 
London Ordnance Works, a director of Armstrong's, and the developer 
of the popular Vavasseur guns. Vavasseur was also exceedingly close 
to Admiral Jacky Fisher, First Sea Lord, and Vavasseur chose Fisher's 
son, Cecil, as his heir. A very good copy, boards rubbed, a few small 
tears to the endpapers at the hinge.     [31129] $200.00

Regards,

Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
P.O. Box 122
East Jewett, NY 12424.
Phone: 518-589-0555.
Email: books at kaaterskillbooks.com
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