Edited by Geoffrey Holme, by The Studio Limited, London 1924. Limited Edition.452 of 1500. With many notes in the margins and additional plates tipped in by Master Mariner Francis J. Bayldon (Founder of the Sydney School of Navigation) whose copy this was. Starting in 1587 with Ark Royal, and a year later with a print of the Spanish Armada all the great naval engagements are depicted, Battle of the Downes, The Four Day Fight of 1666, Mary Rose Action 1669, Battle of Texel 1673, battles of Barfleur, La Hogue, Malaga and the Relief of Gibraltar 1705, Vernon at Portobello, Capture of the Foudroyant 1758, Battle of Quiberon Bay 1759, Victory of John Paul Jones, Hood and de Grasse by Nicholas Pocock, Defence of Gibraltar by Thomas Luny, The Glorious First of June 1794 by Dodd, Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 Battle of Camperdown by Hellyer, Battle of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar by Serres and Huggins. Constitution and Java and the Capture of the President. Most of the great marine artists are represented, Van de Velde, Sailmaker, Monamy, Sam Scott, C. Brooking, Cole, Swaine, Paton, Toms, Serries, Luny, Pollard, Dodd, Laurie, Fittler, Pollard, Goldar, Pocock, Weber, Cleveley, Whitcombe, Yates, Ozanne, Anderson, Huggins, Stanfield, Turner, Harraden and Whitcombe. Foxing evident otherwise nice tight condition. Brown cloth covered end boards, bleached spine. 320 mm x 250 mm