MR. PEPY’S NAVY

Written and Illustrated by...

1968

First American Edition

By: L.A. Wilcox

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.)