About this title: Admiral Nelson's most frequent cry was for more frigates. Though not ships of the line these fast and powerful warships were the 'eyes of the fleet'. They enabled admirals to find where the enemy lay and his likely intentions, as well as patrolling vital trade routes and providing information from far-flung colonies. Together with their smaller cousins, the sloops and brigs of the Royal Navy, they performed a vital function.
Generally commanded by ambitious young men, these were the ships that could capture enemy prizes and earn their officers and men enough prize-money to set them up for ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Fair in fair dust jacket. Ex-library. 1971 Dodd, Mead hard cover. Typical ex-lib stamps, labels, card holder, Dj covered in clear plastic. Pages bright, some spotting, bent page corners, shelfwear, edgewear. Dust Jacket has small tears under the... 176 p. Illustrations. read more
Description: Wordsworth, 1998 edition, SOFTCOVER, 8-1/2X5-1/2", several b/w; Illustratio ns, indexed, Clean, bright and solid, NEW and UNREAD. A nice copy you will be happy to own! read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co
Date Published: 1971
Description: Illustrated by Ernest E. Yelf. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket; Ex lib with "discard" stamps, spine label and card pocket. Ex-Lib; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 176 pages. read more
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0396062849. Drawings by Ernest E. Yelf. First American edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, NY
Date Published: 1971
Description: Military Maps, 16 Photos. Fine/Near Fine. W/Dust Jacket 176pgs(Index) Price clipped, 2 DJ fore-edge corners slightly nicked, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates, DJ tears etc. In fine condition. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, NY
Date Published: 1971
Description: Military Maps, 16 Photos. VG+/Near Fine. W/Dust Jacket 176pp(Index) Price clipped, 1/8" DJ tear top rear edge, ink name, date on front free endpaper, o.w. clean, bright & tight. Text of book is. In fine condition. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd Mead & Company, New York
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780229974931ISBN:0229974937
Description: Yelf. Very Good in Very Good jacket. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET WITH TEARS. GREEN CLOTH COVER, SPINE ENDS LIGHTLY BUMPED. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Adlard Coles Limited, London
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780229974931ISBN:0229974937
Description: Ernest E, Yelf. Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS Fine burgundy cloth. Purple pictorial endpapers. Fine green color pictorial price-clipped DJ. (1970), 8vo, 192pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co,
Date Published: 1971
Description: Very Good in Fair dust jacket. Drawings by Ernest E. Yelf. 176 pages, 8 plates, maps, cloth, dust jacket frayed otherwise very good. Book Club Edition. From the dj: Light, swift daring: frigates were the cruisers of Nelson's navy, commanded by gold, young, courageous officers, ranging the oceans of the world alone or in packs, seeking the enemy-an usually finding him. Everything is here without prejudice, for everything happened in the naval encounters of the Napoleonic period and the Anglo ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780396062844ISBN:0396062849
Description: Yelf, Ernest E. Fine in Fine jacket. FINE 1st edition (previous owner's bookplate) in a FINE color pictorial dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Adlard Coles, London
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780229974931ISBN:0229974937
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hardback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Monochrome illstns, drawings by Ernest E. Yelf, pictorial endpapers, glossary. Tight and tidy, just slightly tilted. Fully intact dust jacket, tiny tear to 1 top corner. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780396062844ISBN:0396062849
Description: Yelf, Ernest E. Fine in Fine jacket. FINE stated American 1st edition in a FINE color pictorial dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Coles, London
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780229974931ISBN:0229974937
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked copy with some DJ wear, nice copy. 192 p., 16 plates. : illus., plans.; 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Plans, Plates. Illus. on lining papers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Book Club Edition. XIV, 176 PP with 2 tables & 8 maps, plus 16 b/w plates. Eps: Sail plan of a 3-masted frigate. Cloth cover, dj. Very good. 21.5 x 14.. Not only the fights, victories, defeats, mutinies, but also the social, political and naval scene. read more
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