7th Jul, 2022 10:30

Two Day Book Sale

 
  Lot 153
 

COMMANDER RUDOLF WERNER, RN: THE BATTLECRUISERS AT THE ACTION OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, ed Col Willoughby Werner, with a memoir of the author by Harold Hodge, London, John Bale Sons & Danielsson, 1920, 1st edition, 14 plates as list, Alfred Richard Riseborough's copy with his signature and inscription 'In Memoriam, Commander Werner and Col Willougby Werner' on ffep, together with his manuscript list 'Fore Top's crew HMS Inflexible, 18 March 1915' on rear free end paper, Able Seaman Riseborough, RN served on HMS Inflexible and was invalided out of the Royal Navy as a result of wounds received on 18th March 1915, the appendix at end contains many relevant letters including two by Riseborough. A relevant news cuttings re Alfred Richard Riseborough (1895-1965), a successful Norfolk farmer, tipped in at end, large 4to, original two-tone cloth gilt a little worn

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COMMANDER RUDOLF WERNER, RN: THE BATTLECRUISERS AT THE ACTION OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, ed Col Willoughby Werner, with a memoir of the author by Harold Hodge, London, John Bale Sons & Danielsson, 1920, 1st edition, 14 plates as list, Alfred Richard Riseborough's copy with his signature and inscription 'In Memoriam, Commander Werner and Col Willougby Werner' on ffep, together with his manuscript list 'Fore Top's crew HMS Inflexible, 18 March 1915' on rear free end paper, Able Seaman Riseborough, RN served on HMS Inflexible and was invalided out of the Royal Navy as a result of wounds received on 18th March 1915, the appendix at end contains many relevant letters including two by Riseborough. A relevant news cuttings re Alfred Richard Riseborough (1895-1965), a successful Norfolk farmer, tipped in at end, large 4to, original two-tone cloth gilt a little worn

Auction: Two Day Book Sale, 7th Jul, 2022

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