Felix, Ernest J. / Bosanquet, Lieut. Henry T.A.

How to enter the Royal Navy. With an article by Lieut. Henry T.A. Bosanquet, R.N. Cover Specially designed by H.M.Livett.

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., no year (c.1898). Small Octavo. Frontispiece, (8 unnumbered pages), 102 pages plus 22 unnumbered pages of Advertising. With five (5) photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (decorative blue publisher’s cloth). Poor but firm condition of the binding and some repair to Frontispiece and titlepage with stronger signs of wear. Smaller damage to rear pastedown. Complete with all photographs. One of the rarer titles on the Royal Navy and its recruiting techniques at the end of the Victorian Age. Name of preowner on pastedown: “P.W.Newenham, Coolmore, Carrigaline, County Cork”.

The Illustrations include:

1. H.M. Training Ships “Britannia” and “Hindostan″
2. H.R.H. The Duke of York and Group of Midshipmen
3. Entrance to the Naval Engineering College, Keyham
4. Students at Work in the Pattern Shop, Keyham
5. Pay Day on One of her Majesty’s Ships

The Chapters include:

I. The Advantages of the Service with advice to Parents
II. Physical Disqualifications
III. Naval Cadets: Descriptive / Examination Subjects and Regulations
IV. Engineer Students and Students in Naval Construction: Descriptive / Examination Subjects and Regulations
V. Assistant Clerks, R.N.: Descriptive / Examination Subjects and Regulations
VI. Supply and Accounting Depts., Admiralty
VII. Examination Papers set by the Commissioners
VIII. Solutions to the Examination Papers
INDEX

• Keywords: British History · Maritime History · Maritime History – Rare · Nautical · Nautical Books · Naval History · Royal Navy
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31654AB

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