Whitaker.

Whitaker’s Naval and Military Directory and Indian Army List 1899. Containing an alphabetical list of commissioned officers om the active list of both services, together with all senior retired officers with particulars concerning them; a list of the ships of the Navy and of the Regiments etc. of the Army; An Indian Army List / And a Catalogue of War Medals and Deccorations //

Revised Edition. London, J. Whitaker & Sons, 1899. Octavo. 675 pages with numerous interesting pages of british advertising [Adverts for “The Aeolian” / “The United States Playing Cards Agency” etc. Original Hardcover. Tear to rear pastedown. Otherwise in very good condition with some signs of external wear and slight damage to the cover edges. Binding still firm. Name of preowner “W.V.Duke – 1907” on the front free endpaper. A very rare book !

Joseph Whitaker (4 May 1820 – 15 May 1895) was a publisher who founded Whitaker’s Almanack. Joseph Whitaker was born in London, and apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of fourteen. After years of experience at various bookselling firms, he undertook his own business as a publisher of theological works. In January 1858 he launched The Bookseller and in 1869 published the first issue of Whitaker’s Almanack, a reference annual, which met with immediate (and lasting) success. In 1874 he published the first edition of the Reference Catalogue of Current Literature, of which several editions have since appeared. Whitaker died at 68 Silver Street, Enfield, on 15 May 1895, where he had lived since 1862. He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. (Wikipedia).

• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 43691AB

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