Maggs Brothers (London)

Four parts (24 cm), I (Catalogue 508; 1928): 200 pp., xxiv p. of plates, illustrations. 500 items; priced. II (Catalogue 534, 1930): 149 (8) pp., xvi p. of plates, illustrations. Items 501-1000; priced. III (Catalogue 585, 1933): 248 (11) pp., xliv p. of plates, illustrations. Items 1001-1956; priced. IV (Catalogue 654, 1938): 215 (13) pp., 20 plates, illustrations. Items 1960-3000; priced. Parts I-II in a collector’s cloth binding (original wrappers bound in); parts III-IV in publisher’s printed wrappers. - “A valuable contribution to naval and nautical literature. The entries are chronological, and the full index greatly aids reference, while the long bibliographical and historical notes often extend to learned essays” (from a review of parts I-II in The Times Literary Supplement, 20 February 1930, p.148). Compiled by Frank Maggs (1898-1965). ¶ Wrappers of Parts III-IV dust-soiled; one wrapper torn (Part III).