The New Navy -- Rear Admiral R.A. Hopwood

John Murray, London, 1919. Cloth.

Condition: Good, some marking to front board. No Jacket. 1st edition. In orig. grey cloth boards with nice gilt and green vignette to front board, Green title to front, gilt title to spine.

Previous ownership names to the inside of cover and ffep.

Binding tight. 96 pages.

Scarce title. 

Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood (1868 - 1949) was referred to as the 'poet laureate' of the Royal Navy by TIME MAGAZINE, January 6, 1941. Hopwood's naval career began in the Victorian navy as a gunnery officer and when he retired in 1919 he had advanced to the rank of Rear Admiral. He published several volumes of poetry, most of which had to do with the service and the sea.

War Poetry,... 

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