[Admiralty-Office] — The Navy List (January, 1862)

[London], [John Murray], 1862. First edition. Leather. The very scarce January 1862 issue of The Navy List, a comprehensive directory of officers and ships of the Royal Navy. January 1862 of The Navy List.Very scarce. Handsomely bound in later half crushed morocco, with marbled boards. Lacking title page. Hand-typed half title on tissue paper bound in, followed by the original half title. The Navy List, or The Monthly Navy List was an encyclopaedic publication issued on an almost unfailing monthly basis which listed the officers, ships, ports and stations and assignments of the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and Royal Canadian Navy.An invaluable tool which provides much of the data on ship captaincies and when various men were promoted.The first issue of The Navy List, published "By Authority" of the Admiralty by John Murray appeared in 1814.From the library of Andrew David (1924-2021), Lieutenant Commander of the Royal Navy. With his nautical bookplate to the front free endpaper. From 1961 to 1985 he worked in the Hydrographic Office of the Ministry of Defence, where he took a particular interest in its collection of manuscripts relating to voyages of discover in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. For several years after his retirement in 1985 he continued to write Admiralty sailing directions for the Hydrographic Office. In recent half crushed morocco with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, with only light rubbing to the extremities, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are toned, with scattered spots throughout. Archival repair to p.377. Bookplate of Andrew David tipped-in to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .