Vintage Royal Navy Books on DVD
A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 35 rare and out of print books covering the Royal Navy.
Each book has been scanned in as a faithful reproduction of the original. The disc contains digital scans of all of the books in (Adobe) PDF format which allows each volume to be read individually.
The books will require suitable PDF software to view them, almost certainly you will already have this on your computer or device - if not we recommend Adobe Reader which is available free.
Please note that these will not play on a home CD/DVD player, they contain no video or audio files whatsoever. These are Data DVDs and can only be viewed on a PC/Laptop. .
The list of just some of the titles on the DVD is shown below:
An Admiral’s wife in the making 1860 – 1903 – Lady Poore 1917
Recollections of an Admiral’s wife 1903 – 1916 – Lady Poore 1916
The Navy and the Nation – Lieut Col Sir G S Clarke 1897
A manual for Naval cadets – J McNeill 1860
Essays on Naval defence – Vice Admiral P H Colomb 1893
The British Navy past and present – Rear Admiral S Bardley-Wilmot 1904
The British Fleet: The growth, achievements and duties of the Navy of the Empire – Commander C N Robinson 1894
A Naval biographical dictionary: Comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty’s Navy, from the Rank of Admiral of the Fleet to that of Lieutenant – W R O’Byrne 1849
The Naval Battles of Great Britain from the accession of the illustrious house of Hanover to the Throne to the battle of Navarin (some pages are missing) – C Ekins 1828
The Crisis of the Naval war – Viscount Jellicoe 1920
The Battle of Jutland
Some recollections – Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge 1918
A memoir of William Wolsley, Admiral of the Red Squadron – M C Innes 1895
Indiscretions of the Naval Censor – Rear Admiral Sir D Brownrigg 1920
Debates in the British Parliament 1911 – 1912 on the declaration of London and the Naval Prize Bill – 1919
The autobiography of Phineas Pett – W G Perrin 1918 Naval powers and their policy – J C Paget 1876
Naval policy; with some account of the warships of the principal powers – G W Steevens 1896
The British Navy – A Stenzel 1898
The Steam Navy of England – H Williams 1895
Naval Administration – Admiral Sir R Vesey Hamilton 1896
The Screw-Fleet of the Navy – E P Halstead 1850
Drake and the Tudor Navy (Volume 1) – J S Corbett 1898
A Sailor’s Life under four Sovereigns (Volume 1) – Admiral of the Fleet, Hon Sir H Keppel 1899 The British Navy, its making and its meaning – E Protheroe
Famous British Warships and their Commanders – W Wood 1897
The Illustrated guide to the Royal Navy and foreign navies – F T M Gibbs 1896
Naval accounts and inventories of the reign of Henry VII 1485-8 and 1495-7 – M Oppenheim 1896
A word for the Navy – A C Swinburne 1896
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Phipps Hornby, a biography – Mrs F Egerton 1896
The last of Nelson’s Captains – Admiral Sirr Augustus Phillimore 1891
Hearts of Oak – Rear Admiral H F Winnington-Ingram 1889
Select Naval documents – H W Hodges 1922
Types of Naval Officers drawn from the history of the British Navy – A T Mahan 1901
A text book of Naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royaal Navy – J J Welch 1891
These are faithfully digitised reproductions of vintage out of print books and are free of copyright restrictions. We make every effort to maintain the original images and text.
This Disc contains .PDF files which can easily be viewed on any Windows PC or Laptop with a DVD Drive.
Mac Users - the PDF files will open perfectly with your system, you just need to access the PDFs directly from the DVD or copy them to your hard drive.
You can also print, copy and share as many pages as you want.
You will receive a Fully Printed DVD supplied in a plastic wallet.
This compilation copyright The Retrospective Place
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