Thucydides, [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated into English by Benjamin Jowett, limited edition, Ashendene Press, 1930, main text printed in Ptolemy type, decorative initials designed by Graily Hewitt and Blado Italic side notes printed in red, edges untrimmed, original pigskin by W. H. Smith spine lettered in gilt, a few faint spots and marks to boards, small scuff to rear board, cardboard slipcase (worn and marked), folio (40 x 26.5 cm) One of 260 copies on paper. Provenance: Robert ('Robin') Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscription 'Robin White, April 1931' to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (1)
Thucydides, [History of the Peloponnesian War], translated into English by Benjamin Jowett, limited edition, Ashendene Press, 1930, main text printed in Ptolemy type, decorative initials designed by Graily Hewitt and Blado Italic side notes printed in red, edges untrimmed, original pigskin by W. H. Smith spine lettered in gilt, a few faint spots and marks to boards, small scuff to rear board, cardboard slipcase (worn and marked), folio (40 x 26.5 cm) One of 260 copies on paper. Provenance: Robert ('Robin') Charles Meadows White (1904-1939), Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy (pencilled ownership inscription 'Robin White, April 1931' to front free endpaper); thence by descent. White died in one of the first British naval disasters of the Second World War when his destroyer HMS Duchess was accidentally rammed by HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintyre. (1)
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