The Best of the Season

I will go s far as to say that the above has been my best find of the year as far as our local boot sale goes!

For the most part the boot sale season is drawing to a close as the weather turns and the days get shorter. Laurel and I headed off to our usual location, suitably dressed for a chilly Sunday morning, and arrived as a fairly sparse boot sale with the stalls spread out very generously over the hard standing of the park and ride that hosts it. The omens did not look encouraging so I was pleasantly surprised and delighted to score the book you see above in pretty good condition for the princely sum of £2!

Aside from some minor rubbing to the dust jacket and the bottom boards and some slight ‘sunning’ to the spine, the book is is great shape and is a most welcome addition to the WW1 naval section of my library. I have a copy on my Kindle and had been after a hardback version for sometime - not as a matter of any great urgency though as the secondhand prices seemed rather steep as a rule - so this was a great score.

A quick dive through the contents should show exactly why I am pleased to have secured a copy, especially at the price - when first printed it was £45 - and so the picture below shows what I mean.

A fairly comprehensive overview of the naval war

The final picture is of the details page - ISBN and so forth (or should that be Seaforth?). It has only taken me twelve years to get a copy!

I have scored some pretty useful titles over the past few weeks but I have to say that this is by far and away the best of the lot. Really pleased with it and I am sure it is going to be well thumbed over the next few months!