Perrin, W. G. (ed.)

Boteler's Dialogues

London: Navy Records Society, 1929. Facsimile page from 1685 edition. First Thus. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp. xxxix, 341. Index. Blue cloth spine with white buckram-covered boards, gilt device to cover, gilt lettering to spine. With a facsimile page of "A Dialogical Discourse Concerning Marine Affaires." Vol. 65 in the series. Bookplate of a RN pre-WWII submariner; spine a tad faded. Very Good. Item #1304

Reprints "Six Dialogues about Sea Services between an High Admiral and a Captain at Sea" (1685) by Nathaniel Butler ("Boteler"), a governor of Bermuda under Charles I. Dialogues between an Admiral and a Captain on how to maintain a ship and engage it in fighting, duties of officers, the administration of victuals, information on payroll, pillaging and the appropriate use of weapons.

Sections on "Boarding;" "Being Boarded;" "Chasing;" "Fighting;" etc. Contains an interesting section on seafaring terms. An interesting piece of ephemera is laid in: A "Night Rounds Report" from the HMS Chrysanthemum date 1930. Before being scuttled, the Chrysanthemum was used in a Steven Spielberg shooting for one of the Indiana Jones movies. A handsome copy. Blue cloth spine with white buckram-covered boards, gilt device to cover, gilt lettering to spine.

Price: $40.00