From Libau to Tsushima: A Narrative of the Voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky’s Fleet to Eastern Seas, Including a Detailed Account of the Dogger Bank Incident

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Green cloth, gilt titles. sm8vo. John Murray. London. 1906. xvi, 307 pp. Very good, light wear and soiling to covers, ink name on half-title, no dust jacket. An account the disastrous voyage of the Russian fleet during the Russo-Japanese war, documenting the living conditions and the mindset of the sailors through the lens of the the author’s letters. The incident referenced in the title is one in which the Russians mistook british fishing boats as enemy warships, a diplomatic blunder which nearly started a war with Great Britain. weight: 1.2 lb.