[Fine Binding | Alfred De Sauty] The Laws of the Navy

Hopwood, Rear Admiral Ronald A. The Laws of the Navy. Devonport: Hiorns and Miller, 1898. Third impression. With the inscription "Daisy from the Author" to the verso of a front blank, and Hopwood's signature to the tail of the final leaf. With a loosely inserted handwritten poem from the author, titled 'Let's' and beginning with the line 'There need'nt be dissensions, and there need'nt be unrest'. This appears to be an original and unpublished work from the author. In addition, in a separate hand, there is a small handwritten "Plan of Homograph" page (potentially excised from a separate work), illustrating the code of signals developed in the early 1800s. The verso features a description of signals to be utilized at night. Bound in full tan morocco by Alfred de Sauty, featuring a signature Arts & Crafts-style de Sauty design, with the title of the book to the front center board, surrounded with a roundel of gilt flowers and leaves. On top and bottom, there are small circular orname