Capt JCR Colomb MP; The Rule of the Road at Sea. Issue 960. (First edition before the bound volumes.)
London: Vanity Fair, 1887. Original colour lithograph. 40 x 27 cm (15.75 x 10.6 inches). Very Good. Toning in margins and some wear along edges, not affecting image. Dated 26 Mar 1887. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son (Lith.). Scarce.
Sir John Charles Ready Colomb, KCMG (1 May 1838 – 27 May 1909) was a British naval strategist. Colomb was born in Onchan, Isle of Man, the son of General George Thomas Colomb (1787–1874), and was the younger brother of British Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb. He was educated privately, and entered the Royal Naval College from which he passed in 1854 into the Royal Marine Artillery. After being variously employed with the Navy, Army, Militia, and Volunteers he retired in 1869 with the rank of Captain. He thenceforth devoted himself to the study of naval and military problems, on which he had already published some essays. His books on Colonial Defence and Colonial Opinions (1873), The Defence of Great and Greater Britain (1879), Naval Intelligence and the Protection of Commerce (1881), The Use and the Application of Marine Forces (1883), Imperial Federation: Naval and Military (1887), followed later by other similar works, made him well known among the rising school of Imperialists, and he was returned to parliament (1886–1892) as Conservative member for Bow and Bromley, and afterwards (1895–1906) for Great Yarmouth. Item #18-1316
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