{"product_id":"the-dardanelles-colour-sketches-from-gallipoli","title":"The Dardanelles: Colour Sketches from Gallipoli","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eWritten and drawn by Norman Wilkinson, R.I., who served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve through the Gallipoli campaign and recorded what he witnessed in watercolour on the spot. All thirty Full-Page Plates in Colour, are present and are reproductions from Water-Colour Drawings made on the spot. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBound in the publisher's original navy-blue cloth, the front board carrying a striking gilt-and-blind illustration of a British warship firing on a Turkish minelayer off an Aegean island. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe front pastedown\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"36\"\u003ecarries a printed ownership label,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"71\"\u003e\"Lieut. D. C. Ford, R.N.\" The name and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"110\"\u003erank correspond to Sir Denys Chester\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"147\"\u003eFord (1890–1967), who rose to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"177\"\u003eVice-Admiral and was a naval engineer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"215\"\u003eby training. In 1915 he would have\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"251\"\u003eheld a Lieutenant's rank, consistent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"288\"\u003ewith the label. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eInternally complete with the full complement of colour plates under tissue guards, including a vivid plate of a battleship's guns firing in support of the landings and black-and-white text illustrations throughout. The text itself, sampled at \"Chapter VI: Submarines,\" discusses the loss of HMS\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAboukir\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHogue\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCressy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the early use of submarines in the campaign; pages are clean and bright with only light, even age-toning typical of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea solid, well-presented copy. The gilt to the boards remains bright and fully legible, with light surface scuffing and faint marking to the cloth, and some fraying and minor loss to the cloth at the head of the spine. Corners lightly bumped. The leaf bearing the ownership label shows consistent with age, with the rest of the text block unaffected. No other inscriptions, stamps, or repairs noted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eA genuinely scarce title, sought after specifically for its subject, a firsthand artist's record of Gallipoli, and bolstered here by an authentic naval ownership provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47947454414900,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/3648\/4916\/files\/9DC5A73D-A7B6-4476-A460-C7A3BEE0A320_1_201_a.jpg?v=1782481498","url":"https:\/\/www.inkandsignaturebooks.com.au\/products\/the-dardanelles-colour-sketches-from-gallipoli","provider":"Ink \u0026 Signature Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}