Book Details
| Author: | Davenport Adams, W.H.: |
| Title: | Eminent Sailors - A Series of Biographies of Great Naval Commanders, Including an Historical Sketch of the British Navy From Drake to Collingwood. |
| Published: | London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 20 - Military |
| Description: | xii, 333 pp + 6 pp ads. Frontispiece & 7 other b/w plates. Includes accounts of Sir Francis Drake, Robert Blake, Lord Anson, Lord Rodney, Earl Howe, Earl of St. Vincent, Lord Nelson, Sir Sidney Smith, & Lord Collingwood. Title page, Contents page and first two pages Introduction loose. Some light spots of foxing on prelims but text clean. Florally decorated eps. Blue decorated cloth boards with lettering highlighted in gilt on front board and spine. Vignette of sailing ship on front board and spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Overall condition VG. No dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #7089 |
| Price: | € 75.00 |
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