Robert Blake: General-at-Sea
by Powell, John Rowland
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0002117266
- ISBN 13
- 9780002117265
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1972. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 352pp with notes, appendix and index. Six unpaginated indexed plates including frontispiece, plus other indexed illustrations, maps and plans in text. Light green boards with crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Illustrated DJ clean showing very small surface wear to corners, head and tail. DJ preserved now in archival cover. "This vivid and scholarly portrait provides the first authoritative biography of Blake and a lucid and original account of that crucible of sailing tactics, the first Dutch War.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043557
- Title
- Robert Blake: General-at-Sea
- Author
- Powell, John Rowland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002117266
- ISBN 13
- 9780002117265
- Publisher
- William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Blake, Robert, 1598-1657 - Biography. Naval commanders - Commonwealth of England - 17th century - Biography. First Anglo-Dutch War - Naval operations. Anglo-Spanish War - Naval operations. General-at-Sea - Robert Blake - Biography. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoirs;
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