The Battle of Trafalgar
by Bennett, Geoffrey
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London/ Annapolis: Batsford/ United States Naval Institute, 1977 Hard cover, 8vo. (measuring 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches), in blue cloth, titles in gold, in a pictorial dustjacket, now in mylar. Top of textblock is in a grayish stain, other edges uncolored. Printed label applied to title page over English publisher's name says published and distributed in the United States by the Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. Condition: Very Good with one chipped corner, in a Very Good dust/jacket (price-clipped). This compendium of original source material relating to the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) includes many maps and other black and white illustrations of the famous naval battle pitting the British, under Lord Nelson, against the combined might of the French and Spanish fleets in the conduct of the Napoleonic War. English Author Capt. Geoffrey Martin Bennet, DSC FRHS (1908-1983), wrote a number of well-regarded naval histories in retirement. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8732
- Title
- The Battle of Trafalgar
- Author
- Bennett, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Batsford/ United States Naval Institute
- Place of Publication
- London/ Annapolis
- Date Published
- 1977
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