THE GOLDEN ANTILLES.
by SEVERIN, Timothy, 1940- :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Hamish Hamilton, (1970). First edition. Tim Severin, himself a formidable sailor and re-creator of epic voyages, looks at the travellers, adventurers, pirates, buccaneers and soldiers of fortune drawn by the lure of the golden dream - William Dampier, El Dorado, John Esquemeling, Thomas Gage - the man who loved chocolate, Laurence Keymis, William Paterson, William Penn, Sir Walter Ralegh, Robert Venables, Lionel Wafer and more. Demy 8vo (23cm). [2],(xii),336,xii,[2],[ii]pp. Plates. Map. Original boards; top edge blue; a handful of edge-spots, but a very good copy in the George Mayhew dust-jacket - the jacket slightly creased and with a very short tear to lower panel, but clean and complete.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43444
- Title
- THE GOLDEN ANTILLES.
- Author
- SEVERIN, Timothy, 1940- :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Hamish Hamilton, (1970).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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