The Mary Rose: The Excavation and Raising of Henry VIIIÕs Flagship by Rule, Margaret - 1984

LONDON, ENGLAND: WINDWARD PRESS. VG. PAPERBACK. 2ND. 1982.

London: Conway Maritime Press. 1982. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dustjacket - DJ is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Colour and black & white illustrations and photographs. Bookplate to the preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 240 pages. . 2nd Edition Revised. Hardback.

London England: Conway Maritime Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1983. Revised 2nd Edition. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Quarto 0851772897 Hardback Hardback. The Mary Rose. price clipped D/J. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. Her sinking in 1545 was both sudden and unexpected, and as a result everything within the hull was trapped and preserved - not only ship fittings, guns and weaponry, but personal objects like clothes, jewellery, books and even a barber-surgeon's medical kit. All these items were in everyday use, and this makes the ship a perfect 'time capsule' of ordinary Tudor life. From her original dramatic loss to the modern recovery operation, the story of the Mary Rose is a fascinating blend of history, archaeology and adventure. Margaret Rule, the archaeological director of the project from its earliest days, is ideally placed to tell this story, using for the first time the results of the excavation so far. These already indicate that the Mary… Read More