Search Results: over the sea to skye the by selby john

Hardback. Acceptable.

NY: St Martins Press. 1973. 1st edition; blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine, top edge stained pink, hardcover. map end papers 170 pages; black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a very good dust jacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. FAIR only, with head of spine and upper edge of rear board chewed; spine slightly cocked, corners of boards bumped, one corner of rear board split, page edges tanned. Jacket priceclipped, chewed along upper edge and at front fold, sunned, rubbed, edgeworn. 170 pp., illus., including color plates. Size: 8vo

London, U.K.: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. 170pp; col pls; b/w photos. Bib'y. Index.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

St. Martin's Press, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Good. .

Hamilton, 1973. Hardcover. Good.

St. Martin's Press. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. First American edition. In protective mylar cover. (Great Britain history, Biographies. Military history)

NY:: St. Martin's,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. B06XSJPDC9 . Some color, mostly black and white photographs throughout. First American edition. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. .

GB: History Book Club, 1973. Green cloth with gold lettering to spine. Top edge red. In near fine condition BUT minor spotting to prelims and end papers and very slight spotting to fore text edge. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition BUT a bit spotted on the inside.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/nrVG DW.

Hamish Hamilton 1st 1973 . 8vo, v min bmps + wr to bds, sl staining to btm edge of bds + btm edge of pages, sl staining to inside btm edge of d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 710 gms.

History Book Club. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The jacket is slightly rubbed. Internally clean and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

1st edition 1973. Hamish Hamilton - London. 241022037. The saga of the Forty-Five, the last of the Jacobite risings & the inter-related tragedy of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Lots of colour & b&w illustrations, maps, plans etc. Fine in Fine dustwrapper (spine of dustwrapper just a touch faded). .

This is a first edition of Over the Sea to Skye, the Forty-Five, written by the historian John Selby and published in 1973. It is the story of the last Jacobite uprising, the tragedy of Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the crush of .Culloden.
170 pages, including loads of black and white and color plates. The dust jacket is unclipped and has a very small amount of shelfwear. The book itself is in mint condition.

Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1973 Hamish Hamilton first edition hardback; Very Good, clean copy, with Very Good unclipped dj which has some edge wear; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition.. 1973.

Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and carefully read with minor bumping to corner of hard cover. Both book ^ jacket are in VG clean condition. No inscription or ownershipmarkings. No tears or loss. .

London England: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. Over the Sea to Skye. Wear and a couple of small tears to edge of D/J. Small piece of D/J. missing from top of Spine. The saga of the Forty-five, the last of the Jacob risings, and the inter-related tragedy of Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', has always fascinated, providing as it does one of the great 'ifs' of history: if Charles and his army had not turned back at Derby, would the Hanoverian dynasty have been cast out and replaced by Charles's father, the Old Pretender? The author has returned to the opriginal documents and exercised the myths and over romanticised legends. Even so, his narrative of the rebellion is filled with coloour and adventure. From the moment when Charles landed on the forlorn Eeiskay coast, through the triumphs of Prestonpans and Carlisle, the fateful decision at Derby, the shattering of a dream at Culloden, to the final wanderings among the islands of the west coast, the… Read More

The last of the Jacobite risings - one of the great ifs of history - if Bonnie Prince Charles had not turned back at Derby would he have won and caste out the Hanoverian dynasty. Unrelenting drama, colour and adventure. 170 pages with 10 colour and 51 black and white illustrations, and 6 maps. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker on first page, stamp on publishing page, water crinkles to front endpaper and first title page, borrowing sleave remnants inside back cover, sticky tape marks front and back endpapers, marks on twenty five pages but mainly confined to edges, and wear to bottom cover. Dust jacket has sticker on spine and water damaged and wear top spine (see photo).

Ny: St Martins Press, 1971. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine In Fine Dj. Not Book Club Or Remainder. No Marks.

London England: The History Book Club, 1973. Hardback. Over the Sea to Skye. Slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. The saga of the Forty-five, the last of the Jacobite risings, and the inter-related tragedy of Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charles', has always fascinated, providing as it does one of the great 'ifs' of history: if Charles and his army had not turned back at Derby, would the Hanovarian dynasty have been cast out and replaced by Charles's father, the Old Pretender? The author has returned to the original documents and excised the myths and over-romanticised legends. Even so, his narrative of the rebellion is filled with colour and adventure. From the moment when Charles landed on the forlorn Eriksay coast, through the triumphs of Prestonpans and Carlisle, the fateful decision at Derby, the shattering of a dream at Culloden, to the final wanderings among the islands of the west coast, the drama of the Forty-five is unrelenting. Illustrated. 170 pp. (We carry a… Read More

London: History Book Club, 1973. Cloth with dustjacket, 24 cm, 170 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. .