Smuggling

The real story of smuggling is just as exciting as the old tales of silent, sinister men risking their lives to bring comforts to an overtaxed population. Smugglers were often larger than life but rarely the gallant hero. Here, the aims and devices of hard-pressed smugglers, the conflicts between the Customs Service and the Royal Navy, and the new types… Read more about this item

David & Charles, 1973-09-20. hardcover. Acceptable/No dust jacket. 0x0x0. No dust jacket but otherwise good condition.

Newton Abbot : David and Charles, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 155p : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm. Subjects; Smuggling — England — History. Smuggling — Great Britain — History.

Hardback. Very Good.

Great Britain: David & Charles, 1973. slight wear to covers and cover edges, library marks, some usage soiling front endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: edge wear, library sticker spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.

Hardback. Acceptable.

David & Charles, London, 1973. First Edition. Hardback. Clean, tight cloth copy in an 'as new', sharp cornered dw. Slight offsetting to endpapers. ; 155 pages; Description: 4to. 155 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Smuggling--Great Britain--History. Notes: Bibliography: p. 149-150. Illustrated with black and white photos, figues, line drawings and facsimile manuscripts.

United Kingdom: David & Charles, 1973. Cloth. Fine/Near Very Fine. Larger, thinner book, fine yellow cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 155 stiff pages, profusely illustrated. DJ glossy white beneath mylar, color-illustration of men with booty at bottom front and back. DJ has light wear to top tips. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

David & Charles, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.