Commander - The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
by Stephen Taylor
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 057127711X
- ISBN 13
- 9780571277117
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2012 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Biography of the British navel officer Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757-1833). 354pp with index, illustrated with 8 pages of colour plates. Gilt lettering to spine, burgundy endpapers. Slight bumping to spine and corners and sunning to pages edges, otherwise good cop with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear with small nicks to corners, otherwise good..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015871
- Title
- Commander - The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain
- Author
- Stephen Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 057127711X
- ISBN 13
- 9780571277117
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
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