The Spanish Town Papers. Some sidelights on the American War of Independence.
by Robertson, E. Arnot
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
London: Cresset Press. 1959. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has some light rubbing - now protected in a purpose-made plastic cover. Contains b/w photographs by H.E. Turner. 199 pages. Nearly a thousand bundles of old sailing-ship documents - log books full of lovely phrases, love-letters written by the crews of fighting ships, a very peculiar note from young Horatio Nelson, along with a still more remarkable Clearance Paper signed by George Washington - these are among the Spanish Town Papers. None has been copies or written about before this book. Each bundle represents a prize captured by the Royal Navy or British privateers from the rebellious colonists in the War of American Independence. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB202585
- Title
- The Spanish Town Papers. Some sidelights on the American War of Independence.
- Author
- Robertson, E. Arnot
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
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