Storm and Conquest. The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1809
by Taylor, Stephen
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0571224660
- ISBN 13
- 9780571224661
- Seller
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber. 2007. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 380 pages. In one fatal season Britain lost fourteen of her great Indiamen, either sunk or taken by enemy frigates. Many hundreds of lives were lost, and the East India Company was shaken to its foundations. This book tells the story of that season. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB230518
- Title
- Storm and Conquest. The Battle for the Indian Ocean, 1809
- Author
- Taylor, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571224660
- ISBN 13
- 9780571224661
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; military-naval;
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About the Seller
Adelaide Booksellers
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia
About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.