Search Results: Authors starting with A from D W Carson

Cloth, no dj. ex. lib. stamp to title page. 216+69p. Call # on spine. Text nice. Includes: Concio ad clerum in synodo provinciali cantuariensis provinciae ad D. Pauli; Concio Latine Habita, Coram Regia Maiestate; Quaestionis Nunquid per ius Divinum Magistratui;

George Anson was a Royal Navy officer. Anson served as a junior officer during the War of the Spanish Succession and then saw active service against Spain at the Battle of Cape Passaro during the War of the Quadruple Alliance. He then undertook a circumnavigation of the globe during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Anson commanded the fleet that defeated the French Admiral de la Jonquière at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre during the War of the Austrian Succession. Anson went on to be First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years' War. Among his reforms were the removal of corrupt defense contractors, improved medical care, submitting a revision of the Articles of War to Parliament to tighten discipline throughout the Navy, uniforms for commissioned officers, the transfer of the Marines from Army to Navy authority, and a system for rating ships according to their number of guns.
Notes: Hard. ¾ leather with tan cloth. Cloth and leather very nice. Maps and 43 plates included. Text ink bleeding onto… Read More

2 Vols. [132], 471; [126], 456 pages. Boards present but not covered. Scarce copy of early commentary by Juan Antonio Velazquez. Title-pages in red and black. Endpages wearing thin. Marbling to edge of book block. Inscribed on title page in ink. Pages and text nicely preserved from the period. No worming evident. Book block sound. Great candidate for restoration.

New cloth and endpapers. 368p. plus two indexes. Blindstamp to cover page. Text is very nice.