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Contraband Cargoes: Seven Centuries of Smuggling
by Neville Williams
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier tanning to the spine which h
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, New York & Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co., 1959. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier tanning to the spine which has a little loss at the ends. Boards faded at the spine ends. Leans slightly. Edges of the textblock heavily tanned. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned. . First edition (first printing). Signed copy. Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8¾” x 5¾” (0.9 kg); (xiii) 301pp; Index; Signed by the author on the title page with a dedication to the first blank — unverified and reflected as such in the lack of premium. Contains: Black & white plates [10]; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #180038|| Condition:
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180038
- Title
- Contraband Cargoes: Seven Centuries of Smuggling
- Author
- Neville Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier tanning to the spine which h
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, New York & Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co.
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- illicit trade, customs house, hawkhurst gang, smuggling cutter, revenue men, smuggling great britain history, great britain, first edition books, books written by neville williams
Terms of Sale
BookLovers of Bath
As a distance seller based in England, I am required to abide by the terms of the "Distance Selling Act", details of which are freely available. This ensures that you have the highest degree of protection when purchasing from me. Alongside that, I prefer to treat my customers in the manner that I expect to be treated; my guarantee is complete satisfaction or your money back - I aim to please, not just for the one book sale but to ensure that should you require another book, another time that my name against it means it gets your consideration.
About the Seller
BookLovers of Bath
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset
About BookLovers of Bath
BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…
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