Elizabethans Errant: The Strange Fortunes of Sir Thomas Sherley and His Three Sons.
by Davies, D W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: black boards with gilt spine text; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price cl
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About This Item
Ithaca, New York:: Cornell University Press, 1967.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black boards with gilt spine text; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with very good color, but has two small scuffed areas on the spine.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Index, notes. Description: Six b&w illustrations. The full subtitle reads: ''The Strange Fortunes of Sir Thomas Sherley and His Three Sons As Well in the Dutch Wars as in Muscovy, Morocco, Persia, Spain and the Indies''. Extravagant adventures of four English gentlemen on the make. As ambassadors and secret agents, pirates and government officials, army officers, debtors, and world travelers, the Sherleys were legends in their own time. ''Among them they managed to pursue almost every activity open to the European gentleman, running the gamut from crime to heroism.''
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 053741
- Title
- Elizabethans Errant: The Strange Fortunes of Sir Thomas Sherley and His Three Sons.
- Author
- Davies, D W
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: black boards with gilt spine text; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price cl
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York:
- Date Published
- 1967.
- Pages
- 337 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (9.25 inches tall)
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