Jamestown: The Voyage Of English (FINE COPY OF SCARCE COMMEMORATIVE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Watson, Alan [Baron Watson Of Richmond]
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About This Item
2006. Fine. First edition; 2006 Commemorative Copy. Paperback. No publication details. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on a printed bookplate affixed to verso of of front cover. Bookplate reads, 'This commemorative volume presented December 19, 2006 by the U S Jamestown 400th Commemorative Commission and Virginia's Jamestown 2007 Steering Committee on the occasion of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the launch of the three English ships bound for Virginia and the settlement that would become Jamestown'. (ii),vi,65pp. The author explores the global significance of the arrival of the three ships , the 'Godspeed', the 'Susan Constant' and the 'Discovery', on America's East Coast in 1607. These ships carried the ideas and the language which would shape the modern world. With Bibliography. A fine copy of a SCARCE COMMEMORATIVE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16784
- Title
- Jamestown: The Voyage Of English (FINE COPY OF SCARCE COMMEMORATIVE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Watson, Alan [Baron Watson Of Richmond]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. History. Jamestown, Virginia. History Of America. History Of English Language. Language. Linguistics. Exploration.
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