The Life Of Francis Drake.
by MASON, A.E.W.:
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1941 1st.. 9.0 x 6.0 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed at top end. Handling marks. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Slight browning to endp[apers. Hinge slightly cracked at half title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 436 pp. With b&w portrait frontis. Biography of Francis Drake.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93982
- Title
- The Life Of Francis Drake.
- Author
- MASON, A.E.W.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1941 1st.
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHIES/LETTERS/DIARIES a.e.w.mason, Sir Francis Drake, Biography, Dustwrapper First Edition History
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The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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