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NY: St Martins Press. 1973. 1st edition; blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine, top edge stained pink, hardcover. map end papers 170 pages; black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a very good dust jacket.
OVER THE SEA TO SKYE The Forty-Five by Selby, John - 1973
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OVER THE SEA TO SKYE The Forty-Five
by Selby, John
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The History Book Club, London, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Near New. .. 8vo, 170 pgs, well illustrated in colour and black and white, map end papers. Book and dw in near new condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: HISTORY: 18th Century; Inventory No: 8314..
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Over the Sea to Skye The Forty-Five
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Over the Sea to Skye The Forty-Five
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The last of the Jacobite risings - one of the great ifs of history - if Bonnie Prince Charles had not turned back at Derby would he have won and caste out the Hanoverian dynasty. Unrelenting drama, colour and adventure. 170 pages with 10 colour and 51 black and white illustrations, and 6 maps. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker on first page, stamp on publishing page, water crinkles to front endpaper and first title page, borrowing sleave remnants inside back cover, sticky tape marks front and back endpapers, marks on twenty five pages but mainly confined to edges, and wear to bottom cover. Dust jacket has sticker on spine and water damaged and wear top spine (see photo).
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Over the Sea to Skye. The Forty-Five
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London England: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. Over the Sea to Skye. Wear and a couple of small tears to edge of D/J. Small piece of D/J. missing from top of Spine. The saga of the Forty-five, the last of the Jacob risings, and the inter-related tragedy of Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', has always fascinated, providing as it does one of the great 'ifs' of history: if Charles and his army had not turned back at Derby, would the Hanoverian dynasty have been cast out and replaced by Charles's father, the Old Pretender? The author has returned to the opriginal documents and exercised the myths and over romanticised legends. Even so, his narrative of the rebellion is filled with coloour and adventure. From the moment when Charles landed on the forlorn Eeiskay coast, through the triumphs of Prestonpans and Carlisle, the fateful decision at Derby, the shattering of a dream at Culloden, to the final wanderings among the islands of the west coast, the…
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London England: The History Book Club, 1973. Hardback. Over the Sea to Skye. Slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. The saga of the Forty-five, the last of the Jacobite risings, and the inter-related tragedy of Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charles', has always fascinated, providing as it does one of the great 'ifs' of history: if Charles and his army had not turned back at Derby, would the Hanovarian dynasty have been cast out and replaced by Charles's father, the Old Pretender? The author has returned to the original documents and excised the myths and over-romanticised legends. Even so, his narrative of the rebellion is filled with colour and adventure. From the moment when Charles landed on the forlorn Eriksay coast, through the triumphs of Prestonpans and Carlisle, the fateful decision at Derby, the shattering of a dream at Culloden, to the final wanderings among the islands of the west coast, the drama of the Forty-five is unrelenting. Illustrated. 170 pp. (We carry a…
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Over the Sea to Skye. The Forty-Five.
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London: History Book Club, 1973. Cloth with dustjacket, 24 cm, 170 pp. Ills.: black and white illustrations. Cond.: goed / good. .
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Over the Sea to Skye, the Forty-Five
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London: History Book Club, 1973. Reprint, large 8vo, 170pp, cold and b/w photo reproductions, line drawings, maps, VG Copy in mildly edge-worn DJ. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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OVER THE SEA TO SKYE THE FORTY-FIVE
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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New York: St. Martin`s Press, 1973. 10 colour plates. 51 b/w illustrations. 6 maps. 170 pp. Grey maps on endpapers. Previous owner's name on ffep. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Three corners bumped. Blue DJ with white titles and colour illustration. Faded spine, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+.
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Over the Sea to Skye, The Forty-five
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. dust jacket 170pp., col. frontis., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, What would have happened if Charles & his Army had not turned back at Derby. Light tape-marks on dust jacket & minimal crinkling o/w VG copy
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Over the Sea to Skye, The Forty-five
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. 1st edition. Near Fine. lge. octavo. dust jacket 170pp., col. frontis., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, What would have happened if Charles & his Army had not turned back at Derby
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