The Pirates of Trucial Oman by Moyse-Bartlett, H - 1966

Macdonald & Co, 1966. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:

London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1966. Clean black cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edges: mild foxings. Eps: dj shadowing; tiny signature to head ffep; security sticker to rep foot. Frontis: glossy illustrated drawing of Captain T. Perronet Thompson from a portrait at Wilberforce House, Kingston-upon-Hull. Light foxing to a few pages. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 256p Dj: light soiling and rubbed wear. Part of top-edge with thin tape; small tape to top and bottom of rear flaps spines.Top and bottom edges with paperthin wear and a few chips. Price-cut to front flap foot.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG.

Macdonald, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. End-papers are slightly darkened, light foxing to first plate. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, tight binding, clean pages and end-papers . Contains black and white plates (full page illustrations). Previous owner's name in ink at front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61022101030. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

London: MacDonald & Co. 1966.. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). pp.256. Publisher's original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket 7 black & white plates including frontispiece of Captain T. Perronet Thompson, and 5 maps. Light wear and soiling to dust-jacket, contents clean, generally very good. From the cover: "In his preface to the book, Lieutenant-Colonel H. Moyse-Bartlett describes The Pirates of Trucial Oman as a story set in Napoleonic times, though outside the main stream of history. It deals with four naval and military expeditions and a tragic episode in the career of a certain colourful Captain T. Perronet Thompson � sailor, soldier, economist and politician. The Treaty which he drafted, interpreted and expounded, laid the foundation of Britain's strange relationship with the modern sheikhdoms of the Trucial coast. Captain T. Perronet Thompson was born in 1783 at Hull. After a notable academic career at Cambridge, he entered the Navy but… Read More

London: Macdonald, 1966. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper with two short, closed, tears at the head of the lower panel. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8¾” x 5¾” (0.9 kg); 256pp; Index; Includes: Black & white plates; Maps (1); Appendices (4); || 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 #192961|| Condition: