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Book Condition: Used Very Good
Jacket condition: Good +
ISBN: 071954243X / 9780719542435
Seller: Diversity Books, IOBA

Australia
About Item: London: John Murray (Publishers), 1985. (v), + 209pp., intext, line-drawn theatre maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Two creased leaves at rear of book, else textblock unmarked. Art-illustrated (Val Biro) dustjacket lightly edgeworn, with a short closed tear, plus a dampstain on verso of spine. Promoted Post-Captain, Nathaniel Drinkwater, now in command of the former French frigate 'Antigone', is part of the Channel blockade of France in the summer of 1804. Somehow the combined fleets of France and Spain escape the blockade and now Drinkwater must face his old enemy Edouard Santhonax and the French Admiral Villeneuve off Cape Trafalgar . . . Contents include: Prelims., Part 1/ Blockade. 2/ Breakout. 3/ Battle. Book weight approx. 455g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good +.
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