James Stirling: Admiral and Founding Governor of Western Australia by Pamela Statham-Drew ISBN 13: 9781876268947

UWA Publishing, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good ++ With Several Fingermarks On The Foredge In A Like Jacket With A Rubbed Top Edge Pp 655 Index Illustrations

Crawly, Western Australia : University of Western Australia Press, 2005. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight but spine is slightly cocked. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Man of action, naval officer, able administrator, skilled diplomat - James Stirling's distinguished and multi-faceted career carried him to the four corners of the nineteenth-century world. This ambitious biography, seven years in the making, breaks new ground in documenting fully Stirling's path from birth into one of Scotland's oldest families, through to founder and Governor of the Swan River Colony and, ultimately, to Admiral and British naval chief in East Asia. Drawing on fresh archival material, author Pamela Statham Drew has fashioned an intricate tapestry of engrossing detail, set against a post-Napoleonic backdrop of colonial opportunism, wars, British naval… Read More

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Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Reprint. Hardcover. 1876268948 . With illustrations, as new in dustwrapper. ; 250 x 170mm; xiv, 655pp pages .

University of Western Australia Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.