CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.
by CHATTERTON, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : John Lane, The Bodley Head, (1927). First edition. An elegant life of John Smith of Virginia (1580?-1631), soldier, explorer, admiral, colonial governor, and bestower of the name "New England" - rescue by Pocahontas and all the rest. In the "Golden Hind" series. Demy 8vo (23cm). (xii),286,[vi]pp. Portrait frontispiece. Plates. Three maps, two folding. Original cloth; some very minor wear and a few marks, but a good and sound copy. Pencilled 1930 gift inscription to A. B. Albright - presumably Alfred Beaumont Albright (1861-1932) of Worcestershire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43421
- Title
- CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH.
- Author
- CHATTERTON, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : John Lane, The Bodley Head, (1927).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Voyages, Travel, Biography, New England
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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- First Edition
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