The Story of Sir Francis Drake
by Mrs. Oliver Elton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. T. Heath Robinson. Part of The Children’s Heroes Series edited by John Lang. Small 8vo with blue paper covered boards and a tipped in coloured picture of Drake on front. Vii + 120pp illustrated by T. Heath Robinson with frontispiece and 7 other coloured plates. Very clean and near fine inside, a little edge wear to corners of boards and spine. The story of Drakes life simplified for the younger reader and quite biased as to his heroics. Undated circa 1906
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- Bookseller
- Bird's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2236
- Title
- The Story of Sir Francis Drake
- Author
- Mrs. Oliver Elton
- Illustrator
- T. Heath Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- T.C. & E.C. Jack
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Drake, English history, naval history, philip of spain, queen Elizabeth, tudor, spanish armada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical & Antiquity;
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- Fine
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