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Secker & Warburg, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Paperback. Very Good.

Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Holt Rinehart Winston, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Edge wear to price-clipped jacket. .

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Very Good. Prebble, John. The Darien Disaster: A Scots Colony in the New World. 1698-1700. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. 366pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover with pictorial endsheets. Book condition: Very good, lightly rubbed edges, lightly faded spine and faintly soiled top edge of text block. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with minuscule chip from top corner of inner flap. In dust jacket protector .

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Hardcover. c.1968. Cloth. 8vo. 366pp. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Mild rubbing to edges. Light wear to price-clipped dustjacket, light soil.

Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd, 1970. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; Heavy Fading Due to Sun Exposure. "Door of the seas . . . key of the universe". CONTENTS: 1 The Noble Undertaking 2 The Rising Sun 3 The Door of the Seas 4 The Key of the Universe 5 A Nation's Humour 6 God's Wonderful Mercy 7 As Bitter as Gall; Appendices; Acknowledgements; Sources and Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: For the Scots, stunned by the Massacre of Glencoe and prickled by English arrogance, the Darien scheme brought a touch of dignity. William Peterson's seductive vision of a New Caledonia linking Pacific and Atlantic beckoned them away from a past of martyred warriors towards a bright commercial future. Darien would be the "door of the seas, and the key of the universe". English… Read More

The Darien Disaster refers to a series of events which took place from 1698-1700, when the Scots defied the English and Spanish and tried to establish a settlement in Panama. What transpired cost 2,000 Scots their lives and firmly marked the end of Scotland's attempt at independence. It remains a scar on the Scottish psyche.The Darien Disaster, A Scots Colony in the New World 1698-1700 was written in 1968 by the preeminent authority on Scottish history, the Canadian-English journalist John Prebble (1915-2001). It was a best-seller and was re-issued by Edinburgh's Mainstream Publishing in 1978, as a trade paperback which, oddly, has a dust jacket. It is 366 pages, including lots of images. It has one dogear and a gift inscription in the front (father to daughter) but is in excellent condition.

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B&w photo illus. and maps throughout

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969. 366pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, col map endpapers. Or black boards in jacket. Bumped at top front corner. In 1698 1200 Scotmen sailed to Panama to form a colony-the idea originating with the founder of the bank of England. What happened to them is a terrible tale surpassed only by what happened to 1300 more Scots, including women and children, who arrived a year later.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Used - Like New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition.

Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. H/B 366 pages, condition is very good, minor edge wear to the DJ.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Small plain label inside cover.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. hardback with dust jacket 366pp., b/w pls., maps, ep maps, appends., bibliog., index,

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. 1968 Secker & Warburg first edition hardback; Very Good clean copy, with very good price-clipped dj with some edge wear; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1968.

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. 1968 Secker & Warburg first edition hardback; Good+ clean copy, aged to page edges else very good, with very good unclipped dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1968.