THE COMMODORES: The Drama of a Navy under Sail

by Leonard Guttridge, Jay D. Smith

A$60 · Offered by Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

Pp. x+340, 16 plates, endpaper maps, sources, index; med. 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower board slightly flecked, tiny bump and scratch to spine; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges and backstrip discoloured, with a few small splits, tiny closed tear to backstrip next to author's name, a couple of light scratches and creases; plates discoloured at edges yellowed only slightly affecting images , occasional light foxing and soiling;

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