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TAYLOR, STEPHEN: : SONS OF THE WAVES: The COMMON SEAMAN in the HEROIC AGE of SAIL - 1740-1840

US.YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS.NEW HAVEN & LONDON,2020.

ISBN 9780300245714.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1.] FINE/FINE. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase,so NO owner inscrptn and NO price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork painting by Neil Gower,illustrated dw/dj with black+blue lettering to front, b/w to spine and black lettered critics' reviews to rear respectively; and all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered, original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate clean plain navy blue sets of endpapers.US, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xxvpp+5-490pp [paginated] includes separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables,a Preface,a Prologue,Pts 1+2 - with both an Interlude and Epilogue,and comprising of 11 and 25 chapters,b/w historical contemporary paintings,illustrations etc.,reproductions throughout,16pp contemporary colour illustration reproductuions in 1 block, between pp228/29,Notes,5 and a half pages Bibliography - Manuscript soures: Seamen's Memoirs: Primary+Secondary,Other Published works and articles+Theses - Acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with an epigram to its verso,and 2pp blanks at the rear preceding the rear free endpaper. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, "illiterate" seamen.Now Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters,and naval records,including court-martials and petitions,to present these men in their own words.In this exhilarating account,ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs. Proud and spirited,learned in their own fashion, with robust opinions and the courage to challenge overwhelning authority,they stand out from their less adventurous compatriots.Taylor demonstrates how the sailor was the engine of British prosperity and expansion up to the Industrial Revolution.From exploring the South Seas with Cook to establishing the East India Company as a global corporation,from the sea battles that made Britain a superpower to the crisis of the 1797 mutinies,these "sons of the waves" held the nation's destiny in their calloused hands. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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