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ADKINS**, ROY & LESLEY: : JACK TAR: Life in Nelson's Navy

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN/LITTLE BROWN BOOK GROUP,2008.

ISBN 9781408700549.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,contemporary period colour pictorial illustrated front panel with b/w,blue+ red lettering,colour thumbnail miniaturised front illustration to head of spine/back along with red,white and pale grey lettering part-title and authors' names respectively to a sunned(?) pale blue background,rear panel grey background with critics' white+pale grey lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corner - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top edges with light toning and faint,sporadic dust flecking,fore-edges similarly toned and with sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain navy-blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate b/w contemporary period b/w comic cartoon repeated illustrated endpapers. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 14 year age. It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them, it really is still a a more than acceptable copy for its cleanliness and brightness. When Lord Nelson,Britain's greatest hero,was born 250 years ago (then 2008),the navy for which he sacrificed his life depended on one thing above all else: the thousands of sailors and marines who manned the great wind-powered wooden warships.These ordinary men were drawn - often unwillingly - from all ove rBritain and beyond,and they made the Royal Navy invincible through skill,courage and sheer determination. Yet their contribution has frequently been overlooked,while the officers who led them became celebrities. 'Jack Tar' gives these forgotten men a voice in an exciting, enthralling,often unexpected and always entertaining picture of what their life was really like during this age of sail.Personal letters,diaries and other manuscripts reveal how these men - and even some women and children - lived,worked,fought and died on board the warships.Their emotions and experiences are explored,from the dread of press-gangs,shipwreck and disease to the exhilaration of battle,grog, prize-money and prsotitutes. 'Jack Tar' is a vibrant and gripping account of this wooden world at war. Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife writers and archaeologists,the bestselling authors of over eighteen widely acclaimed books on social and naval history,archaeology,ancient Rome,ancient Greece and Egyptology. Their books include the bestselling 'Jack Tar', 'Trafalgar', 'The War for All the Oceans', 'Empires of the Plain' and 'The Keys of Egypt' and have so far been translated into sixteen languages worldwide.' Roy and Lesley Adkins are elected Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London and Members of the Institute for Archaeologists. For further information about them and their books,see their website .adkinshistory.com Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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.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.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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