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THOMAS**, GRAHAM A: : PIRATE HUNTER: THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN WOODES ROGERS.**

UK.BARNSLEY,S. YORKS,2009.

ISBN 184415808X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,rpt - 1st thus.[Originally published UK,2008 - same publisher (PEN & SWORD),but different imprint.This edn reprinted by PEN & SWORD MARITIME,an imprint of the same publisher,in 2009.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated/design,with b/w+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - thought there is a tiny snick/closed tear to rear board's lower corner.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases - but there are some tiny (accidental?) creases to pages bottom corners of pp7/8 and pp29/34 respectively - but the book still appears to be unread.Bright,crisp,clean, publisher's original,sharp-cornered,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,rpt - 1st thus,viiixipp+2-176pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/ table,author's preface,an introduction,15 chapters,b/w contemporary world map (of 1708-1711),8pp contemporary b/w illus+ photographs (18 in total) in 1 block, between pp82/3,appendices(3),notes,further reading and an index.Plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,contents list/table,and 2pp blanks at rear. On 2nd August 1708 Captain Woodes Rogers set sail from Bristol with two ships,the 'Duke' and 'Dutchess',on an epic voyage of circumnavigation that was to make him famous.His mission was to attack,plunder and pillage Spanish ships wherever he could.And as Graham A. Thomas shows in this tense and exciting narrative,after a series of pursuits and sea battles he returned laden with booty and with a reputation as one of the most audacious and shrewd fighting captains of the age.He was then appointed governor of the Bahamas by George I with the task of suppressing the pirates who roamed this corner of the Caribbean and preyed on its shipping.He was equally successful as a privateer and pirate hunter in an age when brutality and ruthlessness were the law of the sea. Graham A. Thomas follows Woodes Rogers' brilliant career using his own vivid journal and a broad range of contemporary sources.From Rogers' first daring voyage as a privateer,through his many sea fights and his hunt for pirates,a many-sided portrait of this resourceful man emerges.He lived dangerously in a dangerous age,and he was not afraid of confronting the most powerful and treacherous pirates of the time, including Edward Teach,better known as Blackbeard.But Woodes Rogers was an explorer of note and an admininstrator.And it was Woodes Rogers who rescued the real Robinson Crusoe,Alexander Selkirk,the desert-island castaway who gave rise to one of the most famous books in English literature by Daniel Defoe. Graham A. Thomas' study of Woodes Rogers is the first modern biography of this extraordinary adventurer.It is fascinating reading. As a military historian,Thomas specializes in aerial warfare in WW2 and Korea,and in British naval and maritime history in the 18thC. 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. ** 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,rpt - 1st thus.
Not SIGNED.

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