By Stephen Usherwood [editor]
London   The Folio Society
10" by 6.5" 192pp.
A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the Spanish Armada, with the original glassine wrap.
By Stephen Usherwood [editor]

1978 The Great Enterprise: The History of the Spanish Armada

London   The Folio Society
10" by 6.5" 192pp.
A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the Spanish Armada, with the original glassine wrap.
£55.00
: 0.75kgs / : 932T59

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original glassine wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and thirty images across twenty-two plates, with illustrated endpapers. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive history of the Spanish Armada, a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, ordered to sail up the English Channel and escort an invasion force that would land in England and overthrow Elizabeth I. With chapters on the Scottish pawn, the Catholic cause, provocation, plans and preparations, victory and defeat. Edited by Stephen Usherwood, a British historian and author.

Condition

In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor wear only. Original glassine wrap is very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small spot. Light sunning across the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout.

Fine

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