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Berkshire: Tops'l Books, 1984. First Thus . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cover design and sketches by Peter Stuckey. Reprint of book first published in the year of the Battle of Trafalgar, a comic saucy novel about the sailing navy written by one of it midshipmen. Complete with historical introduction and glossary. Firmly bound and mostly clean with some handling wear and marks.
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- Title Post Captain
- Author Davis, John
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tops'l Books, SULHAMSTEAD, BERKSHIRE UK
- Date 1984
- ISBN 9780906397145
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The Post Captain
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Post Captain
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Post Captain
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The Post Captain
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Berkshire, England: Tops'l Books, 1984. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. cover design and sketches by Peter Stuckey. Clean and firmly bound with light handling wear.
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The Post Captain
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Tops'l Books. 1984 Tops'l Books first edition paperback; Very Good copy, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1984.
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The Post Captain
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England: Tops'l Books, 1984 Pictorial card covers, b&w illstns by Peter Stuckey. Unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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THE POST CAPTAIN
by JOHN DAVIS
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SULHAMSTEAD, BERKSHIRE, UK: TopS'L Books. Paperback. A comic novel first published in 1805(the year of Trafalgar). The author was a midshipman on a Frigate. The book caricatures his superior officers and their actions in combat and in love. A romp of a novel and also a useful guide to life in the Nelsonian Navy. With a historical context introduction and a glossary. 157 pages. Black and white illustrations. Moderate wear on cover edges. The book has general slight creasing. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: LXB3 . Good. Soft cover. 1984.
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The Post Captain
by John Davis
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- Used - Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Upper wrapper slighty curled with creasing to the corners. A somewhat scuffed and faded
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Tops'l, 1984. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Upper wrapper slighty curled with creasing to the corners. A somewhat scuffed and faded appearance overall. Text complete, clean and tight.. Paperback. Physically 8¼ x 5¾ (0.3 kg); 160pp; Introductory chapters and glossary by Colin Elliott. Cover design and sketches by Peter Stuckey. The Post Captain is different and unique among sailing navy novels in being funny. It is almost certainly the only surviving contemporary humorous sea story of the Nelson period. It first made its appearance while England was still agog with the news of Trafalgar and Nelson not yet buried. ISBN: 0906397146 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the…
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