HENTY, George Alfred.
Under Drake's Flag. A tale of the Spanish Main.
London, Blackie & Son, [c.1895].
8vo (19.5 x 14 cm); 12 full-page plates after Gordon Browne, prize-plate to front pastedown, occasional spotting; contemporary calf prize-binding by Bickers & Son for the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gilt arms to upper cover, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges, a little soiled, very good; 368pp.
Stock code 121803
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Under Drake's Flag.
MALVEZZI, Virgilio; MONMOUTH, Henry Carey (Earl of).
[Romulus and Tarquin].
1637.
The first edition in English of Virgilio Malvezzi's histories of the legendary Roman kings Romulus and Tarquin, translated by Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
£1,500.00
THUCYDIDES; HOBBES, Thomas (translator).
History of the Grecian War:
1676.
The final lifetime edition of Thomas Hobbes's English-language translation of Thucydides History of the Grecian War
£3,500.00
SARPI, Paolo; BROWN, Edward (translator).
The Letters of the Renowned Father Paul,
1693.
The first edition in English of the collected letters of Paolo Sarpi, translated out of the Italian by Edward Brown
£800.00
TROTSKY, Leon.
Stalin
1947.
The first UK edition of Leon Trotsky's biography of Joseph Stalin
£550.00
