Sir Francis Drake and the Beginnings of English Sea Power by J.D.Upcott
1927. First Edition. 185 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth boards with lettering. Colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrations. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Moderate tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends and corners. Lettering is clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and panel. Visible wear and water marks to spine and panels.