Know Spain, First Edition (6 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. B&W Photographs & Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. 145 pgs. Rather rare title SC book has burgandy & gold two tone with reverse font, red tape spine, and is in GOOD Shape. Cover wear, spine lightly faded, corner and spine end rubbing, school stamp on fc. All pages tight, some page moisture wrinkling, square, no other marks, some uniform foxing. No DJ as issued. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B00290SFP6 Paperback Periodical. Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition withbright uncreased front cover. No Signature.

Condition: New. 2013. 1st Edition. Paperback. Spain has undergone significant transformations over the past three decades. In Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know, veteran journalist William Chislett recounts the country's fascinating and often turbulent history, its present economic crisis, and talks about the road ahead for the nation. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 276. . . . . .

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. A super copy of the revised edition with unmarked navy cloth boards with a gold decorative drawing on front - no inscription - very bright & clean Dust jacket again very clean with minor edge wear/small chips - but overall in very good condition - price clipped - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall ST115.

Audio Book (DVD). Condition: Good. 1st Edition. WINE WISE HOW TO KNOW, CHOOSE AND SERVE WINE by T. E. Carling 1947 Published in Canterbury in 1947 this is the first Edition of this very scarce publication on Wine with descriptions of different wines of France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, &c, how to treat, store, and serve them, etc bound in the original printed card wrappers, 65 pages, just over 7 inches tall, some mild creasing and darkening to covers to, internally old ownership name to top of title page else in nice condition, This is a lighter item, shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout.

First English edition. Exceedingly uncommon, a single copy cited by Adams & Waters, at the Ministry of Defence, and only one other copy located in ESTC, Library Hub, and WorldCat, at Oxford. Not found in the National Maritime Museum's online catalogue. This translation of Michelot's Le portulan de partie de la Mer Mediterranée (Marsailles, 1703) was executed by Thomas Corbett, secretary of the Admiralty board from 1718 to 1720. As he notes in his dedication to Sir George Byng it was by the latter's orders that this translation was undertaken 'and indeed you have judged the design so useful in its kind, that I have often heard you wonder it had not been attempted sooner; and that a book of so much accuracy and exactness, with respect to the places it treats of, should have been naturalized into the language of most sea-faring nations, except ours' (pp. iii-iv). For the greater part of the War of the Spanish Succession, Byng served in the Royal Navy's Mediterranean squadron. On being promoted to rear-admiral of the red in 1703, he proceeded to the Mediterranean in the Ranelagh. He returned there after the winter season to command the detachment engaged in bombarding and capturing Gibraltar, and distinguish himself at the battle of Malaga. In the ensuing years he served in the operations preventing French capture of Barcelona, bombarding Alicante, capturing Ibiza and Majorca, and, in 1707, participating as second-in-command in the siege of Toulon. He was appointed commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean squadron in 1708, and again for the Sicilian campaign (1718-1720), during which he successfully defeated the Spanish fleet at the battle of Cape Passaro. Corbett had joined Byng, under whose patronage he rose to the post of Secretary of the Admiralty, as an ordinary seaman aboard the Ranelagh on 24 March 1704. By 14 December he was rated Byng's clerk and from 29 December 1705 his secretary. These years of service in the Mediterranean must have convinced both men of the need for an English coastal pilot of that sea and, more specifically, for a translation of Michelot's work. With bookplate of the naval historian Michael Oppenheim (1853-1927), author of A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy and of Merchant Shipping in Relation to the Navy (London, 1896). Adams & Waters 2495A Quarto (245 x 195 mm). Contemporary panelled calf, discreetly rebacked. A little browned, but overall very good.