Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 0091925835 9780091925833 [GB]

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate West Indies,c1700 map, illustrated endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,xvi-xviipp+2-446p [paginated] includes a chronology,an introduction,Parts 1-3 comprising 29 chapters in total,an epilogue,16pp contemporary 17th+18thC b/w reproduction illustrations and modern b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp174/5 and pp254/5 respectively,source notes,a select bibliography,acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,4 b/w Caribbean island maps,3 genealogical family trees,and picture credits. The contemporary image of the West Indies as paradise islands conceals a turbulent, dramatic and shocking history. For 200 years after 1650,the West Indies witnessed one of the greatest power struggles of the age,as Europeans made and lost ...

ISBN10: 0091925835, ISBN13: 9780091925833, [publisher: Hutchinson] Hardcover First Edition First edition first printing hardback, 2011, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine, unread condition. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
[Shropshire, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2011]
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