About this title: SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT Sir Humphrey Gilbert ELIZABETHS RACKETEER By DONALD BARR CHIDSEY NEW YORK Bwtijntf MCMXXXII SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT, PIONEER CONTENTS I. THE FINE ART OF FAILURE i II. RELIGION AND POLITICS 6 III. ELIZABETH WAITS 10 IV. HIS FIRST FIGHT 19 V. AN ARMCHAIR SAILOR 25 VI. SPECTACULAR SHAN ONEIL 34 VII. THE COUSINS CAUSE TROUBLE 41 VIII. THE QUALITY OF MERCY 48 IX. HOME LIFE, DEBATES, MAGIC 55 X. A THANKLESS JOB 63 XL EXPERIMENTS IN DECEIT 70 XII. ANOTHER GRAND IDEA 78 XIII. A CELEBRATED ARGUMENT 85 XIV. ALWAYS THE PIONEER 93 XV. FROBISHER AMONG THE ESKIMOS 101 XVI. PIRACY, LTD in ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1932
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Navy blue covers are mildly spotted; gold spine titles; spine ends are frayed/worn. Endpapers decorated with "Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Map of North America and the Arctic Regions made by Dr. John Dee c. 1582. " Clean interior; 204 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Unknown
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781406769982ISBN:1406769983
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
Date Published: 1932
Description: Very Good Binding/Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected with Mylar Cover No markings in text. Dustjacket spine chipped and piece missing at top. Dusjacket sunned. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Unknown
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781406769982ISBN:1406769983
Description: New. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and... read more
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