WILSON, Derek

Her Majesty's Captain

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1979. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); red backstrip over black boards, titled in gilt on the spine; colorful wrap-around dustjacket painting by Brian Knight; 311pp.; minor bump to upper rear board; faint offsetting inside covers; Near Fine+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $9.95) with faint toning to the flaps; Fine.

"Her Majesty's Captain splendidly recaptures the fine, full-rigged tradition of swashbuckling adventure and exploration in the character of Robert Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, navigator and engineer, admiral and diplomat, shipwright and author, an authentic Elizabethan hero..." (from the dustjacket).

Price: $25.00

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