The Libelle Of Englyshe Polycye 1436 : a poem on the use of sea-power. Edited by Sir George Warner.

WARNER, Sir George ed.

Edité par Oxford, at the Clarendon Press 1926.

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* Donald Dunrod Lindsay's Copy.* First Warner Edition, gilt cloth. 4to, total c.pp182 uncut, binding bit marked & dulled, some foxing or soiling of text, stout copy. With 6 plates, of which four show coin-like seals and medals. ** First modern scholarly edition [with 124pp intro & notes etc] of this important poem. Written during the Wars Of The Roses and 'remarkable as an early attempt to show the political & commercial advantages to be obtained by securing command of the sea'. *** Endpaper with neat pencil signature of D. D. Lindsay, Trinity College. This is probably Donald Dunrod Lindsay 1910 - 2002. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, and had a distinguished teaching career, culminating in the headmastership of Malvern College, for which he was awarded the CBE. Lindsay is represented in the National Portrait Gallery by a studio portrait by photographers Elliot & Fry. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.

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• Titre: The Libelle Of Englyshe Polycye 1436 : a poem on the use of sea-power. Edited by Sir George Warner.
• Éditeur: Oxford, at the Clarendon Press 1926.
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale