The Nautilus Library no. 4: Sea Wolves of the Mediterranean by E. Hamiton Currey
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The 'Nautilus Library' begun in the 1920s, and built up to more than thirty volumes. A few were given slightly different titles but most were classic nautical works issued in a pocket sized edition by Philip Allan, who owned the copyright to many of the original editions.

SEA WOLVES OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN

by E. Hamilton Currey

First published 1910
Second edition ( NAUTILUS LIBRARY No. 4) 1928 by PHILIP ALLAN & CO. LTD

Price £8.00 plus postage		  

Number 4

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Blue cloth bound book with bright gilt lettering to spine which is bumped top and bottom. Boards shiny, clean with some shelf wear -nautilus bright. Light foxing to page block edges but all pages generally very clean. Bookplate to front paste down. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free end paper. Condition GOOD PLUS - VERY GOOD MINUS. No dust wrapper.
276 pages. Volumes are 115 mm. wide; 175 tall and about 18 mm. thick. Weight unwrapped approximately 220 grams.		  

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The story of the Corsairs of the Barbary coast, who for three centuries swept the waters of the Mediterranean to the alarm of the peaceful merchantmen, is a little-known but enthralling chapter in history.

SEA WOLVES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN by E. Hamilton Currey: Blue cloth bound book with bright gilt lettering to spine which is bumped top and bottom. Boards shiny, clean with some shelf wear -nautilus bright. Condition GOOD PLUS - VERY GOOD MINUS. No dust wrapper. To see the front board place cursor over image of title page to right!

SEA WOLVES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN by E. Hamilton Currey: Light foxing to page block edges but all pages generally very clean. Bookplate to front paste down. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free end paper. Remove cursor to revert to image of title page superimposed on front board.

CONTENTS

      1. THE COMING OF THE CORSAIRS
      2. URUJ BARBAROSSA
      3. THE DEATH OF URUJ BARBAROSSA
      4. KHEYR-ED-DIN BARBAROSSA
      5. KHEYR-ED-DIN AND ANDREA DORIA
      6. THE CORSAIR KING
      7. THE RAID ON ITALY
      8. BARCELONA, MAY I535
      9. THE FALL OF TUNIS
      10. CONSTANTINOPLE
      11. THE GATHERING OF THE FLEETS
      12. THE BATTLE OF PREVESA
      13. THE NAVY OF OARS
      14. DRAGUT REIS
      15. THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN
      16. PREPARATIONS TO ATTACK MALTA
      17. THE SIEGE OF MALTA
      18. ALI BASHA
      19. LEPANTO

 

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