Fallon, Niall — The Armada in Ireland

Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1978. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy of the First American Edition but for a slight forward cock to spine and previous owner's embossed stamp at first free endpaper, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in brown cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. x [1], 2-236 pp., with 62 maps, charts, plates and illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index, original cloth. "Niall Fallon has made a comprehensive and definitive contribution to sixteenth- century history, for the role which Ireland played in the Armada campaign has been largely understated."Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,