COLLIS, MAURICE - British Merchant Adventurers (Britain in Pictures Series)

London: Collins, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1942. A pictorial history of the role played by privately-owned ships and their captains, which helped transform Britain from a small, weak island nation to the powerful Commonwealth of Nations. Such men as Sir Thomas Roe, Robert Clive and Mungo Park and others spread out across the globe, establishing Britain in those places. With 8 color plates and 24 illustrations in black & white, mostly showing examples of Asian art. An entry in publisher's "Britain in Pictures" series; W. J. Turner, general editor. --- In red paper-covered boards with image of a privateer to cover. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With publisher's rubberstamping to front free endpaper and tears & chafing along spine, else an otherwise unmarked tightly-bound copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; [6], 7-48 pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .

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