The Life of Captain Alonso de Contreras, Knight of the Military Order of St. John, Native of Madrid, Written By Himself (1582 to 1633)
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York
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Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good - Fine. 288 pp, list of b&w illustrations, translator's note, Introduction by David Hannay, I. Of My Infancy and Parentage; II. Of What Happened Up to My Second Return to Malta; III. Of What Happened Up to the Miracle of the Isle of Lampedusa; IV. In Which are Continued My Vvoyages in the Levant and What Came to Pass Until I Came to the Island of Estampalia; V. Which Continues Till the Time When I Came to Malta Again from the Levant; VI. In Which Is Related How I Went Forth from Malta and Betook Myself to Spain, Where I Became an Ensign; VII. In Which Are Continued My Adventures as an Ensign; VIII. In Which is Related the Loss of the Lord Govenor of Castille at La Mahometa, Where I Was Present; IX. How I Went to Spain and There Was Falsely Alleged to be King of the Moriscoes, Which Caused Me Much Travail; X. In Which is Cintinued the Collection of evidence About Who Was King; XI. In Which Is Related the Departure Which I Made from Madrid for Flanders and What Happened at the Death of the King of France; XII. How, Being Come to Malta, I Returned to Spain and Became a Captain in the Spanish Infantry with Other Events; XIII. In Which Is Related the Voyage I Made to the Indies, and What Came to Pass There; XIV. How I Relieved the Forces at La Mamora, and Other Happenings; XV. How I Raised Another Company of Infantry in Madrid at Aanton Martin, and Other Happenings; XVI. Arrival of the Marquis of Cadreyta at Rome, Eruption of Vesuvius. My Stay at the Casales of Capua. My Governorship of the City of Aquila; XVII. Of Divers Things Which Happened to Me in Capua, in Praise of the Count and Countess of Monterey. I Retire from Their Service; XVIII. Voyages to Naples, Genoa, and Spain. My Brother's Pretensions; Appendix I-III. Translated from the Spanish by Catherine Alison Phillips. n.d. Price clipped. Minor edge wear to dj with lightly age-toned panels of same. Foxing to bottom and fore- edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black backstrip with cream title plate, orange decorative paper covered boards, and black top text block edge. Size: 8vo.…
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- The Life of Captain Alonso de Contreras, Knight of the Military Order of St. John, Native of Madrid, Written By Himself (1582 to 1633)
- Author
- Phillips, Catherine Alison (Translator)
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, New York
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good - Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
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