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HILTON, CHRISTOPHER: : Mayflower: THE VOYAGE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,2005.

ISBN 0750936541.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour photograph of Mayflower II replica at sunset, Massachusetts, c.1980 iillustrated front of dw/dj,with gold-coloured lettering of author's name and part-title [Mayflower] at front's lower edge with sub-title in vertical,capitalised,black-lettering down front's fore-edge.A black glossy spine with repeated colour thumbnail of front to its head,capitalised,white-lettered part-title and author name with publisher's capitalised, black-lettered name within a b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a colour painting reproduction to lower half of panel ['Embarkment of the Pilgrim Fathers' - Elizabeth Plummer Collection.] and white-lettered prose extracts.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and remarkably clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,seems unread other than my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered.original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn, vi-xiiipp+4-238pp [paginated] includes verso Acknowledgements,The People,Pts 1-3 comprising a Prologue and 4 chapters,4 chapters,and a Prologue and 4 chapters respectively; illustrated with b/w maps,8pp modern scenic colour photographs (pp46/47) and 8pp historical b/w facsimile illustrations reproductions (pp174/75) respectively.Notes,a Bibliography,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] title page,a Contents list/table with blank verso,4 b/w maps: Scrooby area,Nottinghamshire,South-east England coast facing the Netherlands coast,full sweep of the Atlantic seaboard,and an Indian tribes map of Massachusetts with a blank verso,and  individual Pts separator pages also with blank reverses.                                         Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of this age.      The little band of Puritan emigres that left Southampton in 1620 to found a godly colony in America had no inkling that they were the forerunners of the greatest feat of nation-building in the early modern world.In this book Christopher Hilton recreates the lives and aspirations of the Pilgrims, from before their famous voyage on the Mayflower to the far-reaching and astonishing implications of their emigration.                                      The Mayflower pilgrims were unique in their reasons for leaving their homeland.Unlike the majority of emigrants they were not seeking material benefits. They had fled England for liberal Holland but, after a decade there, feared assimilation so they decided to journey across the Atlantic and try to survive the uncertainties of a new and distant land.Their driving force was freedom to worship God in the way their conscience told them was right.Yet their journey was not easy. They fled from persecution only for half of their band to die during the first winter in America. Disease and a degenerating relationship with the Wampanoag Indians later forced the rest of the colony to amalgamate with a less radical group in Boston.While the Pilgrims' dream may not have been realised as they had hoped, their self-determination would inspire generations of aspirant migrants the world over. Their legacy played an important part in precipitating the imperial conflict with Britain after 1763 and would later stand at the core of the American ideal during the centuries following independence.Even the US Constitutions was, arguably,based upon the Puritans' own laws.      Using contemporary documents, Christopher Hilton explores the personalities as well as the philosophy of these extraordinary men and women.'Mayflower: The Voyage that Changed the World' is the first time the complete story of the Pilgrims has been told for many years and it will appeal to anyone with an interest in this epic Anglo-American story.   Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.   N.B. 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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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