Lot 168

English Civil War
A Fight at Sea between the Parliament Ships and those that Revolted


Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
and the Boarding of some of the Parliament Ships, by a Party from the three Castles in Kent that are kept for the King, and the Storming of Waymor Castle. Also a Bloody Fight in Ireland. And a Treaty of the Commanders of the Revolted Ships with the Duke of Yorke. London: for H. Becke, 1648. First and only edition, 4to (17.5 x 13cm), [2] 6 pp., man-of-war woodcut to title-page, bound c.1900 by Mudie in brown pigskin, spine lettered in gilt ‘Fairfax - Kent Tract, 18 June 1648’, gilt arms of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron to front board, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, front joint rubbed, contents browned, old ink inscriptions to head of title-page, small hole in A2 affecting one word verso [ESTC R205141; Wing F895]

