English Corsairs on the Barbary Coast

178pp, 12pp of black and white plates. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Very lightly bumped spine ends. Text block edges foxed. Endpapers foxing. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has light chipping to top edge, price clipped. 8vo. Professor Lloyd wears his learning lightly and few, except fellow historians, will recognise how much original research has gone into this fast-moving and highly readable work.