ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD: NELSON'S OWN HERO.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published (UK) Weidenfeld & Nicolson,2005.This edn with new,extra material and illustrations,so 1st edn thus Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,montage'd colour paintings illustrated front panel of dw/dj (subject's portrait and sea-battle scene - Cape St. Vincent) with gilt,black+white lettering,rear panel with continuation of Cape St. Vincent sea-battle illustration/painting to rear panel,and white lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain navy blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt decoration,letters and publisher's device to spine/backstrip,a gold+ cream striped headband,a sewn in black silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate plain cream endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,pp7 +13-367pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,an introduction,11 chapters each with a b/w woodcut engraved chapter-head illustration by Thomas Bewick,3 b/w region maps (Home+Atlantic waters and the Mediterranean),16pp of colour+b/w contemporary 18/19thC illustration reproductions and modern photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp160/1 and pp208/9 respectively,source notes,appendices (1+2),a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] thumbnail b/w woodcut illustrated half-title page with potted biography of author,title page,a dedication with an 'About the 2015 edn' note to its reverse,Sir Henry Newbolt poem 'Northumberland.' with a Thomas Bewick woodcut engraving to reverse - all engravings by Thomas Bewick throughout the book - and a contents list/table. Since the book's original first publication there has been a revival of interest in Collingwood's career - there is now a Collingwood Society. Two portraits,previously unknown to this author have surfaced,along with two new log books - one belonging to the brother Wilfred,from his command of HMS Rattler,the other from Cuthbert's in HMS Diamond. Also the dates of the two brothers' lieutenants' examinations are now known,in the spring of 1772.A number of new letters have also appeared.Admiral Lord Collingwood,the eldest son of a Newcastle merchant,went to sea in 1761 at the age of thirteen.In his nearly fifty years in the Navy he rose to become a fine seaman,a master of gunnery,and a battle commander the equal of his friend - and rival in love - Nelson.He was also an accomplished writer and wit,doting father, inveterate gossip and consummate diplomat and strategist. Collingwood's service took him to Boston,where he lived and fought during the American War of Independence; to Antigua,where he and Nelson both fell in love with Mary Moutray; and to Corsica,Sicily and Menorca,where he began as a young midshipman and ended his career as the effective viceroy of the Mediterranean.'Admiral Collingwood' is an intimate portrait of a forgotten British naval hero and a thrilling portrait of the glory years of the age of sail - the same world of fictional admirals Jack Aubrey,Horatio Hornblower and Richard Bolitho - see my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues for examples of these. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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