The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain
by MAHAN (Captain A.T.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Sampson and Low, 1897. 454; xx, 427, [3, ads]pp. 2 vols. Original blue cloth, Mixed publishers - Vol 1 Sampson & Low gilt naval fleet illus on cover. Vol 2 Little Brown - gilt portrait of Nelson on upper cover, fine. First Edition. Illustrated with portraits, maps and battle plans. Both first eds. 1897. Both volumes clean - no marks. Small chip at top of spine on Vol 1 and light staining along top edge of vol 2. Otherwise, both very nice volumes.. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011975
- Title
- The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain
- Author
- MAHAN (Captain A.T.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson and Low
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Britain, Horatio Nelson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography/Autobiography; Napoleon/Napoleonic Wars; Britain;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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