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Nelson's Purse
by Downer, Martyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0593051807
- ISBN 13
- 9780593051801
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2004.* Publisher: Bantam Press.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, neatly price clipped. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: 24pp. Colour & b/w photos and prints.* Pages: 398 pp. text. xxv pp. Bibliography, acknowledgements & index at rear.* Description: At the beginning of July 2002, Sotheby's announced to the world the discovery of a major cache of material relating to the life of England's greatest naval hero, Horatio Nelson. The man who made this extraordinary find and who subsequently spent over a year validating the material and placing it in the context of Nelson's life was Martyn Downer. Most dramatically, the cache also includes the bloodstained purse Nelson was carrying on the day he was shot on board HMS Victory in 1805, still containing its gold coins.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. /1st. with a clipped dust jacket reducing it to VG++*
Synopsis
Martyn Downer was Head of Jewelry at Sotheby’s in London from 1999 to 2003. He also lectures and writes on the subject.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2301
- Title
- Nelson's Purse
- Author
- Downer, Martyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0593051807
- ISBN 13
- 9780593051801
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 329
- Date Published
- 2004-10-01
- Size
- 23.6 x 15.6 x 4.4 cm
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