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7 vols., 8vo., First Paperback Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, a double-page plan of the Nile, a full-page plan of Trafalgar and several full-page facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean fine set. The standard edition of Nelson's correspondence, first published by Henry Colburn in 1844-46.
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly foxed boards and no bumping to corners. Staples not rusty. 24pp. Concise, very well illustrated biography of Nelson.
195232786Melbourne, London, Toronto, William Heinemann ltd., 1952. 202 Seiten , 21 cm, , Hardcover/Pappeinband
714 pages. Contents include: How Mrs. S.E. Waller's Pictures Have Been Painted; The Money Kings of the New World, by W.T. Stead; Dr. Niels Finsen and his remarkable discovery of healing rays - with wonderful photos; The Making of a Flume - with great photos; The Tame Fish of Logan; The New Khartoum - with many photos; The Floor of the Pacific, by The Hon. W.E. Meehan, Fish Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World II - The Rothschilds, by W.T. Stead - with several photos and illustrations; The Momentous Motor - great vintage technology article with photos; "Skin O' My Tooth" - Edited and Compiled by Baroness Orczy; Bird Babies; Strong Mac; The Making of a Mandolin - with photos; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Part III - Mr. J. P. (Pierpont) Morgan; Municipal Ambulance Work - with fantastic photos of horse-drawn ambulances; Baron Shibusawa of Japan - with great photos; The Game of Sticke - its evolution and progress; The Fiscal Policy of The Empire, by John Holt Schooling; Coalport Porcelain - the story of an ancient and famous industry; The Most Wonderful Map in the World - France, in Jasper, Set with Jems; Hints on Sea-Swimming - Mr. Montagu A. Holbein give advice, and suits the action to the world for photographic illustration; The Nelson Room at Trafalgar House; The Money Kings of the Modern World - Some European Potentates - M. Witte, Baron Hirsch, Alfred Nobel, Alfred Beit, Herr Krupp, M. Jean de Bloch; The Fiscal Policy of the Empire - Part II; A Painter of the Sea-Coast - Mr. Elmer Keene and his Art; Sir James Brooke - Rajah of Sarawak; Pictures in Postage Stamps - using old postage stamps to create art; Capturing A Sperm Whale - with awesome photos; plus many fictional stories. Backstrip all but detached. Front free endpaper and first several pages loose but present. Several other pages loose. Hinges open. Above-average wear. Reading copy only, but remains a very informative and enjoyable reference. Book
19913522France-empire 1991 571 pages in8. 1991. broché. 571 pages.
Book shows light wear only to covers, faded spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Small maroon hardcover with titles on spine in gold. Previous owner's plate on inside cover. 222 pages with photos and illustrations throughout. Chapters include: Chelsea, Knightsbridge to Soho, Trafalgar square to Fleet Street, Round about the tower, Round about Cheapside, Holborn, Chancery Lane, Charterhouse, St. Bartholomew's, Whitehall, Westminster, etc.
Grand Livre du mois, 2005. In-8 relié cartonnage souple éditeur de 393 pages. Très bel état.
170311099Marseille, Pierre Mesnier, 1703 ; in-4 ; plein veau havane marbré, dos à nerfs bien décoré et doré, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque) ; (12), 340, (4) pp. (Polak, 6701).
Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with a frontispiece, very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text, terracotta cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series. First issued in 1987. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19871069271987 Editions Ouest-France, Collection "De mémoire d'homme : l'histoire" - 1987 - In-8, broché, couverture illustrée - 182 p. - Nombreuses gravures in-texte en N&B
grand in-8°, 371 pages, ill. in-t., cartes, broche, couverture illustree.- Bon état. [CA26-0][SO-7]
8vo., Second and Best UK Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 11 plates and 21 maps and battle plans on japon, endpapers faintly browned; original navy ribbed cloth gilt, upper board elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers very lightly rubbed at extremities, an unusually bright, crisp, clean copy. First published in two volumes in 1897. The revised edition recasts and amplifies the original discussion of Nelson's action towards the Neapolitan Republicans in 1799. New material is included connected with the separation of Nelson and his wife. Mahan also expands some points, most importantly the reasons for withholding the medals at Copenhagen. Hattendorf, A6d; NMM II/1 975. See also Sandler 2198 (recording the first edition).
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 17 plates and 20 maps and plans (a number folding); original navy blue cloth, upper boards elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a near fine copy. Printed from the American sheets of the same year. 'Admiral Mahan's work, though open to correction in detail and proportion, remains a landmark in Nelson studies' (Warner). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hattendorf, A6b; NMM II/1: 974; Sandler 2198.
est280t7Dimension extérieur : 48 x 61,7 cm. Image : 31,7 x 46 cm. A Paris chez Gosselin, Imprimerie 71 rue Saint-Jacques. Lithographie accompagnée d'un petit texte : Les anglais ayant coupé la ligne française, le redoutable Capitaine Lucas, attaque le Victory monté par l'amiral Nelson, trois fois il tente l'abordage, lorsque pris en flanc par le trois ponts le Téméraire, dont une bordée lui met 200 hommes hors de combat, il est forcé d'amener son pavillon sur les débris fumant, de son vaisseau. Nelson est tué dans cette affaire. Très belle lithographie, en excellent état.
Stories of the Royal Navy's actions. With seven illustrations and five maps. Light blue cloth covers, dark blue title on spine. Foxing on covers and quite heavy on page edges; light wear to cover and spine edges, spine slightly sunned.
Pages 1317-1348. Many great black and white photos. Features: Extracts from the Log of the late Captain J.W. Holmes (continued); Britain's Coastal Trade; From Aegean to Black Sea - the series of straits dividing Europe from Asia Minor; The Glory is Departed - Beneath the dirty paint of many hulks to be seen in various parts of the world are concealed the beautiful lines of proud sailing ships that were once undisputed mistresses of the Seven Seas; Undersea Weapons - torpedoes, mines and depth charges; The "Rex" and the "Conte Di Savoia" - transatlantic records have been broken by these vessels of the Italia Line; Battle of Trafalgar. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
200510026Seuil 2005 282 pages 23 8x17 8x2 6cm. 2005. Cartonné. 282 pages. L'ouvrage de Laurent Joffrin analyse huit batailles navales décisives de l'histoire de l'Antiquité (Salamine Actium) à l'époque moderne (Trafalgar Midway). Il présente ces conflits comme des moments clés ayant scellé le sort des empires et des civilisations en mettant en lumière les stratégies le rôle des amiraux et l'influence du hasard. Le livre adopte un style narratif vivant dépeignant ces événements comme de "vrais romans" pleins de rebondissements
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written biography by two of Britain's leading naval historians.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With an obituary cutting of the author loosely inserted. This copy was formerly in the library of the eminent naval historian J.H. Owen with his signature on front free endpaper. Loosely inserted in a folded sheet containing MS notes in his hand relating to this work. Albion p.245.
2005126159Crown / Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom, 2005. 112 S. ; 29,5 x 21 cm ; kart. ;
245 pages. Founded in 1887, Trafalgar School for Girls has a remarkable history. This volume records the people and the events that have built and enriched its world-wide community. Illustrated in black and white. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else clean, bright and unmmarked. Very light wear to dust jacket and even less to book. Excellent copy. Book
2004LFA-126717692Un ouvrage de 487 pages, format 150 x 240 mm, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 2004, Flammarion, collection "Grandes Biographies", bon état
xii, 416 pages. Index. All black and white plates and maps present. "The Austerlitz campaign, one of Napoleon's very best, was fought a hundred years ago, and would have been fought under very different conditions in our days. Nevertheless it contains many of the fundamental principles of the art of war, acknowledged rules of action which hold good just as much now as they did in the early part of the nineteenth century." - from Preface. Average wear to dark green boards handsomely adorned with clearly legible gilt. Unmarked. Binding intact. Considerable lean to spine. Tiny bookseller's tag inside front board. A quality copy. Book
M4458P, Charpentier, 1860, in12 1/2 chagrin marron, 308pp . Peu d' auteurs français ont écrit sur Nelson. Manque à un coin . Rousseurs . Langue: Français
