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AQ30304s.i.: s.n. s.d. 1843 Brown card with embossed ornamental border white gilt-edged card onlay decorated with a depiction of Nelson’s final flag semaphore signal. Manuscript inscription to verso: 'Presented to the Naval Committee at the Trafalgar Hotel with Mr. P. Scott's best compliments. Norwich. Oct. 21st 1843'. A Victorian commemorative card celebrating the victory of the Royal Navy at Trafalgar on 21st October 1805 featuring a stylised representation of Nelson’s famous final flag semaphore signal: 'England expects every man will do his duty' which originally adorned the title page of the second volume of Joseph Allen's Battles of the British Navy London 1842. . Dimensions 230 x 90 mm. [s.n.], [s.d., 1843?] unknown
1805AQ24447London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1805. 11pp 1. Uncut and stitched as issued. Very occasional light spotting. A crisp copy of the sole edition of a liturgy to be used on the day of national thanksgiving in celebration of the British victory at Trafalgar. The general order nominating the day of thanksgiving was signed by Nelson's second-in-command at the battle Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood 1748-1810 off Cape Trafalgar 22nd October 1805. The date was made official on 6th November. OCLC records copies at 10 locations Cambridge Edinburgh Ernest and Bernice Styberg Library John Kinder Theological Library Manchester Missouri-Columbia Morgan NYPL Princeton and Texas; COPAC adds no further. . First edition. Quarto. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown
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
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 333pp. The story of Admiral Lord Collingwood, Nelson's best friend and hero, renowned for his seamanship and giunnery, it was Admiral Collingwood who opened the Battle of Trafalgar where he was second in command to Nelson.
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.
78 pages. Features: Simcoe's Legacy - Ontario, Toronto, and the Queen's Rangers; The Hague Porcelain - a brief history and description of The Hague porcelain; Georgian Elegance in Canada; Prologue to Toronto - The Town of York, 1793-1834; Straw Weaving - Revived in Saskatchewan; David and His Harp - An Historic Canadian Organ Case in Chicago; Trafalgar Lodge - a rare example of Gothic Revival in Montreal; English Silver - The French Connection. Light wear. Sound copy. Book
grand in-8°, 371 pages, ill. in-t., cartes, broche, couverture illustree.- Bon état. [CA26-0][SO-7]
1854795910.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1805232113Santa Cruz Tenerife 1805. unbound. 3 pages front and back each measuring 8 x 6 inches no place but on the mainland no date but shortly after November 4 1805. Signed: "Carlos Carrasco" possibly a relative of Naval officer and explorer Juan Carlos Carrasco to His Lordship Roberto de Herrera Santa Cruz Tenerife translated in part: ".I have written Your Worship a number of letters with the news of the day. I do not know whether they have reached you.I hope this is not because of any illness and that God may grant you perfect health for many years.As for my own I am suffering from.a great pain in my right knee which obliges me to walk little and to climb stairs less. Your Worship will already know of the tragic events which befell the combined fleet in the battle it fought with the English fleet in which we have lost ten warships and the English have only lost nine; we have lost more than 7000 men with many wounded and over 110 officers killed and among the wounded are Gravina and Alva Valdes and other high-ranking officers who are being treated and are not out of danger; it is painful to speak of such a tragedy. Magnificent services are being held here in all the churches in honour of the souls of those who perished in the battle and on the fourth of this month a most splendid one was held in the cathedral.On the same day the fourth.our Governor did not hold any court or ceremonial or banquet. There is misery and hardship on all sides and our own is increasing daily because of the ill-will of the attorneys of the French heirs of Arbore and the injustices of the Council and for this reason I again beseech Your Worship to come to my assistance by sending an order to pay me some money such that I will not fail to find it there via Cadiz or Madrid as not to expose ourselves through a sea voyage to the risk of it being captured by the English who are still masters of the seas; I would be as grateful to you as if it were a gift.In the battle which we have had with the English we have lost ten ships and the French another ten. Three of ours are in Gibraltar; the others out of the ten have been sunk or burned or they have been unmasted and lost on the coast owing to the force of the storm. The English have lost no more than nine ships along with the death of General Nelson and another general who was commanding their fleet a very small loss compared with that which the combined fleet has suffered.Gravina is better.His brotherhood sic the Nuncio is expected from Madrid today or tomorrow. Our Governor is constantly being insulted; he received an insult the day before yesterday at the theatre and it was repeated to him afterwards in his house." Carrasco was privy to some of the most sensitive information released by the Spanish Navy including some that was clearly untrue i.e. "Gravina is better." Fine signature housed in a custom made blue linen folder with inner flaps and a gilt-stamped title. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> For morale reasons the Spanish Government withheld the seriousness of Gravina's injuries and promoted him to the highest military rank of Admiral of the Fleet. He died 5 months later on March 9 1806 at the age of 49. On his death-bed he said "I am a dying man but I die happy. I am going I hope and trust to join Nelson the greatest hero that the world perhaps has produced."<br/> <br/> unknown
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.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Acclaimed modern biography. 'Tom Pocock's biography of Horatio Nelson is written with obvious authority. It takes us through his life from birth to death, not only with a wealth of new detail but also with a richness of quotation from contemporary letters and papers which dramatically points up the detail' (Peter Kemp). The first edition is already scarce in this condition.
72 pages. Reprint of the 1877 first edition published by Walker & Miles of Toronto. Contains twenty-eight maps, thirty-two portraits of dignitaries, thirty-seven illustrations of residences, and twenty-six illustrations of local businesses and views. Pages 53 through 72 provide written information including: lists of the County and town officers, agricultural production, educational statistics, population, descriptions of some of the principal towns and villages of the County, and dozens of biographical sketches. Large handsome gilt decoration and lettering upon black front board. Average external wear. Prior owner's neat signature upon front free endpaper. Binding open at page 57 and partially at index. An invaluable guide to the early history of Halton County. Dimensions: 18" x 12.5" Book
20131-157076641XTrafalgar Square 2013. Hardcover. New. 96 pages. 9.00x9.50x0.25 inches. Trafalgar Square hardcover
Mm 135x190 "Collana di monografie sull'Ardimento italiano in ogni tempo" - Brossura originale con sovraccoperta, 151 pagine con 8 tavole in nero non comprese nel testo. Copia ottima.
Un fort volume de format in 8° de 2ff.; 382 pp.; reliure en demi basane vert empire, dos à 4 nerfs; titres dorés. Traduit de l'espagnol par Francis de Miomandre. reproductions hors texte de Francisco Goya. Très bel état. Voir photos
In-4, brossura (dorso abraso), in buono stato di conservazione. In questo numero: “Il commovente addio del popolo di Fiume alla Brigata Granatieri che è stata sostituita dalla Brigata Regina” “Il caldo a Londra. Dall’alto della sua colonna Nelson ha assistito ripetutamente in questi giorni a uno spettacolo insolito e pittoresco: turbe di ragazzi prendevano d’assalto le fontane di Trafalgar Square..” .
Mm 300x405 Fascicolo in folio di pp. 8 con prima carta illustrata in bianco e nero, alcune illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
180545242Madrid: En La Imprenta De Vega y Compaña 1805. Quarter calf over blue marbled boards spine title & compartments ruled in gilt tan spine label speckled edges. Very good extremities worn boards & spine rubbed worming through lower edge sticker to front paste down light soiling occasional corrections inked in. 1 title 3-244 pp. 3 pp. index. Sm. 8vo. First year of publication of this periodical October 1st 1805 through December 31st 1805 Nos. 1 -27 I - XXVII with index. begun during the Napoleonic wars and just three weeks before the massive defeat of the Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar. Includes "Noticia historica de las principales Batallas Navales entre las esquadras Francesa y Espanola contra la Inglesa" 40 pp. of the entire Noviembre 19 issue No. XV. The long article ends with the October 21st battle and the multiple errors of the French and Spanish fleets and notes "There is not found in all the history of the modern navy an example of such a complete victory" No se halla en toda la historia de la marina moderna un exemplo de tan completa victoria." The issue of December 10 also contains further items on the Battle including the poem: -Oda sobre el combate naval del 21 de Octubre de este año" signed Granada-Maron who is most likely Francisco Martínez de la Rosa 1787-1862 future Prime Minister of Spain born in Granada writer of plays and satirical poems. See Loazaro: La España moderna Ano 18 Num 205 Madrid: 1906 p 14.<br /> <br /> But the thrust of the periodical is literary so that even the discussion of the naval battle leads to a comparison of Spanish vs. English poets' portrayals of their countries' respective heroic battles.<br /> <br /> The issue of the first year is uncommon. While OCLC notes a number of holdings of the title only about 10 or less libraries hold the 1805 issue. Palau 170218. Hartzenbusch 64. En La Imprenta De Vega y Compaña hardcover
Mm 125x185 Collana "Il mondo nuovo" - Volume in copertina rigida, sovraccoperta con leggere tracce d'uso, 286 pagine. Libro in buone-ottime condizioni complessive; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 125x185 Collana "Il mondo nuovo" - Volume in copertina rigida, mancante della sovraccoperta NO DJ, firma di precedente proprietario. Opera in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 125x185 Collana "I Libri Pocket" - Brossura originale, 246 pagine. Segni di usura al dorso, testo in ottime condizioni.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout, neat inscription on front free endpaper; navy cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure, endpapers lightly browned, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt and legible), a very good, bright, copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in end, and the trade ticket of W H Smith, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, on front paste-down.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; black cloth, gilt backs, navy endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Complete set of Sugden's acclaimed biography, more than twenty years in the making and virtually certain to become the definitive account. COMPLETE SETS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.