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Narrative And Final Report Of Explorations For A Route For A Pacific Railroad

SCHOMBERG, IsaacBiblio.com

Naval Chronology; or an Historical Summary of Naval & Maritime Events

1802182487London: printed for T. Egerton Bickerstaff and Richardson 1802. The author's seminal work on naval history First edition in an attractive period speckled calf binding. The subscribers list notes 301 copies including those ordered by Lord Nelson the Treasurer of the Navy Charles Bragge Captain Cochrane and Viscount Hood. Trinity House took 24. In particular "the comprehensive lists of ships captains and actions in volumes 4 and 5 are of value" NMM. Schomberg 1753-1813 entered the Royal Navy in 1770 serving with his uncle on the Prudent at Spithead. He was soon posted to Newfoundland on the Romney Vice-Admiral Duff's flagship subsequently transferring to the Canada on whom he saw action at Gibraltar St. Kitt's and the Battle of the Saintes. In 1786 he was selected as mentor to Prince William the future William IV on board the frigate Pegasus. A clash of characters led to a confrontation with William provoking Schomberg into "applying to Captain Horatio Nelson the senior officer on the station for a court martial on himself to clear his name - on the petty matter of not sending a boat inshore to collect sheets from the hospital." ODNB. He continued to come into conflict with senior officers for the rest of his career including one notable incident where he sent a letter of complaint to the colonial government in Madras so unnecessarily vitriolic that he was ordered to return to England. Provenance: Marquess of Sligo at Westport House then to Captain D. M. Fyffe of Trinity House with their bookplates; subsequently in the library of Clive Richards the owner of "the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands" The Telegraph with his loosely inserted bookplate. 5 vols octavo 209 x 130 mm. Tables in text; 5-page subscriber's list and 2 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary speckled calf black and red twin labels smooth spines divided by gilt decorative rules compartments gilt-stamped with central device board edges milled in blind blue speckled edges red silk bookmarkers. A few minor abrasions to spines a few scratches to boards tips a little bumped small Japanese tissue repair to vol. II front free endpaper contents variably foxed and soiled: a very good set. NMM V 1232. "Clive Richards City financier and owner of the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands - obituary" The Telegraph 23 April 2021. hardcover

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Narrative And Final Report Of Explorations For A Route For A Pacific Railroad

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