The Life of Nelson
MAHAN, Captain Alfred T.
The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. Second [and Best] Edition, Revised.
REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE BEST EDITION
Published: Sampson Low Marston & Co., 1899
Stock code: 19894
Price: £122.00
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).