The Life of Nelson
MAHAN, Alfred T.
The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. [First UK Edition.]
NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL UK EDITION
Published: Sampson Low Marston & Co., 1897
Stock code: 46966
Price: £290.00
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.