The Life of Nelson.
[MILITARY] MAHAN, Captain Alfred Thayer.
The embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain.
Stock Code 117710
London, Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, 1897.
First edition; 2 vols; 8vo (22.5 x 16 cm); illustrated with 21 maps and battle plans, many folding, and 19 engraved portraits, including frontispieces to each vol., half-titles to each vol., 3pp ads to rear of vol. II, publisher's note tipped-in to rear endpaper of vol. I, front blank excised from vol. I, light spotting to plates, occasional minor soiling; blue morocco backed publisher's blue pictorial boards, gilt design of Victory and man-of-war afloat to upper covers, gilt spines in 6 compartments, top-edges gilt, minor wear, very good; xxiii, [5], 454; xvi, [4], 427, [5]pp.
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