The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte, &c. by Churchill, T O - NULL

Paul Minet, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 100 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece. Facsimile reprint of 1808 edition. Pages are lightly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Spine is moderately sunned. A few noticeable marks overall. Boards are slightly bowed.

London: Paul Minet. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 100 pages, b&w frontispiece. Blue cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners. Else a very clean, tight copy. Record # 851984

London: Paul Minet, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 100pp. HARDCOVER Facsimile edition of 1808 title. Outstanding copy. No inscriptions. Strong binding. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket..

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(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) 1960's Facsimile reprint of 1808 edition. Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté was noted for his inspirational leadership, superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories. He was wounded several times in combat, losing one arm and the sight in one eye. Of his several victories, the best known and most notable was the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during which he was shot and killed. The last pages of this account describe the great sadness of his funeral in detail. (Published: 1962) (Publisher: Paul Minet) (Pagination: 100pp) (Condition: Good in blue boards) UL-XXXXXX

London: T. Bensley, 1808. Very Good. London: T. Bensley, Bolt Court, 1808. First Edition. Large quarto (35x29cm); viii + 102pp. Of 15 original full-page or two-page copper engravings, seven are lacking (including the portrait frontispiece and the facsimile letter), eight remain. Lowndes I, 449. Sea-green leather boards with gilt and black stamped borders, frames and ornaments on both panels. Rebacked in matching leather with gilt spine lettering. Marbled endpapers. Textblock of heavy wove cream paper; textblock gilt on all edges. The boards, now stabilized and robust, show knocks and erosion at corners and edges-and have seen service, alas, as coasters for beverages on more than one occasion, with additional streaked scuffing and scraping. The hinges have been reinforced with sea-green binder's tape. The textblock shows liquid staining at upper corners of first 22 pages, and on the lower outer quadrants of the final eight pages. Despite its seven amputed engravings, the volume remains very… Read More

London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, 1808. Leather Bound. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. viii, 100 pages. The binding of the book measures 14 inches tall by 11 1/2 inches wide. Hardcover bound in early half red morocco with grey paper-covered boards. The binding is worn and bumped but sound. Some damping on the exterior of the front cover with part of the leather pushed back near the spine. Corners bumped and abraded. There is a dig in the leather on the spine near the headcap. Hinges rubbed but holding. A bookplate on the front pastedown is of "George E. R. Dalton" (George Edward Robert Dalton, Master Mariner) and is hand-dated 1906. The bookplate has a crest with a left-facing standing lion topped by a helmet and crown with the top of another left-facing lion above that. Crest motto reads, "Noli Irretare Leonem" (meaning "Don't Disturb the Lion"). This volume lacks the frontis portrait, but it does have the facsimile letter, 10… Read More

London, Printed by Harrison & Rutter, &c &c... 1810 (2nd.). Large Hardback. 4to. 13.5 x 11 inches. Quarter bound in maroon calf leather to spine, original cloth boards. Gilt and raised banding to spine, with gilt decorations, and lettering to maroon leather spine label. Original plain endpapers. In very good condition. Professionally rebacked with later leather to spine. Boards with some darkening, rubbing bumps. Some surface scratches to rear board. Bookplate to front endpaper “Clifford Cyril Scott” Some darkening to endpapers and title page. Some light foxing and handling marks to pages. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 94pp. Illustrated with 14 full-page copper-engraved B&W plates (2 large fold out plates of Coffin & Funeral Car). With Facsimile plate of hand written Nelson letter.

4to, 37.5 cm. vii, 94 pp. b/w steel engravings, b/w facsimiles, folding diagrams.Early hagiography, and one of the richest early sources of visuals, with 12 steel engravings by Bromley and Worthington, manuscript facsimiles of letters, and two folding plates depicting the funeral procession and the coffin. A tall, untrimmed copy on heavy paper, attractively bound in vellum over cloth with leather labels. Scattered foxing. This is the second edition of Cowie 136, the first having been published two years earlier. .

T. Bensley for J. & W. Macgavin, 1808-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. [Fore-Edge painting] 1st. ed. Large paper edition. 4to, 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. Finely bound in navy, straight grain morocco. Housed in a navy cloth slip case. Nautical fore-edge painting of a naval review by George III at Spithead. Gilt ruled. Very good binding and cover. viii. 100 pages. 14 of 15 plates, 12 hand colored, two folding plates. Lacking the facsimile letter from Nelson. Contents crisp and clean. Lowndes I, p. 449, Allibone I, p. 383. Provenance: Book plate of Nate B. Spingold. From the estate of David Spinney. Spinney was noted author on nautical themes, specifically on Admiral Rodney.