The Life Of Nelson by Captain A. T. Mahan - 1897

London: Penguin, 1942. 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 375 Dark Blue. Index 253pp. Missing front cover. Spine broken including loss of Penguin number.

Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. Second Edition, Revised. 764 pages. Fully bound in blue leather. Contains black and white plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Splits to spine ends. Notable peeling leather to all. Marks and scratches to boards.

Little, Bown, and Company, 1899. Book. Illus. by Illustrated in Color and Black & White . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition Revised. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-library. Blind-ruled green cloth with gilt titles on spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated in b&w, captioned tissue guards, fold out maps. Wear, soiling, staining to covers. Rubbing/wear to corners & edges. Label at spine bottom. Binding is firm. Rear hinge starting with cracking along gutter. Library label/markings on front pastedown, stamp on title page, stamp & markings on Preface page; soiling to endpapers; small stain at top edge center of final ~100 pages; otherwise interior is age toned with light soiling in margins, stamp on rear pastedown..

Sampson, Low, Marston & Co, 1899. Book. Very Good. hardback. 2nd Edition. hardback, second edition, revised, octavo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, gilt vignette to upper board, top edge gilt, very lightly rubbed to extremities else a very good tightly bound copy with a text that is clean and free of markings, tissue guarded portrait frontis, folding charts, b&w plates, xvi [ii] + 764pp.

New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint. A few small spots or light stains on the rear cover, else an about fine copy, clean and sharp. Reprint of the Second Edition, Revised printing in 1899. The original was published in 1897. 764 pages with Index. Illustrated with black and white reproductions of paintings, including a frontispiece portrait of Vice-Admiral Nelson..

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company, 1897. Limited. Hardcover. Good. [Stated Limited Edition] 2 volume set. Hardcovers. No dust jackets. Bindings shaken/hinges cracked. First few pages detached but included on volume 1. Shelf wear/bumping. "Whitehorne" book plate to versos.

Hardback. New.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., LTD, 1899. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 6". None. An extensive piece of work regarding the Life of Nelson, as told by a US Naval Captain. This second edition of this work covers the life and death of Lord Nelson. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth, with an eye-catching seascape motif on the front cover in gold gilt. The author provides a preface to the first and second editions within this work, detailing the changes he made and the further thought he had given the subject. Mahan details the highs and lows experienced throughout Nelson's life, including the plans for defending London in 1801. The work contains 12 illustrations and 21 maps and battle plans. Two folding plates. Collated complete. Ink inscriptions to front endpaper, dated 1899 and 1928. In original publishers cloth binding. Externally sound with slight rubbing, particularly to the extremities. Bright cloth with a gleaming gold gilt boat scene on front board. Marks to boards, causing loss of colour on… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition, revised. VOLUME II (ONLY). Octavo. 427, [3]pp. Owner's name, corners a little bumped and a small spot on the spine, very good or better.