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Memoir of the life of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, with selections from his public and private correspondence by Codrington, Sir Henry; Lady Bourchier - 1875

by Codrington, Sir Henry; Lady Bourchier

Memoir of the life of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, with selections from his public and private correspondence by Codrington, Sir Henry; Lady Bourchier - 1875

Memoir of the life of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, with selections from his public and private correspondence

by Codrington, Sir Henry; Lady Bourchier

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London: Longmans & Green, 1875. Second edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. A work on the naval career of the British Admiral who fought at Trafalgar, the War of 1812, and in the Greek War of Independence (the Battle of Navarino). With first hand accounts from Codrington's correspondence, and the research of his daughter, Lady Bourchier. With the bookplate of the ship's library, U. S. S. Pinta, this volume was on the ship stationed in Alaska, which was decommissioned in 1897. Ex lib with the bookplate of the Bureau of Navigation Navy Department bookplate inside front cover.

8vo, xvi, 571pp, 5 maps, frontispiece portrait, ads 28pp, Index. With a condolence letter from Sir James Stirling, the first governor of Western Australia. Blue gilt cloth, short split in cloth at hinge, spine ends and corners a bit rubbed. Internally, damp stain and rippling to top edge early pages. OCLC: 17623509.
  • Seller Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good + overall
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  • Edition Second edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Longmans & Green
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1875
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Selections from the Letters (private and professional) of Sir Henry Codrington, Admiral of the Fleet

by Codrington, Sir Henry, and Lady Bourchier

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London: Spottiswoode & Co, 1880. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Collected and aranged by his sister, Lady Bourchier, and offered as a memorial to Personal friends and others. First Letter from Henry Codrington is to his Father, dated 1823. 495 Pages. Fascinating first hand account of the Admiral's service. Frontispiece is a pasted in Photograph of Sir Henry. Pages in very good clean condition, only a little faint foxing, mostly on title page. Some wear to cover, tiny tears to top and bottom of spine which has lost the brilliance of its blue colour. Gilt lettering still bright. Gilt Motif with blind stamping to front. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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