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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 & Company, 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897. No Edition Remarks. 427 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail and joints. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine.

Little, Brown, and Company. 1899. Hardcover. Fair. Hardback, fading green cloth, light edge wear; fading to exterior page edge s; interior hinges cracked; clean text. ASIN : B002ILLKAI .

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.

Penguin Books, 1942. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Penguin Books 1942, first thus. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Second edition, revised. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Spine ends and corners and little bumped and rubbed, ink name to front endpaper, a few pages a little roughly opened, but overall a good clean copy and the binding tight and square.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

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..

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.

Sampson Low, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 881pp in total for the two volumes, lack dust wrappers, illustrated, some tissue guards still in place, previous owners names to second free front end paper and bookplates to front paste downs. The boards have some rubbing and wear to edges especially tops and bottoms of spines which have some slight splitting, gilt designs to covers are undamaged, there is a bump to upper edge of volume two. Internally only light reading wear, some scattered spotting, edges of text blocks rough cut, heavy set, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited. Good. 1899. Hardcover. Hardback in original leather binding; exlib, library lable and stamps (from the Library of the Royal Artillery Institution, Shrivenham) ; text clean and tidy, edge of 'track chart' chipped and creased; boards are chipped and marked, spine partially detached; pages firm, but binding in need of attention. ; Illustrations, maps and battle plans; +xvipp. Includes fold-out Track Chart giving the general lines of Nelson's Cruisings, from Lieutenant in the Lowestoffe 1777 to 1805.; 764 pages .

Little Brown, 1923., 1923. Later ed. 427p. Photos. Maps. Blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Spine lettering not bright. Owner's name. Very Good Copy. Hardcover. Very Good. Book.

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

Sampson Low Marston & Company, 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Little Brown. 1899. 2nd ed. Near Fine, t. e. g., spine ends slightly worn, few spots .

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1899. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in navy blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt with inage of full masted warships front cover. Top edge gilt. The Second Edition, Revised and the first one-volume edition. xvi+ 764 pp. with index. Frontis portrait engraving of Nelson, with illustrations, maps and battle plans. A generally fine example, all gilt bright; vintage comtemporary bookplate front free endpaper, Christmas 1906 gift inscription from a father to his son top corner of the half-title.