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London: Thomas Lovewell & Co, 1814. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket, as issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very nice copy of THE LETTERS OF LORD NELSON TO LADY HAMILTON; WITH A SUPPLEMENT. Two volumes bound into one book. 273 pp, 264 pp. Spine with gilt title and five raised bands. Three quarter calf with marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Size 8½" x 5". Text block is tight. No markings, no page toning, no foxing, no missing plates. Overall condition Very Good. Edge ware to bottom, corners rubbed. Two bookplates on front pastedown. One is the bookplate for Joseph Y. Jeanes, see "Views of old Philadelphia, collected by Joseph Y. Jeanes" at the Library of Congress. Open ½" tear to bottom corner of v.2 p.43

London: Henry Colburn, 1844. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket, as issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volumes 1-6 of 7. Starts with his appointment as a lieutenant in 1777. The last letter of volume 6 is dated July 27th, 1805 - less than 3 months before Lord Nelson's death. "The books document Nelson's long and celebrated career in the Royal Navy. The letters of Lord Nelson (1758-1805) was assembled and edited by antiquarian, historian and former naval lieutenant Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799-1848), using letters supplied to him by many of Nelson's correspondents." - Cambridge University Press Fine bindings in lovely condition. Five raised bands to spine with gilt stamped title and compartments. Full dark green calf with gilt rules, blind stamped front & back covers, blind stamped dentelles. Marbled edges & endpapers. With portrait frontispieces to each volume, and fold-out battle maps or facsimiles of written letters. Text blocks tight, hinges sound. A very handsome set. 8¼" x 5¼" Light rubbing… Read More

Chatto & Windus, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A like-new copy of SUITE FRANCAIS. There is no bookplate, markings or writing. The binding is tight. This is a first edition, first printing with the full number line ending in 1. The dust jacket is also like new, and is not price clipped. Dark blue cloth boards, with gilt title on the spine. Translated from the French by Sandra Smith, and published in the UK in 2006. This novel is the first two of a planned five parts. Part 1 (A Storm in June) tells of the exodus from Paris on the approach of the Germans in WWII, and part 2 (Dolce) tells of life in a Nazi occupied French village. The novel is not about events, but is instead about the struggles, kindness, cooperations and treachery of people trying to survive in France during the war. Paul Gray in the New York Times called the book "stunning" and argued that it ranks with '"the greatest, most humane and… Read More