The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain
by MAHAN, CAPTAIN A.T
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston, & Company 1898. 2 VOL SET, Super Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt embossed illus of ships to front boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges gilt, illus frontispiece with tissue guard in both vols, vol 1 454 pp, vol 2 427 pp + 3pp adverts, 9 illus plates in vol 1 with tissue, 10 maps in vol 1, 8 illus plates in vol 2 with tissue, 10 maps in vol 2, VG (minor soiling blotches to front board of vol 1, moderate bruising and scuffing to spine and boards, light foxing to prelims and terminals, previous owners name in pencil to feps)
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- Title
- The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain
- Author
- MAHAN, CAPTAIN A.T
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, & Company 1898
- Keywords
- Biography Nelson Captain Lord Vice-Admiral Great Britain navy naval power sea Agamemnon Trafalgar history maritime Hamilton Horatia
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...