Memoirs of the Life and Death of the Right Honorable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, vice-Admiral of the White, comprehending authentic details of his Glorious Achievements under the British Flag. Also a sketch of the life of Sir Sydney Smith.
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- Hardcover
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Liverpool: Goodchild and Plant, 1806 First and only edition. vii, 268pp + 3, followed by the Life of Sir Sydney Smith, 45pp.
Nelson frontis plate plus three folding plates. Sydney Smith frontis plate.
Half calf with marbled boards, recently rebacked with original spine relaid. Faded ownership signature to front pastedown dated 1878, end papers show some ageing and title has light offset, otherwise clean throughout.
Contains a full account of the processions and ceremonies attending the funeral in January 1806. Fast work by the publishers to get this volume to market in 1806.
"Such was the character of Nelson, whose exploits, and whose virtues, must be the subject of exultation to every Briton; - and in future ages, when the Stranger who may visit our Island, shall enquire for the Monument of NELSON, the answer will be,
"Behold the Country which he saved." "
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- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25131
- Title
- Memoirs of the Life and Death of the Right Honorable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, vice-Admiral of the White, comprehending authentic details of his Glorious Achievements under the British Flag. Also a sketch of the life of Sir Sydney Smith.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Goodchild and Plant
- Place of Publication
- Liverpool
- Date Published
- 1806
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Wadard Books PBFA
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Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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