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1909 The Life of Nelson
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Description
Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
With a frontispiece. A record of the life and career of Horatio Nelson, a famed Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in history. Written by Robert Southey, an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the Lake Poets, and the Poet Laureate from 1813. Southey was also a prolific letter writer, literary scholar, essay writer, historian and biographer. Bound by Bickers & Son, London.
Condition
In the original half calf with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and small marks to the boards. Minor fading to the spine with light loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Bound by Bickers & Son, London.
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