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Rodney; Hoste; Exmouth; Saumarez; St. Vincent; Keppel; Durham; Nelson; Penrose and Trevenen; Blake; Dundonald; Dundonald; Gambier; Napier; Broke; Duncan.
More details Price: £7,500.00
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English Seamen under the Tudors.
London: Richard Bentley, 1868. 2 volume set, 8 inches tall. A beautifully bound set of this classic work in full calf by Zaehnsdorf. With gilt raised bands, triple red labels and fine gilt floral tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. With the armorial bookplate of Fitz Roy Keith Chapman and Beeleigh Abbey. With 5 maps. A fascinating read covering the defeat of the Spanish Armada and colonization of North America as well as some of England's greatest Explorers and Naval heroes, including The Cabots, Frobisher, Gilbert, Raleigh, Davis, Drake, Hawkins, Cavendish amongst many others.
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The Life of Nelson.
London: John Murray and William Tegg, 1853. Full navy blue calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A very bright full calf with raised bands, wonderful naval gilt centre tools, contrasting red label and triple fillets framing the boards. There is the prize bookplate of Bruce Castle, dated 1853, on the front paste down endpaper and a further bookplate facing it. Simple woodcut vignettes, including to the title page. A sparkling copy of this hugely popular Life of Nelson.
More details Price: £220.00