Nelson

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  • FULL BLUE VELVET CLASPED BINDINGS WITH AUSTEN AND NELSON ASSOCIATIONS
    The Book of Common Prayer. Proper Lessons. by PRAYER
    PRAYER
    The Book of Common Prayer. Proper Lessons.

    Oxford: The University Press, 1834. 2 volume set, 4 1/2 inches tall. Full velvet bindings in pristine condition having been housed on a somewhat rubbed, but solid, box. With fully functioning and complete brass clasps and rubbed brass plates on the upper boards with the titles of the books and on the lower boards the name 'Hilare' with two coronets. All edges gilt. The paste down endpapers are of watered silk with gilt and velvet borders. The free endpapers are of watered silk with gilt borders. On both title pages is the neat ink inscription 'Easter Day April 19th 1835'. The 'Hilare' refers to Hilare Knight, the daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Barlow. Following the death of her first…

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    Oxford: The University Press, 1834. 2 volume set, 4 1/2 inches tall. Full velvet bindings in pristine condition having been housed on a somewhat rubbed, but solid, box. With fully functioning and complete brass clasps and rubbed brass plates on the upper boards with the titles of the books and on the lower boards the name 'Hilare' with two coronets. All edges gilt. The paste down endpapers are of watered silk with gilt and velvet borders. The free endpapers are of watered silk with gilt borders. On both title pages is the neat ink inscription 'Easter Day April 19th 1835'. The 'Hilare' refers to Hilare Knight, the daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Barlow. Following the death of her first husband she married, in 1829, the much older and recently widowed Reverend William Nelson (1757 -1835), brother of Horatio Nelson. Upon whose death in 1805, William had been created first Earl Nelson (Horatio having only been a Viscount). Hilare, now styled the dowager Countess Nelson, married George Thomas Knight (1795-1867), nephew of Jane Austen, being the son of Austen's brother Edward Knight. A beautiful set with most interesting associations.

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  • WELL ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN SPLENDID FULL CALF
    The Naval History of Great Britain, from the year MDCCLXXXIII - MDCCCXXXVI. by BRENTON, Edward Pelham (Captain)
    BRENTON, Edward Pelham (Captain)
    The Naval History of Great Britain, from the year MDCCLXXXIII - MDCCCXXXVI.

    London: Henry Colburn, 1837. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A terrific full calf binding with very fine extra gilt tooling to the wide raised bands and spectacular panels. Twin labels and elaborate gilt tooling and blind fillet and roll framing the boards. There is a neat ink inscription ....'on his leaving Eton' dated Easter 1845 on the first blank. Engraved portrait frontispieces and a further 14 engraved portraits and plans, some folding. Some rubbing and foxing but still a very handsome set which covers so many momentous naval battles and adventures.

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  • 25 WONDERFUL PLATES IN HALF RED MOROCCO
    The Post Captain or Adventures of a True British Tar by a Naval Officer. by THORNTON, Alfred
    THORNTON, Alfred
    The Post Captain or Adventures of a True British Tar by a Naval Officer.

    London: Simpkin, Marshall et al., n.d. (1817). Half morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. A later very smart half morocco with gilt raised bands, label and fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. All edges gilt. Complete with all 25 hand coloured aquatints by Williams. Armorial bookplate. First edition of this hilarious verse with comic images describing the rollicking adventures of life in The Royal Navy at sea and ashore two hundred years ago.

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  • EXTRAORDINARY SUMPTUOUS FULL PINK MOROCCO
    The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton. A Biographical Essay with a Catalogue of her Published Portraits. by BAILY, J. T. Herbert (Editor of The Connoissseur)
    BAILY, J. T. Herbert (Editor of The Connoissseur)
    The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton. A Biographical Essay with a Catalogue of her Published Portraits.

    London: Menzies, 1905. Full morocco, 11 1/2 inches tall. A stunning full crushed morocco for Sawyer with gilt raised bands extraordinary gilt foliate tooling to the panels and boards. With gilt top edge and wide gilt dentelles. With all 23 portraits of Lady Hamilton. Lady Emma Hamilton was an inspiration to many, mistress of Horatio Nelson, favorite model of Romney, wife of the British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples and ultimately a tragic figure, dying in poverty in Calais.

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