The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1900. Second edition, revised. Black and white plates, maps, and battle plans. Three quarter leather with marbled paper sides. Tall octavos. xxviii, 471 and xx, 427 pages.
Mahan's biography of Admiral Nelson--the one man who, in Mahan's opinion, summed up and embodied the greatness and possibilities which his theories on the influence of sea power comprehended.
Handsomely bound, with bindings signed "Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Boston."
Ref. HATTENDORF A6f.
Spines have five raised bands and are ruled, titled, and ornamented in gilt. Tope edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines are browned, els fine.
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