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MAHAN (A.T), Rear-Admiral.: The Life of Nelson. The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain , Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., 1897

8vo., First UK Edition, with frontispieces and 37 plates (including diagrams); original navy blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. Printed from the American sheets of the same year. 'Admiral Mahan's work, though open to correction in detail and proportion, remains a landmark in Nelson studies' (Warner). Hattendorf, A6b; NMM II/1: 974; Sandler 2198. (Book ref. 19377)  £270.00

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