The life of Nelson : the embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain / by Captain A.T. Mahan, ... in two volumes. Vol. I. (-II)
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914)
Category
Books
Date
1897
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3164526
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : maps, plans, ports. ; 8vo. Provenance: card of Captain G.C. Tryon inserted in slits cut in front free endpaper of v. 1, inscribed "With best wishes from" and "(2 books)" [i.e. Major George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon (1871-1940)]. Both vols. stamped 'Harrison & Sons" on verso of front free endpaper. Booksellers' notes in pencil on verso of front free endpaper of v. 1: "2 vols" and [in a different hand] "i/o/e/" and "2 vols". Pencil number "276" written on title page verso of v. 1. Binding: nineteenth-century half dark blue morocco, blue cloth over boards; single gilt fillets on boards; five false bands; spines gilt; gilt top edges; blue marbled endpapers; blue ribbon markers.
Makers and roles
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914)