The life of Nelson: The embodiment of the sea power of Great Britain.
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914)
Category
Books
Date
1897
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3204487
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates. ports., maps. 8vo. Provenance: vol. I is inscribed on verso out flyleaf: "R.F. Harpur Crewe [i.e. Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921), son of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Bt, and Isabel Adderley] from his grandmother [prob. Georgiana Stanhope Lovell (1824-1910) m. 1845 Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Bt] Spring Hill E. Cowes [on Isle of Wight] March 1901." Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full blue cloth, gilt centre-piece, gilt lettering on spine. Black endpapers.
Makers and roles
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914), author