Sea power in its relations to the War of 1812 /
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914)
Category
Books
Date
1905
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 3207623
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates : ill., ports., maps (part fold.), plans ; 23 cm. Provenance: rosette seal armorial bookplate: "Antony Gibbs / Tenax Propositi" [i.e. Antony Gibbs (1841-1907)]. Manuscript note inserted in vol. 1: "Xmas 1919. With all love & good wishes from Dorfry [?]" [If bookplate is authentic evidence of Antony Gibbs' ownership, this note may not relate to book's provenance.] Binding: blue publisher's cloth, gold lettered spine, gold stamped cover pictorial.
Makers and roles
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914), author