Military Books

Mahan, Capt. A. T., The Life of Nelson, The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, 2nd Edition, Revised, 1899, xvi, 764pp., plus plates and maps, blue cloth with gilt decoration and titles, slightly scuffed; Russell, W. Clark,Horatio Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1890, xiv, 357pp.,coloured frontispiece: Nelson’s signal at Trafalgar, rebound, red cloth, front cover bearing the badge of Bristol Grammar School, slight scuff marks; Laughton, John Knox, The Nelson Memorial, Nelson and his Companion in Arms, George Allen, London, 1896, coloured frontispiece: Nelson’s signal at Trafalgar, xvi, 351pp., plus plates, original blue cloth with gilt bust of Nelson and gilt titles, slight damage to spine and wear to edges; Gamlin, Mrs Hilda, Nelson’s Friendships, in Two Volumes, Hutchinson & Co., London, 1899, Vol. I, xvi, 368pp; Vol. II, x, 385pp., plus plates, original blue cloth with gilt crest and titles, wear to edges, slight damage to spine, fairly good condition (5)