MAHAN, Alfred Thayer.
The Life of Nelson, the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company, Limited , 1897.
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FIRST BRITISH EDITION OF ALFRED THAYER MAHAN’S THE LIFE OF NELSON, THE EMBODIMENT OF THE SEA POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN
First British editions. Octavo, bound in three quarters blue morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Photogravure portrait frontispiece to each volume, 17 plates, 21 maps and battle plans, 2 folding. In near fine condition. An attractive set.
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States naval officer and historian, whom John Keegan called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century." Mahun's The Life of Nelson is one of and if not the most detailed biography of Lord Admiral Nelson ever published.
The Life of Nelson, the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain.
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