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ROBERT SOUTHEY. The Life of Nelson. Vol. I. John Murray, 1813.
Price: US$61.27 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1813-01-01. John Murray. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, brown leather spine with brown patterned boards. Boards are very rubbed and worn. Bookplate. 6x4
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
SOUTHEY, Robert. The Life Of Nelson In Two Volumes (Vol i & ii). John Murray, London, 1813.
Price: US$153.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: **NON MATCHING PAIR** This item is offered as one copy of Volume One and one copy of Volume Two. They are not a matching pair. Volume One: Brown half leather boards with gilt lettering to spine. (7.5in x 4.5in) Marbled front board is detached from spine. Both boards are rubbed. Corners are bumped. Wear to edges. Spine has bumping to top and bottom, shelfwear. Spine has 4 raised bands. Decorative endpages. Textblock is in good condition, clean and tight. 253 pp. + adverts. Volume Two: Brown leather boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Boards are marked and generally grubby (6.5in x 4in). Corners are bumped. Spine is coming away from front board at ends. Marbled page edged. Decorative endpages. 276 pp. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 743g. Postage within the UK remains at £3. For international orders ABE use an estimate based on a 1kg book. Where a book is lighter/heavier, we will reduce/request additional postage accordingly. We make no profit on postal charges. We expect a parcel of this weight to cost between £14.35 (Europe) and £24.70 (USA) to ship using Royal Mail's International Tracked Service. All our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 020008:15(2c)) Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall 743 G
Seller: YattonBookShop PBFA, Bristol, United Kingdom
Price: US$237.40 + shipping
Description: First edition, with three pages of advertisements at the end of Volume 1, and page 258 mis-numbered in Volume 2. Two volumes bound in one, two frontispieces, 12mo, pp viii, 253, (3); viii, 280, slightly weak internally, staining to the first few pages of volume one, then minor staining to the lower margin of the next few pages, tear to page 207/208 and slight adhesion damage to pages 207/212, with very slight loss of text, bound in contemporary green half calf and marbled boards, rubbed, spine head a little pulled.
Seller: Mike Park Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Two octavo bindings; in blue diced calf with red labels and ship devices in compartments; the perimeters of the boards are rolled in gilt and in blind and turn-ins with a gilt roll; each volume with the armorial bookplate of John Waldie and a shelf label for a private library; xiii, [1-3], 4-253 pages, [3] pages advertisments; viii, [1], 2 -275, 275-280 pages advertisments this is the second issue of the First Edition with page 258 in Volume II numbered correctly; fragile silk ribbon markers bound in;; with the binder's ticket of Lubbock, in New Castle; Volume II lacking the leaf with facsimile signatures.~~An attractive set in two volumes. Very Good binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$846.96 + shipping
Description: 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, Second Issue, with engraved portrait frontispiece (first volume) and facsimile as frontispiece (second volume), frontispieces mildly damp-marked, neat contemporary signature on titles, second volume pp.163-207 damp-marked at upper edge (pp.175-189 markedly affected); publisher's binding of green diced cloth, backstrips with dark red leather labels framed, lettered and ruled in gilt (one label chafed at edges), gilt edges, primrose endpapers, boards mildly damp-marked (rather more on second volume) but not extending to contents, else a bright, crisp, clean copy in publisher's original binding. With publisher's advertisements (3pp.; 6pp. respectively) at end. Bookplate removed from front paste-downs. Second issue, with Vol. II, p.258 correctly paginated. VERY SCARCE. Cowie 139; Nash 1; NMM II, p.927.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$1283.27 + shipping
Description: First edition, second issue with page 258 of volume II correctly paginated. "Southey constructed an early-nineteenth century hero as a model for the young - in his words, a 'patriotic manual'. He told a friend that he would write 'such a life of Nelson as shall be put into the hands of every youth destined for the Navy'" (Knight, p. 542), as it most assuredly was, coming to dominate the Nelson biography market, and remaining perpetually in print. Cowie 139; Nash 1; NMM II 927; Roger Knight, The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Acievement of Horatio Nelson, 2006. 2 volumes, small octavo. Original drab paper boards, printed paper labels to spines. Engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard to volume 1, frontispiece of volume 2 with five facsimile signatures. Ownership signatures to front free endpapers, pencilled to vol. I; neatly inked to vol. II. Spines rubbed, extremities a little worn, internally clean and crisp. A very good set indeed, with the half-titles and terminal advertisements.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1813 John Murray 2 volumes bound as 1 in full contemporary gilt decorated leather, marbled endpapers and edges. Rebacked spine. J. Moyes printer. Vol 1. 253 pg + 1 pg advert. Vol 2 275 pg + 5 pg advert. Also bound in is Authentic narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson: With the circumstances preceding, attending, and subsequent to, that event; the professional report on his lordship's wound, and several interesting anecdotes by William Beatty MD. Cadell and Davies 1807 99 pages. All three present a frontis. The Beatty includes a plate of the ball that fatally wounded Nelson. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, 2 vols, crown 8vo (7.5 in x 4.5 in), pp. xiii, (1-3), 4-253, (3) adv; viii, (1), 2-275, 276-280 adv, engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved frontispiece facsimile autographs. Original red full squeezed calf, backs in five compartments, gilt lettered in the second and fourth, gilt center and corner ornaments fill the first and fifth, the third with blind ornament and center gilt dot. Sides with blind roll tooled border enclosed by single roll tooled fillets with gilt circle corners and a blind roll tooled panel with blind corner ornaments, all edges gilt, gilt roll tooled inner dentelles. Near fine with some minor rubs to edges and extremities. Sheets unusually clean and fresh, unmarked, complete with half titles. H10322 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.