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Published by John Murray, London, 1830
First Edition
Green hardback cloth cover. First Edition. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xxiii, 472pp. Frontispiece engraving. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Loss to title label. Offsetting from frrontispiece and foxing to prelims. Remnants of book plate on paste-down. Ex-lib.
Published by London: John Murray, 1830
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Sole edition. Two volumes. 8vo. (iii)-xxiv, 472; (iii)-xvi, 436 pp., bound without the half titles. Later morocco backed blue buckram boards, bound for the Royal Artillery Regimental Library, Woolwich with their bookplates to the front pastedowns and their oval ink stamps to the front flyleaves, indicating the date of the binding as 1907. Frontispiece portrait of Rodney in volume I. The upper corners of the first two leaves in volume II repaired with a very small loss of text, else very good.
Published by Published by John Murray, London, 1830
First Edition
, Volume 1 with xxiii, 472 pages, illustrated with an black and white engraved frontispiece, Volume 2 with xvi, 436 pages, from the library of author Norman Scarfe First Edition , new bindings near fine, internally foxing on front and rear preliminary pages with minor foxing throughout in both volumes, books in very good condition , professionally rebound in half brown morocco and marbled paper, with original endpapers, original title labels with gilt labelling on spine , octavo, 21.5 x 14 cms Hardback ISBN:
Published by John Murray, London, 1830
First Edition
Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A fascinating first edition correspondence of Admiral Lord Rodney, complete in two volumes. Comprising a great many of the letters of Admiral Rodney.Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1718-1792) was an officer of the British Navy known for his victories during the American War of Independence. He achieved victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1792. He also participated in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and the capture of Sint Eustatius, and accompanied King William IV on his visit to Captain General Luis de Unzaga to commence peace agreements.Written by Major General Godfrey Mundy (1804-1860), a British Army officer and writer.From Nottingham Public Library.Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece of the subject.Complete in two volumes.A first edition of this work. In a quarter calf binding. Externally generally smart, with some slight rubbing to the tails of the spines and bumping to extremities. Library bookplates to the front pastedown and stamps to the early leaves. Internally, generally firmly bound; title page to volume I is partly disbound as a result of straining to the binding past the title page. Pages have the odd instance of spotting but are otherwise bright. Very Good. book.
Published by E-317
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by John Murray, London, UK. 1830. 2 Volumes. Xxiv, 472 pgs; xvi, 436 pgs. Frontispiece portrait of Rodney in Volume I. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in plain brown cloth boards with gilt titles and leather spine label present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Foxing present throughout. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Comprising a great many of the letters of Admiral Rodney. Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB (bap. 13 February 1718 24 May 1792) , was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. It is often claimed that he was the commander to have pioneered the tactic of breaking the line. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by JOHN MURRAY, LONDON, 1830
Seller: Tobo Books, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Half Morocco. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Clean and tidy set of two volumes in later black half morocco with navy blue boards. Spine to vol I slightly sunned. Red title labels, gilt, with green author labels, gilt to each vol. Very minor rubbing to edges. Marble page edges. Tight and clean throughout, Engraved portrait frontis to Vol I, no frontis to Vol II, all correct. Very bright and clean. Half titles bound in. A superior set.