The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783
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FIRST EDITION HARDBACK PUBLISHED BY SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON AND COMPANY, LONDON DATE NOT GIVEN. FRONT COVER HAS FINE GILT ENGRAVING OF A MAN OF WAR AT SEA. HARDCOVER IN NAVY BLUE. EXTERNALLY IN GOOD CONDITION, SLIGHT BUMPING ON TOP OF SPINE. INTERNALLY THERE IS A BOOKPLATE BELONGING TO JOHN THOMAS BARON MANNERS AND AN INSCRIPTION TO ' MANNERS' FROM EVELINE HAMLYN FANE XMAS 1896. INNER SPINE INSIDE COVER SMALL SPLIT AND SMALL TEAR IN TOP OF PAGE. SPINE THROUGHOUT BOOK INTACT APART FROM SOME WEAR ON TITLE PAGE. SOME RUST MARKS ON TITLE PAGE AND ON THE MAP OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE REAR OF THE BOOK.SOME RUST MARKS ON THE MAP OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA BY PAGE 15. FOUR MAPS ALTOGETHER AND 21 PLANS OF NAVAL BATTLES. 14 WRITTEN CHAPTERS. 21 ILLUSTRATIONS THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE A FIRST EDITION READING FROM THE PUBLISHER BUT A PUBLICATION DATE CANNOT BE FOUND ON THE BOOK. 557 PP. CONTEMPORARY BLUE CALF GILT EXTRA, MOROCCO LETTERING PIECE WITH PRIZE STAMP TO UPPER COVER, TOP EDGES OF PAPER GILT. TITLES ON SPINE ALSO IN GILT AS IS THE STAMP OF THE SHIP ON THE FRONT COVER. Finely bound copy of Mahan's history of the influence of sea power from the start of the sailing ship era in 1660 to the end of the American revolution in 1783.
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