MAHAN Alfred T.

The Life of Nelson. The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. [First UK Edition.] FIRST UK EDITION IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1897. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 2 engraved frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 16 plates (all save one original tissue guards present), 2 folding maps, 6 maps and 13 battle-charts (one map and chart with neat repairs at blank margins); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an anchor motif, hand-made endpapers, uncut, ribbon markers, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. [SLIP-CASE NOT SHOWN IN IMAGE.] An elegant set of the first UK edition. Hattendorf, A6b; NMM II/1 974; Sandler, 2198.

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Book number: 19650

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, nelson, mahan, alfred mahan

MAHAN Captain Alfred T.

The Life of Nelson. The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. Second [and Best] Edition, Revised. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE BEST EDITION

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1899. 8vo., Second and Best UK Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 11 plates and 21 maps and battle plans on japon, endpapers faintly browned; original navy ribbed cloth gilt, upper board elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers very lightly rubbed at extremities, an unusually bright, crisp, clean copy. First published in two volumes in 1897. The revised edition recasts and amplifies the original discussion of Nelson's action towards the Neapolitan Republicans in 1799. New material is included connected with the separation of Nelson and his wife. Mahan also expands some points, most importantly the reasons for withholding the medals at Copenhagen. Hattendorf, A6d; NMM II/1 975. See also Sandler 2198 (recording the first edition).

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Book number: 19894

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, nelson, napoleon, copenhagen, trafalgar, mahan, alfred mahan

MAHAN Alfred T.

The Life of Nelson. The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL UK EDITION

Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.,, 1897. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 17 plates and 20 maps and plans (a number folding); original navy blue cloth, upper boards elaborately blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a near fine copy. Printed from the American sheets of the same year. 'Admiral Mahan's work, though open to correction in detail and proportion, remains a landmark in Nelson studies' (Warner). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hattendorf, A6b; NMM II/1: 974; Sandler 2198.

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Book number: 46966

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, nelson, mahan, alfred mahan, alfred t. mahan, horation nelson, lord nelson, trafalgar, nile, aboukir

MAHAN Alfred T.

Naval Strategy compared and contrasted with the Principles and Practice of Military Operations on Land. Lectures delivered at the US Naval War College, Newport RI between the Years 1887 and 1911. IN FULL MOROCCO

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, [1911]. 8vo., First UK Edition, with 13 maps and charts (6 folding; 7 full-page) on japon, small blind stamp on title; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Widely considered Mahan's most useful work, this comprehensive survey brings together the core studies of the author's celebrated 'sea power' series, together with more recent examples. Published simultaneously with the US edition. A lovely copy. Albion, pp.211, 244; Hattendorf, A18b.

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Book number: 34143

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, mahan, naval strategy, alfred t. mahan, naval, to 1914, naval, strategy, compared, contrasted, principles, practice, military, operations, land

MAHAN Captain Alfred T.

Naval Administration and Warfare. With other Essays. NEAR FINE COPY

Little Brown, Boston MA,, 1918. 8vo., with folding map on japon; original blue cloth, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy. With US War Service Library bookplate on front paste-down. First published in 1908. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hattendorf A15c.

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Book number: 41326

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, mahan, sea power, naval administration, naval warfare

MAHAN Captain Alfred T.

Naval Administration and Warfare. With other Essays. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Little Brown, Boston MA,, 1908. 8vo., First Edition, with folding map on japon, tiny neat signature on front paste-down; original blue cloth, gilt back, gilt top, black endpapers, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hattendorf A15a.

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Book number: 49147

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, mahan, sea power, naval administration, naval warfare

MAHAN Alfred T.

The Navy in the Civil War. The Gulf and Inland Waters. [First UK Edition. ] NEAR FINE RNSC PRESENTATION COPY OF MAHAN'S FIRST BOOK

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1898. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and 8 maps (3 folding), free endpapers very faintly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy. FIRST UK EDITION OF MAHAN'S FIRST BOOK. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE WITH ITS CANCELLED BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Albion notes that this work, together with Soley's 'The Blockage and the Cruisers' comprised Scribner's series 'The Navy in the Civil War', the last general operational coverage until the mid-twentieth century. Albion, p.259; Hattendorf A1d.

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Book number: 49424

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, us navy, american civil war, mahan, alfred t. mahan

MAHAN Captain Alfred T.

The Problem of Asia and its Effect upon International Politics. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Little Brown, Boston MA,, 1900. 8vo., First Edition, with folding map on japon, tiny signature on front free endpaper verso; navy cloth, upper board with USS IOWA blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, black endpapers, uncut, endpapers cracked at hinges (but binding wholly sound), else a near fine copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED BY ABEL I. SMITH Jr TO THE LIBRARY OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1946 AND ACCORDINGLY BEARS ITS PRESENTATION BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WITH HIS LENGTHY HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BLANK PRELIMINARY RECTO: ' We can now never consent to the transfer of a fortress in the Caribbean to a European power, than we would ourselves have thought of acquiring Fort Marion [formerly and subsequently Castillo de San Marcos, FL] as a result of our successful war with Spain'. After the Civil War and that with Cuba, Mahan's theories of sea power (in particular the need for significant naval expansion) were much admired by Theodore Roosevelt; during the latter's term as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1898 the US constructed a powerful fleet which served it well in the subsequent war with Spain. GIVEN THAT WORKS SIGNED BY MAHAN ARE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND SPLENDIDLY RELEVANT COPY. Hattendorf A8a.

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Book number: 49152

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, sea power, mahan, alfred thayer mahan, spanish-american war, fort marion, castillo de san marcos

MAHAN Captain Alfred T.

Retrospect and Prospect. Studies in International Relations Naval and Political. [First UK Edition.] HENRY NAPIER'S COPY OF THE FIRST UK EDITION

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1902. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, tiny signature on front paste-down; navy cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, black endpapers, uncut, case lightly rubbed at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy. Published simultaneously with the US edition. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF LT.-COL. H. D. NAPIER AND BEARS HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON BLANK PRELIMINARY RECTO. Henry Dundas Napier (1864-1941), served during WWI as military attache in Bulgaria (primarily at Sofia and Bucharest); his service is recorded in 'Experiences of a Military Attache in the Balkans' (1924). He later compiled a biography of his namesake Lord Napier of Magdala (1924). Hattendorf A11b.

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Book number: 49151

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MAHAN] [Alfred T.

Some Neglected Aspects of War by Capt. A T Mahan. A T Mahan. Together with 'The Power that makes the Peace' by Henry S Pritchett and 'The Capture of Private Property at Sea' by Julian S Corbett. NEAR FINE COPY

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1907. 8vo., First UK Edition, on laid paper, some very light and occasional spotting; original blue cloth, gilt back, gilt top, black endpapers, uncut, a near fine copy. The US edition, published simultaneously, collects five papers. The UK edition adds an extra paper by Mahan. 'War from the Christian Standpoint'. Very scarce in this condition. Hattendorf, A14b.

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Book number: 21891

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, mahan, naval strategy, henry pritchett, julian corbett, alfred t. mahan, h.s. pritchett, j.s. corbett, naval, to 1914, some, neglected, aspects, war, capt., t, mahan

MAHAN Alfred T.

Types of Naval Officers drawn from the History of the British Navy. With some Account of the Conditions of Naval Warfare at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century, and of its subsequent Development during the Sail Period. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST UK EDITION

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1902.. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard captioned in red), 5 plates of portraits (all original tissue guards captioned in red) and full-page plan, neat inscription on blank preliminary recto; original navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, hand-made endpapers, a bright, clean copy. Collects essays on Hawke, Rodney, Howe, Jervis, Saumarez and Pellew. Published simultaneously with the US edition. Hattendorf A10b.

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Book number: 46192

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, mahan, alfred t. mahan, royal navy, hawke, rodney, howe, jervis, saumarez, pellew

MAHER Brendan A.

A Passage to Sword Beach. Minesweeping in the Royal Navy. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34587

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, ml137, minesweepers, minesweeping, brendan maher, d-day, normandy, overlord, neptune, sword beach

MALLALIEU J.P.W.

Extraordinary Seaman. Illustrated by Mudge-Marriatt. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

MacGibbon & Kee,, 1957. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text, small neat inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of Captain Lord Robert Cochrane, tenth Earl of Dundonald, one of the most eminent, if remarkably under-written, figures of the eighteenth-century Royal Navy.

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Book number: 8859

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, cochrane, nt14, j.p.w. mallalieu, naval, to 1914, extraordinary, seaman

MALLALIEU J.P.W.

Very Ordinary Seaman. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Gollancz,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in navy full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Fictionalised but accurate account of the author's five months in a destroyer on the Murmansk run. Generally considered one of the finest accounts of life at sea; certainly a minor classic of WWII. A LOVELY COPY OF THE SCARCE ORIGINAL EDITION. Law, 1062.

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Book number: 21297

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2,wwii, royal navy, destroyers, convoys, arctic convoys, kola, murmansk, mallalieu

MALLALIEU J.P.W.

Very Ordinary Seaman. [Fourth Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Gollancz,, [1944]. 8vo., Fourth Impression; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly browned dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Published two months after the first edition. Fictionalised but accurate account of the author's five months in a destroyer on the Murmansk run. Generally considered one of the finest accounts of life at sea; certainly a minor classic of WWII. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Law, 1062.

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Book number: 40518

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, destroyers, convoys, arctic convoys, kola, murmansk, mallalieu