Naval & military.- Napier (Major-General Sir W. F. P.) History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, 6 vol., first edition, half-titles to vol. 1, 2 & 3, 55 engraved plans, all but vol. 1 with publisher's advertisements at end, some foxing, some damp-staining, to varying degrees but sometimes heavy, particularly to plates, original boards, printed paper spine labels (some chipped), couple marks, some faint damp-staining, quite worn with some loss to spine ends, vol. 6 joints cracked, vol. 1 John Murray, vol. 2-6 Thomas & William Boone, 1828-40 § Southey (Robert) The Life of Nelson, 2 vol., first edition, second impression with p.258 (vol. 2) numbered correctly, vol. 1 with engraved portrait frontispiece, vol. 2 with frontispiece of facsimile signatures, publisher's advertisements at end, half-title to vol. 2 only, vol. 1 with 19th century ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, vol. 2 with small wax residue to front free endpaper, offsetting to titles, some very light browning, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked preserving original backstrips, corners quite worn, covers lightly rubbed, for John Murray, 1813; and others naval or military, including 7 vol. of Nicolas' The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, some vol. with bookplate of Commander T. Suckling, v.s. (c.65)
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