Naval Memoirs, Autobiographies and Biographies, a large quantity, including Irving, Washington
£480
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus. 1877. 3 volumes, 8vo; Pepys, Samuel The diary. 1928. 10 volumes, 8vo Armstrong, Richard Grace Darling, maid and myth. 1965. 8vo; Nicolas, Sir Nicolas Harris The dispatches and letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson. 1845. 7 volumes, 8vo, red half morocco gilt; Drummond, Cherry The remarkable life of Victoria Drummond, marine engineer. 1994. 8vo, dust-jacket; Markham, Clements R. Life of Robert Fairfax of Seeton. 1885. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, Seeton's crest pasted to endpaper; [Gordon, Peter] Narrative of the imprisonment and escape of Peter Gordon. 1816. 8vo, half calf; Barrow, John Memoirs of the naval worthies of Queen Elizabeth's reign. 1845. 8vo, contemporary half calf; Dewey, George Autobiography of George Dewey, admiral of the navy. New York, 1913. 8vo; all with Cruising Association gilt stamps to covers and/or bookplates, some library stamps; and a large quantity of others, sold not subject to return (quantity)