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    THE CONAN DOYLE COLLECTION

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    19 May 2004

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    • NELSON AND NAPOLEON
    Lot 24

    NELSON AND NAPOLEON

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    GBP 3,107

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    GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

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    NELSON AND NAPOLEON

    Sir Arthur CONAN DOYLE. Autograph notebook compiled from his study of the life of Lord Nelson and of the Napoleonic period, with notes on the career and character of Nelson, England under the Regency, prizefighters, coaching, Napoleon's marshals, the French cavalry and other subjects, with references to Gronow, Greville, Lady Burghersh, Madame de Remusat, Empress Josephine and others; drawing of a British warship, 1793, and reading lists, 1880s - early 1890s, written in pen and pencil, 74 pages, with 4½ pages in another hand, some leaves removed together with half one leaf, marbled boards, folio.

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