Sale 6972
London
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19 May 2004
Price realised
GBP 3,107
Estimate
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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