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    Sale 9492

    Maritime and Naval Battles

    London, South Kensington

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    31 October 2002

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    Lot 6

    'The British Flag Triumphant! Or the Wooden Walls of Old England..'

    Price realised

    GBP 294

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 400

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    'The British Flag Triumphant! Or the Wooden Walls of Old England..'
    Waldegrave (W) Baron Radistock, London, Rivington & Hatchard, 1806, re-backed quarter modern calf gilt title on spine 96pp. Ink signature of Wm. Smith on title and other signature papers; Halloran (Laurence) The Battle of Trafalgar, a Poem. To Which is Added a Selection of Fugitive Pieces Chiefly Written at Sea quarter calf on marbled board.[vi], 130pp. Library label on first page paste-down recording presentation of this copy by Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart (1767-1849) to the Naval and Military Library and later disposal by the Royal United Service Institution; Nelson (Thomas) A Genealogical History of the Nelson Family. With an Introduction by the Right Honourable the Earl Nelson (Kings Lynn: Thew & Son, 1908), half-calf on marbled boards, rebacked with original paper covers included. Various paginations circa 110pp. with review notices and newspaper clipping of 1914 tipped in; Parliamentary Blue Book: Report of a Committee the Evidence Relating to the Tactics Employed by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. Command Paper 7120 (London: His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1913) folio printed boards xvi, 107pp., four charts of ship positions (three folding with colour). (4)

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