Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was Poet Laureate from 1813 to 1843. He also wrote historical works and was a noted scholar of Portuguese. (His three-volume history of Brazil is also reissued in this series.) As Southey himself states, many lives of Nelson had been written since the hero's death at Trafalgar in 1805, but what he is attempting in these two volumes, published in 1813, is a work 'clear and concise enough to become a manual for the young sailor ... till he has treasured up the ...
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Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet and friend of Coleridge, was Poet Laureate from 1813 to 1843. He also wrote historical works and was a noted scholar of Portuguese. (His three-volume history of Brazil is also reissued in this series.) As Southey himself states, many lives of Nelson had been written since the hero's death at Trafalgar in 1805, but what he is attempting in these two volumes, published in 1813, is a work 'clear and concise enough to become a manual for the young sailor ... till he has treasured up the example in his memory and in his heart'. In this 'eulogy', Volume 2 continues the story from Nelson's return from Egypt to the battle of Copenhagen, and the subsequent brief respite of the Peace of Amiens, until his appointment as supreme commander of the British fleet, and his death in the hour of victory.
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Good. No Jacket. No date, 223 pages plus 12 page publisher's catalogue at rear, foxing throughout, damage to rear endpaper, previous owner name and bookshop stamp on the prelims, red cloth covers rubbed and faded, (Blackie's School and Home Library).
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Very Good. Reprint. 12mo, 384 pages, frontispiece, not illustrated. Very good condition hardback, no dust jacket. Page edges are foxing. (Hutchinson's Library of Standard Lives). 39830.
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Good. 12mo. tight copy, missing ffep, illegible stamp in fpd. light-moderate foxing throughout, light wear to page edges, occasional turned corner. green cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoaration to spine, worn at extremities with some knocking to corners and top & base of spine. creasing of cloth on front near spine. moderate surface wear.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in bright blue cloth with gilt. Undated reprint. Some foxing; free end paper browned; spine bumped & browned, with dulled gilt decoration.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in plastic wrapper. Macdonald Illustrated Classics edition, with with introduction, notes & an appendix by E.R.H. Harvey. Binding tight; bottom edge of front board worn; clear plastic wrapper, printed with author/title etc., torn across front panel & spine.