[Rarebooks] Admiral Mahan Naval Lot

[Garry R Austin]

Good Afternoon! We offer for your consideration the following lot of titles postpaid in the USA. Admiral Mahan's reputation as a naval historian is unparalleled and undisputed. His direct influence on Theodore Roosevelt was reflected in TR's actions as Asst. Secretary of the Navy and later as President. The lot postpaid is $250.00 
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Wilson, H. W. Ironclads In Action. A Sketch Of Naval Warfare From 1855 to 1895 With Some Account of The Development Of The Battleship In England.  Boston:  Little, Brown and Company, 1898.  				         
Sixth impression.  Two volumes; Octavo; pp. I; xxxvi, 357; II; xvi, 400 with index; 
Illustrated, fifty plates and thirty maps and plans, some folding; decorated blue cloth, gilt, top edges gilt; Edge wear at extremities, volume two damp stained, otherwise good or better. Introduction by Admiral A. T. Mahan. An Important work.

Mahan, A. T.   Lessons Of The War With Spain and Other Articles. Boston:  Little, Brown and Company, 1899.  						         
First edition; Octavo; pp. xvi, (ii), (2), 3-320 plus colophon and 4pp. ads; Two folding maps; blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt; Very good;

Mahan, A. T.   Retrospect And Prospect. Studies in International Relations Naval and Political. Boston:  Little, Brown and Company, 1902.  		       
First edition; Octavo; pp. x, (2), 3-309 plus 2pp. ads; Folding map at rear; blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt; Very good;

Mahan, A. T.   From Sail To Steam, Refections of Naval Life. New York:  Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1907.  		                       	               
First edition; Octavo; pp. xvii, (i), (2), 3-326; blue cloth, gilt; spine faded, Very good;

Mahan, A. T.   The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783. Boston:  Little, Brown and Company, 1906.  		                                                  
Later printing; Octavo; pp. xxiv, 557 plus 2pp. ads; Four maps, including one large folding map at rear and twenty-one plans of naval battles; blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt; Edge wear at spine ends; Very good; A nice copy. Mahan is regarded as a great naval historian and had significant influence on Theodore Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and President. This copy is from the library of John Kennedy Lacock, notable for rediscovering Gen. Braddock's road.

Mahan, Captain A. T. The Influence of Sea Power Upon The French Revolution and Empire.  Boston:  Little, Brown and Company, 1895.                              
Two volumes.  Sixth edition.  Octavo; pp. I; xx, (ii), 380, II; xvii, (iii), 428 with index plus 2pp. ads; Thirteen maps and battle plans; decorated blue cloth, gilt, top edges gilt; Edge wear; An ex-library copy with bookplates, spine labels have been removed with a bit of a ghost; A good or better copy, tight and clean;

Mahan, Captain A. T. The Life of Nelson, The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. Boston:  Little, Brown and Company, 1900.                         
Two volumes.  Second edition, revised.  Octavo; pp. I; xxiii, (v), 471, II; xvi, (iv), 427 with index; Twenty maps and battle plans; decorated blue cloth, gilt, top edges gilt; Edge wear; tight and clean; Very good;













    


 

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