Nelson by C.S.Forester - 1952

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

London: Chatham Publishing, 2001. . Hardback in dustwrapper. Illustrated. Contents: pages very good and clean. Slight smudge to front endpaper. Dustwrapper: very good, clean and bright. A very good, tight copy. 232 pp.

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Chatham Publishing, 2001-09-20. hardcover. Very Good/Good Jacket. 9x6x1. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD, 1929 Blue Cloth Boards with gilt tiles to spine, 225 x 150 mm approx. viii + 266 pp + 6 of publisher's adverts, Portrait frontis. First Edition 1929. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair no d/j (Book- significant uneven fading to cloth with heavy wear to cloth. A few light foxing spots to reverse of frontis and light offsetting to title from frontis. Rear end papers show evidence of removal of probably WH Smith or other library stickers and remainder mark to bottom of book block near tail. Some pencil marginalia from a reading). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. A first edition copy of a biography on an historical figure by a prominent author which would make an ideal project for a student bookbinder.

Kent: Chatham Publishing, 2001. This from the dusterapper: " For C S Forester, a young novelist with a love of the sea, whose Hornblower novels would be read by millions, the subject of Nelson must have been irresistible. A national hero during his own time, whose heroic status grew even further after his death, Nelson was also a deeply contradictory character whose often mysterious motivation represents a challenge to any biographer. In Forester, he found one who was both perceptive and sympathetic. Without avoiding Nelson's flaws, Forester delineates a character he obviously liked, one whose personal side is always observable, and who was so much more attractive than his two great contemporaries, Wellington and Napoleon. Forester brilliantly brings the man alive and, as a student of human nature, is able to understand the contradictions and peculiarities of his character - his apparent dislike of the sea, his fatalism and his strong religious sentiment, his poisonous hatred of… Read More

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London England: Chatham Publishing, 2001. Hardback. Nelson. Without avoiding Nelson's flaws, Forester Delineates a character he obviously liked, one whose personal side is always observable, and who was so much more attractive than his two great contempories, Wellington and Napoleon. Forester brilliantly brings the man alive and, as a student of human nature, is able to understand the contradictions and peculiarities of his character - his apparent dislike of the sea, his fatalisim and his strong religious sentiment, his poisonous hatred of Frenchmen and all things French, his devout belief in the institution of the monarchy and his perception of republicans as damnable atheists, his surprising knowledge of human nature despite his limited range of experience, his sound judgment which was, however, to become clouded by his attachment o Emma Hamilton. What comes across most strongly, though, is the sheer force and vigour of his personality.Forester writes that biography tends to be about people who… Read More

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. Paperback. Average amount of rubbing to cover with sunned spine. Pencilled inscriptions to ffep. Toned outside edge. Ow a vg serviceable copy of a 1st ed. ; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 265 pages. .