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Lot 51

18 October 2005, 14:00 BST
Oxford

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Alfred T. Mahan

The Life of Nelson: the Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, 2 vol., first edition, 19 engraved plates and 20 maps, publisher's blue cloth pictorial gilt, rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, Sampson Low, 1897; together with: a portrait miniature of Nelson, hand-coloured print after L.F. Abbott, oval, 92 x 77mm., framed, nineteenth century; a brass tin, cast, with central bust of Nelson and motto "England Expects..." around rim, 72mm. diameter, probably late nineteenth century; and a faux-medal, pressed base metal with bust of Nelson and date of birth, 55mm. diameter, framed, twentieth century (5)

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