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Nicolas (Sir Nicholas Harris). The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson with Notes, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Henry Colburn, 1844, engraved portrait frontispiece of Nelson after F.L. Abbot, folding facsimile letter to front of second volume, original publisher's blindstamped blue cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, spines somewhat fade, 8vo, together with Bourchier (Lady), Memoir of the Life of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. With selections from his public and private correspondence, edited by his daughter Lady Bourchier, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1873, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, several maps, plans, etc., original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks with puncture to centre of spine of first volume, upper inner hinges to each volume loosened, large armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Uniacke Penrose FitzGerald Bart to front pastedown of each volume, with autograph letter from Geoffrey Codrington, presenting the books to a Mr Wynne, dated 28 December 1950, loosely inserted at front of first volume, plus Gamlin (Hilda). Nelson's Friendships, 2 volumes, Hutchinson & Co., 1899, monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and other British naval history of the 18th and 19th century, including Oliver Warner, Nelson's Battles, Batsford, 1965, Captain Barrie Kent, Signal! A history of signalling in the Royal Navy, 1993, Geoffrey Wilson The Old Telegraphs, 1976, Edward Clarence Paget, Memoir of the Honble. Sir Charles Paget G.C.H., 1778-1839, Longmans, 1913, A collection of works by Alexander Kent, George P. B. Naish, Nelson's Letters to His Wife and Other Documents, 1785-1831, Navy Record Society, 1958, etc., all original cloth, many in dust wrappers, 8vo (Qty: 70)