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Southey, Robert Life of Nelson. Printed for John Murray. London. 1813. £200.00 2 Volumes. First edition, first issue [II, 258 misnumbered]. Small Octavo. viii, 253, (1)pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait; viii, 275, (1)pp. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary full calf, by D. Batten, Bookbinder, Clapham Common. Spine in five compartments with blind tooling, lacking labels. Blind border decoration to covers. AE marbled. Bumped to corners. Foxing to plates, and some spotting. From the library of William Calvert. Signature of Wm Calvert, Greta Bank. Signature of Mary Stanger (Calvert), Fieldside. [Sir Robert Moorsom, was the captain of the Revenge, a ship that played a vital part in the Battle of Trafalgar. Two documents signed by Nelson were part of the Moorsom library: the ‘Order of Sailing’ and the ‘Order of Battle’ for the Battle of Trafalgar. Southey was fond of Sir Robert Moorsom’s daughter-in-law, Mary, William Calvert’s neice]
Southey, Robert The life of Wesley; and the rise and progress of Methodism. Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown. London. 1820. £200.00 2 volumes. Octavo. xxxi, errata, 512pp., eng. frontis.; 622pp, 2pp adverts, eng. frontis. Original quarter calf, marbled boards, spines worn. Some offsetting. Untrimmed. Spine volume numbers reversed. From the library of Mary Calvert/Stanger. Signature of Mary Calvert May 1820 in ink to top of title of each volume. Signature of Mary Calvert Keswick Cumberland 1822 in pencil to bottom of title page of Vol. I. Contemporary pencil annotation in her hand to I p23, 306, 311, 313, 391; II p519.
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