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[NELSON, Lord Horatio (1758-1805), subject]. PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph (1791-1865). Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, K. B. London: T. and W. Boone, 1899. 8vos. Illustrated with 4 portraits, 1 folding engraved plate, and facsimile plates. 2 volumes. Also inserted are an ad for this work, a slip of the death of the Earl of Auckland, and an ad slip for the Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces (both volumes with publisher’s ads at the rear). Publisher’s full blue cloth, boards decoratively ruled and paneled in blind, spines lettered in gilt and ruled and tooled in blind (spines sunned to green, some rubbing to bindings, occasional minor foxing or thumbsoiling in text, a few gutters overopened). Near fine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHY OF NELSON WITH HIS LETTERS.