The life of Paul Jones, from original documents in the possession of John Henry Sherburne ...
Accession number:
PML 65955
Published:
London : John Murray, 1825.
Description:
xii, 320 pages ; 20 cm
Credit:
Gift of Mr. Daniel P. Davison.
Notes:
"Having decided to issue ... a Life of Paul Jones, based on the same material as the 'Life' by Sherburne ... Murray entrusted the manuscript to young Disraeli ... to prepare it for the press ... [and] the work ... appeared with a preface from his pen ... The original manuscript ... shows that Disraeli's share in it was limited to the introduction here and there of a word or phrase where the excision of a passage rendered ... [it] necessary"--The life of ... Disraeli ... by W. F. Monypenny and G. E. Buckle. [1929] v.1, p. 64-65. Cf. also Thursfield, J. R. Nelson and other naval studies. 1909. p. 195.
Preface by Disraeli.
"Printed by C. Roworth"--Page 320.
Binding:
1/2 brown calf over light brown boards, marbled edges, and endpapers.
Provenance:
Daniel P. Davison.
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