Life of Anson, finely bound

Heading: (Anson, George)
Author: Barrow, John
Title: The Life of George Lord Anson, Admiral of the Fleet; Vice-Admiral of Great Britain and First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Previous to, and During, the Seven-Years War
Place Published: London
Publisher:John Murray
Date Published: 1839
Description:

xxxiv, 484 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. (8vo) modern morocco-backed boards, lettered in gilt on morocco spine label, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. First Edition.

"Captain Anson (1697-1762) was given a fleet of eight ships to sail against the Spaniards after the outbreak of the War of Jenkin's Ear in 1739. He fought the Spanish in several battles on the west coast of America and did much damage to their commerce in Chile and Peru, although not without losses of his own. He eventually circumnavigated the world in the Centurion, the only surviving ship of his fleet, returning to England in 1744." Hill 72.
Condition Report: Light wear; near fine.