A Pictorial History Of The Navy Of The United States: Embracing A General History Of The American Navy, With Particular Account Of All The Most Celebrated Naval Battles From The Declaration of Independence To The Present Time
Published by Henry Bill, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #665170
First Edition (printed in New York 1860 and San Francisco in 1862) 6.5 x 9.375 in. 341pp., + 4 pages of ads at the back; One foldout chart of National Flags at the front; 8 hand-colored plates (by Roberts, Minot); 3 b/w engraved portrait plates; 2 b/w steel engraved plates (by Croome); and 50 b/w vignettes throughout. Original blue cloth over boards, with gilt titles and decorative devices on spine, and gilt illustration on front board, in blind on the back. Top and bottom of the spine has some wear, corners slightly bumped; archival repairs to the foldout chart, scattered foxing throughout (affecting the portrait plates, and one of the color plates); overall a Very Good copy. // Covers the Revolutionary War naval campaigns, the war of 1812, the Mexican War, the Barbary pirates, the exploration of the Dead Sea, Kane’s expedition to rescue Franklin, with brief descriptions of the Japan and Paraguay expedition.
Price: $300.00