THE BOOK OF THE NAVY : COMPRISING A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MARINE : AND PARTICULAR ACCOUNTS OF ALL THE MOST CELEBRATED NAVAL BATTLES, FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO THE PRESENT TIME
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1843. Octavo; Fair; Hardcover; Spine, grey with gold print; Boards in grey cloth, tattering to spine caps and corners, puckering to cloth front and rear, cocked spine, toning to spine, peripheral toning, shelfwear; Text block has spotting to edges, bookplate on front pastedown, name in ink and inscription in pencil on front flyleaf, foxing to endpapers and throughout, intermittent spine breaks; viii, 344 pages, frontispiece (port.), “embellished with numerous engravings from original drawings by William Croome and portraits on steel of distinguished naval commanders” (b&w) + Appleton publisher catalog (24 pages).
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