EB: Baltimore Publishing Co. Very Good. 1887. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Baltimore Publishing Co Baltimore MD. 1887. 833 pgs. Illustrated with steel engraved portraits and six engravings from original designs printed in chromo-tints. Bound in 3/4 leather with paper covered boads and gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. Foxing present. Previous owner's name present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Raphael Semmes was an officer in the Confederate navy during the American Civil War. Prior to this he had been a serving officer in the United States Navy from 1826 through 1860. During the American Civil War Semmes was captain of the cruiser CSS Alabama the most successful commerce raider in maritime history attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career during which she never docked at a Southern port. She was sunk in June 1864 by USS Kearsarge at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg France. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Baltimore Publishing Co. hardcover
Very Good. 1905. Extremities are rubbed; a few faint spots on boards; spine head fraying. Library name inside cover and on ffep; owner name date and price on ffep. Straight tight copy with no internal markings. 286pp book ads. Will ship within 24hrs. hardcover
Macmillan Pub Co. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Macmillan Pub Co unknown
Bookseller reference : Z08I-00742 ISBN : 0025951203 9780025951204
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