Title: Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States Author: Semmes Raphael Place: Baltimore Publisher: Kelly, Piet & Co. Date: 1869 Description: [2], xvi, 17-833 + [4] ad pp. With steel-engraved frontispiece portrait; steel-engraved plate of 7 Confederate naval officers; 6 tinted lithographed plates. 9½x6, original cloth, gilt-pictorial spine. First American Edition. Memoirs of the commander of the famed Confederate raider Alabama. Nevins describes it as a "first-hand, subjective account...interestingly written." Howes S286 (erroneously calling for 10 plates and a map - the work is complete as is); Nevins I, p.233. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine faded, rubbing to edges, extremities worn; else very good, with the bookplate of Thomas Fleming Jr. Item number: 169734
Title: Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States Author: Semmes Raphael Place: Baltimore Publisher: Kelly, Piet & Co. Date: 1869 Description: [2], xvi, 17-833 + [4] ad pp. With steel-engraved frontispiece portrait; steel-engraved plate of 7 Confederate naval officers; 6 tinted lithographed plates. 9½x6, original cloth, gilt-pictorial spine. First American Edition. Memoirs of the commander of the famed Confederate raider Alabama. Nevins describes it as a "first-hand, subjective account...interestingly written." Howes S286 (erroneously calling for 10 plates and a map - the work is complete as is); Nevins I, p.233. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine faded, rubbing to edges, extremities worn; else very good, with the bookplate of Thomas Fleming Jr. Item number: 169734
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