Savannah, GA: Morning New Steam Printing House, 1878. First edition. 8vo. vii, 255, (4) pp. Frontispiece portrait of Tattnall (1795-1871), a native of Savannah and a career American naval officer having served in the War of 1812 as a midshipman, the Mediterranean conflicts in the 1820s as a lieutenant, the..... More
Baltimore, (MD): Norman Remington Co., 1929. First edition. 8vo. xvi, (2), 285 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits, color frontispiece portrait of Buchanan, endpaper maps. Buchanan (1800-1874), a native of Baltimore, served in the U.S. Navy, 1815-1861, rising to command ships in the Mexican War and on Perry's expedition to..... More
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840. First book edition, originally issued in 12 monthly parts. 8vo. 384 pp. Illustrated with 11 in-text engravings, engraved frontispiece and 35 engraved plates. Marryat's eighth novel of the sea, revolving around Greenwich Hospital, the refuge for wounded and disabled seamen. With the..... More
Richmond, (VA): Whittet & Shepperson, 1915. First edition. 12mo. 36 pp. Howes M-441. Nevins I, p. 229: "A pamphlet discussion of mine warfare; satisfactory, but not outstanding," written by the subject's son. Original printed gray wrappers (pin holes in rear wrapper), stapled. (10129). More
(Washington City: 1818). 4to. Three-pages, approximately 600 words; the Monroe response approximately 80 words (in full below). Folded for mailing; otherwise fine in all respects. Lt. Jones, a Naval officer, prefaces his case with a reminder to President Monroe that they had met in July when Jones reported on "the..... More
[Washington, DC ? 1850]. Single sheet, folded, 25 cm. [2]pp. of text. Printed regulations, including a "qualifications" paragraph, and fourteen conditions which might cause a candidate to be rejected. Signed in type by Secretary of the Navy Wm. Ballard Preston, and dated "Navy Department, July 1, 1850," at foot of..... More
1. THE NAVAL FORCES OF FRANCE COMPARED TO THOSE OF ENGLAND. by his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, Admiral of the Fleet. Literally translated from the French. London: W.E. Painter, 342, Strand, Printer. 8vo. 32pp. Signature of Lieut. Harwood U.S.N., stamp and blindstamp of Naval Bureau of Ordnance Library..... More
Richmond, VA: Hermitage Press, 1907. Second separate edition, reprinted from the Southern Historical Society Papers, Vol. XX, and first published separately in 1892. 12mo. 34 pp. Illustrated from an old wood engraving. The author served as a midshipman aboard the Beaufort during the battle. Inscribed at the head of the..... More
Concord, NH: Printed by Ira C. Evans, 1886. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates, portraits, maps. Inscribed by Perkins on the front endpaper "To my friend / Admiral John H. Upshur / From G. H. Perkins." Unlike Perkins who saw his Civil War service in the Gulf, Upshur..... More
[Aboard ship: 1922-1923]. Chief Yeoman S.V.M. Ray documented the voyage of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh from its recommissioning in Philadelphia in October 1922 to serve in European and Mediterranean waters for two years, and through some 81 ports of call. Nearly every card, 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in., has a...... More
New Haven, (CT): Yale U. Press, 1928. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 372 pp. Illustrated from photographs, paintings, ephemera, etc., plates. Nevins I, p. 232: "Clear, well-documented and interesting account that includes sections on submarines and sea-going partisans." In Tall Cotton 157: "Study of great merit and impeccable authority." Old tideline..... More
New York: Printed for the Naval Historical Society by the New York Historical Society, 1932. 2 vols. First edition. 8vo. xxiii, (3), 519; pp.523-932. Vol. I: Letter-Books July 6, 1780 - Feb. 4, 1781; Dec. 10, 1781 - Sept. 21, 1782. Vol. II: Order-Book July, 1781; Nov. 27, 1781 -..... More
Baltimore, (MD): Baltimore Publishing Co., 1887. Later edition (first published under another title in 1869). Large 8vo. 833 pp. Chromolithographic plates, portrait plates, etc. Howes S-286. Nevins I, P. 233 (for the 1869 edition): "A first-hand subjective account by the captain of the C. S. Sumter and Alabama; interestingly written."..... More
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1896. Third edition (first published the previous year). Large 8vo. vi, (2), 352 pp. Illustrations from photographs, plates, portraits. Sinclair (1837-1925), a native of Norfolk, Virginia, served aboard the Virginia during the battle with the Monitor and then as a lieutenant under Raphael Semmes on the..... More
A six page letter, approx. 900 words, apparently in a secretarial hand, signed by Stoddert, and directed to John Templeman, a Georgetown shipping merchant. Docketed "Mr. Stoddert's directions about timber." United States Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert's three years as the first Secretary of the Navy led to his..... More
Brown wrappers. 19 pp. with 2 blueprint illustrations of mines. Offered with INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MINESWEEPING DETACHMENT / MINE FORCE U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET April 1919. Rust wrappers. Part 1: 20 pp., Part 2: 10-a pp.; Offered with MINESWEEPING ORDERS FOR THE MINESWEEPING DETACHMENT / MINE FORCE U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET May..... More
London and New York: T. Fisher Unwin and Macmillan & Co., 1892. First edition. 8vo. xiii, (2), 324, (4, publisher's ads) pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates. Nevins I, p. 237: "A small sailing vessel makes runs from Mexico and Cuba to Texas." Very good. Original black and gilt-stamped red..... More
Washington, (DC): GPO, 1864. First edition. 8vo. (2), xvi, 607 pp. Maps and plans, some folding. The maps and plans relate to various Mississippi River squadron campaigns: Vicksburg, Yazoo River, Red River, and Grand Gulf. Nevins I, p. 236: "Correspondence among department constructors and commanders concerning the employment and performance..... More
New York: Sheldon & Co., 1877. First edition. 8vo. 252 pp. Nevins I, p. 239: "A first-rate autobiographical work of a naval officer who was one of the most successful blockade runners of the war." Bookplate, but a good solid copy. Original black-stamped decorated rust cloth (rubbed and soiled), gilt..... More
