Welles, Gideon).

Report of the Secretary of the Navy in Relation to Armored Vessels.

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 of the ships." Private reading room stamps on endpapers and an interior leaf, several leaves rumpled from a binding flaw (no loss of text), still a good solid copy. Original green cloth (rubbed, spine ends frayed), gilt spine title. (10103). Item #63463

Price: $150.00