Two Years on the Alabama.; With over thirty illustration.
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 commerce raider Alabama (after claiming 65 prizes around the world, 1862-1864, it was sunk off Cherbourg in a battle with the USS Kearsarge in 1864); he finished the war on another cruiser in France and was a merchant in Baltimore following the conflict. Nevins II, p. 234: "One of the best accounts; interesting, reliable, comprehensive, and thoughtful; contains brief biographical sketches and muster rolls." Rear hinge cracking, but a good copy. Original two-color and gilt-stamped decorated cloth (rubbed, some soiling, title page foxed). (10033). Item #63486
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