Blockade & the Cruisers. Navy in the Civil War Vol. I. by Soley, James - 1992

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1903 edition. A Very Good copy. 12mo., viii, i, 257, (4) pp., illustrated with maps and charts. Bound in dark burgundy cloth, with the title on the spine in black, and series title emblem in blind on the front board. Spine lettering is dulled.Minor wear to the cloth. Nevins CWB I 234 **** An early but solid and informative work; still one of the best in its field -Nevins. ***.

Sampson Low, 1898. 257 pgs, index, maps, original dark blue cloth covered boards, very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Blue and Grey Press, undated c.1970, Campaigns of the Civil Way Volume VII, the two titles bound as one,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1970. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 257;273pp, pages browned throughout, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Good condition in slightly frayed dustwrapper. .

The Archival Society. Very Good. 1992. Hardcover. Hardback issued without dustjacket; very good in lightly marked boards. ; Facsimile reprint edition from the original edition of 1881-1883, published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Maps; +viiipp. ; 257 pages .

Secaucus: Blue & Gray Press, 2004. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. orig. cloth 257 + 273pp., appendix, indexes, Originally published in 1887

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. Hardcover. Very good. Gilt stamped blue cloth boards, octavo, sparsely illustrated with b&w maps, one of which folds out. Book has edgewear, rubbing and soil to boards, mild curl to top corners, binding tight, mild grubby fingerprints to front endpapers, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout.

Harrisburg, PA: The Archive Society, 1992. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very good. viii, [2], 257, [1] pages. Maps. Decorative endpapers. Gilt-edged. Occasional footnotes. Appendices. Index. James Russell Soley (1 October 1850 - 11 September 1911) was a lawyer and Naval historian and an Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the U.S. Navy. Soley graduated from Harvard College in 1870. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Ethics and English at the United States Naval Academy on 1 October 1871. Only two years later, he became Head of the Department of English Studies, History, and Law. He served as Superintendent of the naval war records office and he headed the Navy Department's Office of Naval Records and Library. Soley began the collection of the naval documents of the American Civil War and started the editorial work which culminated in the publication of the 31-volume collection, The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. These… Read More

New York: Scribner's, 1890. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 22501 shelf. Gold-stamped embossed navy cloth. Some corner wear, especially front lower corner, light wear spine ends. No names, clean text. No dust jacket. A few maps, ads, index. First volume of a three-volume set

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. 1883. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, 257 pages + 4 pages of ads, illustrated with seven maps, one of which is a fold-out, the cloth at the top of the spine is edge-worn and the cover has a few small blemishes, the gilt title on the spine is a bit dulled, the binding is tight and the contents are fine .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. 257+pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed w/ mild wear to corners. Spine a bit sunned. Corners slightly bumped. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Illust. w/ 6 maps and 1 fold-out map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.