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The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps; With a History of Naval Operations During the Rebellion of 1861-5, and A List of The Ships and Officers Participating in the Great Battles
by Hamersly, Lewis R
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- Condition
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1870. First Edition. Full calf. Very good. First edition of The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by Lewis R. Hamersly.. Octavo, 350pp. Full calf, title in gilt on black label affixed to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, bowed covers, strip peeled back and restored on front cover. Some wear to spine, small hole at middle of spine, faint foxing to edges. From the library of F.B. Greene, a historian and author of The History of Boothbay, Southport, and Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Greene's library label affixed to bottom edge of spine, stamp on front cover. Includes his bookplate. Brief biographies and a concise naval history with squadron data. Includes a full index.
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- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- 13864
- Title
- The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps; With a History of Naval Operations During the Rebellion of 1861-5, and A List of The Ships and Officers Participating in the Great Battles
- Author
- Hamersly, Lewis R
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps by Lewis R. Hamersly.
- Format/Binding
- Full calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Lewis R. Hamersly, Hamersly first edition, Hamersly Navy and Marine Corps, Records of Living Officers first edition, Records of Living Officers Hamersly, Rebellion of 1861-1865
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