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Service afloat: or, the remarkable career of the Confederate cruisers Sumter and Alabama, during the war between the states
by SEMMES, Raphael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
1887 Confederate Navy Memoirs of Raphael Semmes Civil WAR Service Afloat RARE
Raphael Semmes was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, commanding ships in the Confederate and the United States Navy. He published a collection of memoirs and war reminiscences describing his service in the navy during the Civil War; however, this work is primarily looked at as a defense of his actions during the Confederacy's inevitable loss, or 'Lost Cause'.
According to Nevins, this work is
"a first-hand, subjective account by the captain of the CSS Sumpter and the Alabama, interestingly written."
Item number: #19018
Price: $499
SEMMES, Raphael
Service afloat: or, the remarkable career of the Confederate cruisers Sumter and Alabama, during the war between the states
Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1887.
Details:
· Collation: complete with all pages
o [2], xvi, 17-833, [1]
o 11 plates
· References: Howes S 286; Nevins I, 233; Sabin 79081
· Provenance: Handwritten – Tho. L. Brown, 1893
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative cloth
· Size: ~9.75in X 6.75in (24.5cm x 17cm)
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19018
- Title
- Service afloat: or, the remarkable career of the Confederate cruisers Sumter and Alabama, during the war between the states
- Author
- SEMMES, Raphael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kelly, Piet & Co
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1887
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1887 Confederate Navy Memoirs of Raphael Semmes Civil WAR Service Afloat RARE, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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