New York, Appleton, 1867
Standard work on the United States Navy during the American Civil War, by the Rev. Charles Brandon Boynton (1806–1883), the first president of Howard University, and Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. A fine set.
First edition. 2 vols. 8vo, 576; 580 pp., 36 illustrations including 10 chromolithographs, original green pebble-grained cloth gilt, gilt pictorial vignette to upper cover & spine vol. I, a fine set.
Sabin 7149.
First edition. 2 vols. 8vo, 576; 580 pp., 36 illustrations including 10 chromolithographs, original green pebble-grained cloth gilt, gilt pictorial vignette to upper cover & spine vol. I, a fine set.
Sabin 7149.
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