TITLE: THE NAVAL BATTLES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE DIFFERENT WARS WITH FOREIGN NATIONS FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME INCLUDING PRIVATEERING. EMBELLISHED WITH TWENTY ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS.

AUTHOR:  UNKNOWN

PUBLICATION INFORMATION:  BOSTON: HIGGINS AND BRADLEY, 1857. ANDOVER, MA: W.F. DRAPER.

DESCRIPTION:  This is a SCARCE to RARE U.S. Navy history book! Hardbound. Debossed covers. This book would have been found in the library of the officers who fought water battles for both the Union and the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. We discovered this book among the contents of an estate in southeastern Virginia. A great addition to your US Navy history book collection! 

CONTENTS: SEE PHOTOS

CONDITION DETAILS:  FAIR COVERS / GOOD to VERY GOOD CONTENTS. Former library copy. Early Soldiers and Sailors home plate pasted inside front cover. Moderate cover wear with bumping and spine edge chipping and fraying. Age toning to pages. Last end paper reinforced where card pocket was removed. Previously sold as Dellquest's Rare Book Shop in Los Angeles, California. We discovered this book among the contents of an estate in southeastern Virginia. No writing, rips, tears, foxing or missing photos or pages. 

SHIPPING: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE.  Includes Delivery Confirmation. Thanks for looking, and have a blessed day.