Edited Gardner Weld Allen (2 results)
Published by The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.UHR Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. A very attractive clean and tight collectible copy. The book covers various stages of his life and career, which spanned from the Quasi-War with France to his command of various Navy Yards and squadrons: Early Naval Career: Documents detailing his early years as a sailor… and junior officer, including his time aboard the USS Constitution during the Quasi-War (1798-1801) and his command of the USS Enterprise. Barbary Wars: Records from his service with Commodore Edward Preble's Mediterranean squadron in the war against the Barbary States. War of 1812: Extensive material related to his command of the USS Constitution, including the period immediately before its famous victory over the British frigate HMS Guerriere in August 1812. Post-War Commands: Papers covering his command of Navy Yards in Boston, Portsmouth, and Washington D.C., as well as his leadership of the Pacific and Mediterranean Squadrons. Book.
Published by Published at the charge of the Peabody Fund, Massachusetts Historical Society
- Hardcover
Seller: Berry Hill Book Shop, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.Berry Hill Book Shop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1939, Limited Edition of 500 copies, Very Good Plus/no dj, square small quarto, 464pp., gray papered boards hardcover, bright gold lettering on black cloth backstrip, corners of covers bumped, 1" chip in top margin of leaf vii-viii., text entirely un-cut and never-opened, binding tight, text unma…rked, MHS Collections Volume 78.
