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Published by United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1945
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. iv, 86. 20 fold-out ship's plans. Brown cloth, gilt. A fine copy with mint folding plans and no wear fading, or marks. Size: 8vo.
Published by Office of Naval Records and Library Navy Department, Government Printing Office,, Washington, D.C.:, 1945
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Tall 8vo. vi, [4], 86 pp. With 20 large large folding plates of ships and deck plans inserted into rear pocket. Burgundy coloured publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, slight pulling at inner rear hinge next to map pocket), VG copy. First edition of this scarce and invaluable reference appendix volume prepared for the famed six volume set providing all government documents of the campaigns against the Barbary pirates on the coast of North Africa, during the First Barbary Pirate Wars. The large folding plates provide the lines of the US Brig Argus, Boston, Siren, Constellation class Frigates Essex, New York, Philadelphia, along with sail plans, spars, tops, outboard profile and arrangement plans of the Wasp and Bomb Ketches.