Thompson Robert Means Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as issued. Mint condition copy that appears unread. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Cover is glossy with square corners. Binding is tight. Gift worthy. Modern reprint. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Two volumes, complete. Copies of John Haskell Kemble, a California historian. Each volume is one of 1200 copies printed; Volumes I and II are Nos. 922 and 1060, respectively. White 3/4 vegetable vellum binding with light gray paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Small gilt decoration on front cover. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Vol. I published 1918. Vol. II published 1919. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Vol. I: 440 pages and one black-and-white frontispiece portrait, complete. Vol. II: 492 pages and one black-and-white frontispiece portrait, complete. Each volume has one additional page in back listing the other titles previously published by the Naval History Society. Each volume has Kemble's bookplate tipped in on front pastedown. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning throughout and slight wear to fore-edges. Covers are very clean and intact except for light age toning throughout, a few dampstains at top, and some darkening or smudging to spine. Binding is tight. Each volume and the entire set are Very Good. Vols. I and II are respectively Vols. IX and X in the Publications of the Naval History Society series. A two-volume set containing reprinted confidential correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox (1821-1883), an American naval officer, during his time as Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1861-1865. Fox was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Fox had also served during the Mexican-American War. Edited by Robert Means Thompson and Richard Wainwright. Contents of Vol. I: "Preface," "Attempted Relief of Sumter. Beginning of Gustavus V. Fox's Service in the Navy Department, 1861," "Correspondence Between G. V. Fox and S. F. DuPont, South Atlantic Blockade and Charleston Expedition, August 9, 1861, to April 2, 1863," "Letters of L. M. Goldsborough to G. V. Fox, Organizing Expedition Against Roanoke Island and in the Sounds, November 8 to December 29, 1861," "Correspondence Between G. V. Fox and L. M. Goldsborough, January 23 to June 16, 1862," "Correspondence Between G. V. Fox and D. G. Farragut, West Gulf Blockade, January 18, 1862, to October 19, 1864," and "Miscellaneous Letters, 1861-1862." Contents of Vol. II: "Foreword by Caspar F. Goodrich," "Flag Officer Foote and Flag Officer Charles Henry Davis to Assistant Secretary Fox," "Correspondence Between Rear-Admiral Porter and Assistant Secretary Fox, 1861-1864," "Correspondence Between Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee and Assistant Secretary Fox, April 22, 1862-April 4, 1864," and "Miscellaneous Correspondence." Front colophon of each volume reads, "The Secretary of the Naval History Society certifies that this copy of the Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox is No. [922 or 1060] of twelve hundred copies, printed for the Society only." Former owner's bookplate with an illustration of a ship tipped in on front pastedown of each volume: "Ex Libris John Haskell Kemble." John Haskell Kemble (1912-1990) was an American history professor at Pomona College and a maritime historian. Kemble also served in the U.S. Navy from 1941-1946 and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Vol. II has a printed letter laid in from the Naval Historical Society explaining the delayed publication of said volume (funding issues).