Three Years Behind The Guns - The true chronicles of a "Diddy-Box"
Language: English
Published by The Century Co., New York, 1908
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: JK Books - Restorations and Rescue Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.JK Books - Restorations and Rescue Books
AbeBooks seller since April 9, 2026
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 96.16
Quantity: 1 available
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It has all first edition indicators with a very engaging pictorial cover. This was a rebinding exercise for me, so the book was pulled, repaired, resewn and rebacked in brown cloth with a paper label and somewhat makeshift headbands. BUT it is very strong and solid. You can pick it up and actually read it. It's not delicate at all. A 1908 memoir by Jack Tisdale (published under the pen name Lieu Tisdale). The book details his real-life adventures as a young sailor aboard the USS Olympia during the Spanish-American War, including the famous Battle of Manila Bay. Originally published in 1908, a decade after the events described, Three Years Behind the Guns is an amusing, gritty look at life aboard a man-o'-war at a time when the United States was on the cusp of becoming a great power. It looks like an early century YA novel, but it isn't. It is actually an interesting, informative, and amusing adult page-turner. I read it all the way thru.
Seller Inventory # ABE-1783078127118
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Three Years Behind The Guns - The true chronicles of a "Diddy-Box"
- Author
- Jack Tisdale
- Publisher
- The Century Co., New York
- Publication year
- 1908
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Chris Jorgensen and George Varian
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
JK Books - Restorations and Rescue Books
Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 9, 2026
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Small home-based collection of select titles and subjects. Where indicated, some volumes may have been repaired and restored to as close an approximation of their original condition as possible. My purpose is to revive, repair, restore, and recirculate well-used yet deserving works.
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