Description: A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE" FROM THE DIARY OF NO. 5 ON THE AFTER PORT GUN EDITED by H. H. LEWIS LATE U.S.N. WITH INTRODUCTION by W. T. SAMPSON REAR ADMIRAL U.S.N. PUBLISHED by DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO. 1898 FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT WITH DATE ON TITLE PAGE THE DARK-BLUE-GRAY COLORED CLOTH COVER WITH CRISP GOLD LETTERING ON SPINE AND WHITE AND GRAY AND TOUCH OF GREEN LETTERING AND ARTWORK ON FRONT IS SQUARE WITH LIGHTLY RUBBED AND BUMPED CORNERS, SPINE HAS LIGHT RUBBING AT TIPS WITH A FEW SHORT FRAYS, FRONT COVER SHOWS SOME LIGHT SPOTTING/MOTTLING AND SOME SCUFFING/WEAR TO WHITE LETTERING THE INSIDE OFF-WHITE BOARDS AND END PAGES ARE FAIRLY TIGHT AND FAIRLY CLEAN WITH 2 NAMES IN FRONT AND A FEW MINOR FOXING SPOTS, THERE IS A 1/4" CRACK AT BOTTOM OF INSIDE FRONT HINGE THE 312 PAGES ARE TIGHT AND MOSTLY CLEAN (A FEW SCATTERED EDGE SOILS) WITH NUMEROUS GLOSSY ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING FRONTISPIECE WITH TISSUE PAPER (WHICH HAS A SMALL FOLD/CREASE AT BOTTOM INSIDE CORNER) AND 4 COLOR PLATES INCLUDING THE TITLE PAGE ** THIS BOOK IS THE YARN OF THE CRUISE AND FIGHTS OF THE NAVAL RESERVES IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. IT IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY. NUMBER FIVE'S (RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY) DIARY WAS WRITTEN SIMPLY FOR HIS FAMILY, BUT THE FAME GAINED BY THE USS YANKEE CRUISER LEADS LEAD THE PUBLISHERS TO BELIEVE THAT IT WILL PROVE INTERESTING TO AMERICANS. . . - NAVAL BLOCKADE SANTIAGO, CUBAN COAST ** M7C29B13AB5 I USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED * PAYMENTS MANAGED BY EBAY * SHIPPING IS MEDIA MAIL, SECURELY PACKAGED * SHIPPING DISCOUNTS ON COMBINED ORDERS * PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS * THANK YOU
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Binding: Hardcover
Origin: American
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
Introduction by: W.T. Sampson, Rear Admiral U.S.N.
Publisher: DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO.
Edited by: H. H. Lewis
Modified Item: No
Subject: Military & War
Year Printed: 1898
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, First Printing, Four Colored Plates
Sub-Topic: Naval - USS Yankee Cruiser
Author: "RUSSELL DOUBLEDAY"
Topic: Spanish-American War (1898-1907)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: N/A