A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America; Preceded by a Cursory Examination of the American Accounts of Their Naval Actions Fought Previous to That Period.
de James, William
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London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817. First edition of James' naval history of the War of 1812, which inspired Theodore Roosevelt's account from the American perspective: The Naval War of 1812. Octavo, bound in full crushed morocco, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated with three engraved plates. In near fine condition.
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- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 130949
- Título
- A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America; Preceded by a Cursory Examination of the American Accounts of Their Naval Actions Fought Previous to That Period.
- Autor
- James, William
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Editorial
- Printed for T. Egerton
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1817
- Palabras clave
- A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America First Edition, William James First Edition
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- Americana;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...