BLUE JACKETS OF '61 : A HISTORY OF THE NAVY IN THE WAR OF SECESSION by Abbot, Willis J. [author]; Jackson, W.C. [illustrator] - 1887

Dodd, Mead & Co, 1892. hardcover. Acceptable/Missing. 0x0x0. Hardbound without dust jacket published 1892. Binding fragile, with front hinge exposed. Bookplate of former owner (dated 1899) on front free endpaper. Cover with considerable wear, especially at tips of spine. Attractively illustrated.

New York: Dodd, Mead. 1891. Very Good+, spine endsp & points worn else nice; Blue decorated cloth boards, 318 pp.; hardback .

Dodd Mead / Adam & Charles Black, 1887, 1887. hardcover. Good. 9x8x2. Bound in publisher's cloth. Shelf wear. Hardcover. Binding loose. Clean, unmarked pages. viii, 318 pages.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Hardcover. Good. Fetching thick, denim like cloth binding of Abbot's nicely produced history. With b/w illustrations by W. E. Jackson and decorated initial and engravings by various other artists. 8vo. Boards slightly bowed as is common. Spine sunned. Occasional spotting within and very faint foxing to page edge. Otherwise clean. Binding sound. Good.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1891. Book. Illus. by W. C. Jackson. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light blue cloth, front cover and spine panel illus. in brown, white, and black, lettered in gilt. Modest surface rubbing to front cover, minor soiling to back cover cloth, minor rubbing to corners. Mended front hinge. Former owner's signature/date (1892) penciled on front flyleaf. Text block edges typically a bit tanned by age. viii,318 pp., illus. Early printing, issued 1891 (copyrighted 1886). .

E-162. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Dodd, Mead, and Company, New York. 1886. Viii, 318 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated naval themed cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards are rubbed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Willis John Abbot (March 16, 1863 – May 19, 1934) was an American journalist, and a prolific author of war, army, navy, marine corps and merchant marine books. E-162; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Blue cloth, sail and gilt on front cover. Tight copy general ware.to the spie ad extremities Inscribed by the author. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1886.

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1886. First edition. With illustrations principally by W. C. Jackson. viii, 318 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Gilt pictorial blue and cream-colored cloth, with the cream color representing a sail. Some light rubbing, lower hinge tender. Very Good. Mcvickar. First edition. With illustrations principally by W. C. Jackson. viii, 318 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. An unusual item with a very handsome cover. Not in Howes or Sabin