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Forty-Five Years Under The Flag
by Schley, Winfield Scott
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton And Company, 1904. First Edition / Signed Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Near fine. Limited edition of Forty-Five Years Under The Flag by Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.. Octavo, xiii, 439pp. Three quarter leather, title in gilt on spine, four raised bands. Top edge gilt, uncut edges. 17 illustrated plates, 1 folding map, frontispiece portrait opposite title page. From a limited edition of 100 signed copies, this being number 75 of 100, with the author's signature opposite half-title. An excellent and scarce copy, rarely appearing for sale. Winfield Scott Schley (1839-1911) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, known as the controversial hero of the Battle of Santiago and rescuer of the Franklin Bay Expedition of Adolphus Greely. He wrote two books, The Rescue of Greely in 1885 and this book, Forty-Five Years Under The Flag, which is an autobiography of his military career.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14551
- Title
- Forty-Five Years Under The Flag
- Author
- Schley, Winfield Scott
- Illustrator
- Limited edition of Forty-Five Years Under The Flag by Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / Signed Limited Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton And Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Rear admiral Schley, first edition Theodore Roosevelt, signed limited Theodore Roosevelt. Benjamin Sands, Seaton Schroeder, Half Century Naval Service
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- Spine
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