MAINE, THE: An Account of Her Destruction in Havana Harbor/The Personal Narrative of Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N.
by Sigsbee, Charles D. [Dwight]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Century Company, 1899. 270 pp. Original green cloth covers, moderately rubbed. Spine darkened. Previous owner's name in pencil on front blank endpaper. Front hinge starting. Approx. 1/2" closed tear to top margin of page 113, not affecting any text. Illust. w/ b/w plates and figures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M3753SA
- Title
- MAINE, THE: An Account of Her Destruction in Havana Harbor/The Personal Narrative of Captain Charles D. Sigsbee, U. S. N.
- Author
- Sigsbee, Charles D. [Dwight]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1899
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898 BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES SIGSBEE CHARLES DWIGHT 1845 1923 ADMIRALS U. S. NAVY NAVAL OPERATIONS NAUTICAL MARITIME CAPTAINS USS MAINE BATTLESHIP BATTLESHIPS EXPLOSION DESTRUCTION EXPLODED HAVANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; Military - Spanish-American War; Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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