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Old Naval Days; Sketches From The Life Of Rear Admiral William Radford, U.S.N.
by De Meissner, Sophie Radford [Radford, Rear Admiral William]
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Old Naval Days by Sophie Radford De Meissner, in the scarce original dust jacket.. Small octavo, x, 389pp. Blue cloth, border stamped in blind on front cover, title in gilt on front cover and spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, light rubbing to corners and spine, a near fine example. Complete with 19 full-page plates, including frontispiece. In publisher's dust jacket, faint soiling to front and rear panels, slight chipping to corners and spine, toning to spine, one short closed tear to rear panel, a very good example. This biography, written by the subject's daughter, Sophie Radford De Meissner, outlines the naval achievements of Rear Admiral William Radford (1809-1890). Radford served during the Mexican-American War and fought for the Union in the Civil War despite being born in Virginia.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12466
- Title
- Old Naval Days; Sketches From The Life Of Rear Admiral William Radford, U.S.N.
- Author
- De Meissner, Sophie Radford [Radford, Rear Admiral William]
- Illustrator
- First edition of Old Naval Days by Sophie Radford De Meissner, in the scarce original dust jacket.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Terrace of Mon Desir, There are no Dead, Rachel Ogden, The Shepherd King, Ivan the Terrible, USS Lexington, USS Dacotah, USS Cumberland, USS New Ironsides, Sophie de Meissner, Sophie Radford de Meissner, Rear Admiral William Radford
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