[UNITED STATES NAVY]. CALLAHAN, Edward W. List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1773 to 1900, Comprising a Complete Register of All Present and Former Commissioned, Warranted and Appointed Officers of the United States Navy and of the Marine Corps, Regular and Volunteer. Compiled from the Official Records of the Navy Department. New York: L.R. Hamersly & Co, 1901. [6], 1-, [4, ads] pp. 8vo (23.7 x 16.5 cm), original blue cloth stamped with gilt eagle on upper cover and spine, red gilt-lettered leather spine label, marbled edges. Small smudges on lower cover, corners barely bumped. Otherwise, very fine. With printed booklabel of Arthur L. Powell on front pastedown.

First edition. Tutorow 114.

An exhaustive list of thousands of officers who served in the Navy and Marines over the years. Lists officers who served in the Mexican-American War, including, for example, Raphael Semmes, who resigned on February 15, 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War to eventually become commander of the raider CSS Alabama. In the list of congressional awards is listed one for the entire Navy for its performance at Veracruz (p. 711). Also includes lists of Naval Academy graduates and of all ships that served. An astonishing compilation that belongs in every naval and Mexican-American War collection.