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1815 RARE American Naval Biography NAVY Perry Decatur

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1815 RARE American Naval Biography NAVY Perry Decatur Bainbridge Truxtun Porter

Isaac Bailey’s ‘American Naval Biographies’ is an exceptional early 19th-century collection of sketches on the most famous and prestigious American naval commanders and sailors. This 1815 edition includes sketches of the following sailors:

Thomas Truxton.

Edward Preble.

Alexander Murray.

John Rodgers.

Isaac Hull.

Stephen Decatur.

Jacob Jones.

James Lawrence.

William Bainbridge.

John Barry.

Nicholas Biddle.

David Porter.

Charles Morris.

William Henry Allen.

Oliver H. Perry.

William Burrows.

John Cushing Alywin.

Thomas MacDonough

Item number: #9199

Price: $499

BAILEY, Isaac

American naval biography

Providence : Isaac Bailey, 1815.

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Collation: Complete with all pages

257, [1]

References: Shaw & Shoemaker 33904; Howes B 31; Sabin 2732;

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Size: ~7in X 4in (17.5cm x 10cm)

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9199

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