Description

Hardcover, two-tone blue cloth lettered in gold, in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 482 pages. Appendix, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Stated first edition, first printing. “The American Naval Officer Who Helped Found Liberia, Hunted Pirates in the West Indies,Practised Diplomacy with the Sultan of Turkey and the King of the Two Sicilies; Commanded the Gulf Squadron in the Mexican War, Promoted the Steam Navy and the Shell gun, And Conducted the Navel Expedition Which Opened Japan.” No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, square and unmarked copy. White dust-jacket shows light age soiling and wear. Very good+ in a near very good dust-jacket.