Murat Halstead

LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ADMIRAL DEWEY from Montpelier to Manila

Chicago: Our Possessions Publishing Co. (H.L. Barber), 1899. Leather. 452p. A hardcover book bound in crushed leather made to look like alligator hide. The foredges are marbled. Very good condition for its age! Spine is faded and all pages are tanned. Otherwise unmarked and tightly bound. NOTE: The stamp on the front cover presenting this work to Admiral Dewey is found on all copies of this book --- it is NOT unique to this particular copy. Item #327905

Biography of Admiral George Dewey, published in the wake of the Spanish-American War and illustrated with black and white plates.

Price: $50.00