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The Story of the American Sailor in Selective Service on Merchant Vessel and Man-Of-War Elbridge S. Brooks L. J. Bridgman D. Lothrop Company, Boston, 1888, Hardcover, Very Good No Jacket Book Cloth over board cover. Embossed design in gilt accents; spine has fraying on head and tail. Light bumping to corners. Front and back hinges cracked but holding. Front paste down has remnants of old paper pasted on. Previous owners name in neat ink on title page. Pages clean and bright. Chapters include: The Earliest Mariners; Navigators and Explorers; Colonial Ships and Sailors; Buccaneers, Smugglers and Pirates; Colonial Sea STruggles; In the Revolution; A Rising Power; "Eighteen Twelve"; On the High Seas; Fishing Smack and Whaler; Artic Service and Inland Waters; Blue Jackets of 'Sixty-One; THe GEntleman Sailor; Flotsam and Jetsam. Illustrated, some by L.J. Bridgman. 9" x 6 3/4". Price:
55.00 USD
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