Naval Sketches of the War in California
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Author: Meyers, William H.
Title: Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Random House
Date Published: 1939
Description:
Author: Meyers, William H.
Title: Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Random House
Date Published: 1939
Description:
Descriptive text by Capt. Dudley Knox. Introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Illustrated with 28 plates after the original drawings, colored with linoleum blocks. (Folio), original white leather-backed marbled boards. One of 1000 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.
Meyers served aboard the U.S.S. Dale during the conquest of California by U.S. forces. The plates were reproduced from the original drawings in the collection of Franklin D. Roosevelt. GB 317.
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Spine leather deteriorating, corners worn, bookplate on front free endpaper; very good.
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Naval Sketches of the War in California
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