ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMES OF THE ALABAMA - 1938 FIRST EDITION

Description: SEMMES OF THE ALABAMA Confederate Naval Commander Raphael Semmes BY W. ADOLPHE ROBERTS FIRST EDITION FINE CONDITION BOOK NEAR FINE CONDITION DUST JACKET PROTECTED IN A CLEAR, BRODART COVER Original, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Contains 23 Illustrations; Maps Illustrated on End Pages Appendices on The Alabama Claims and Captures of the Sumter and the Alabama Contains a Bibliography; Fully Indexed PUBLISHED BY THE BOBB-MERRILL COMPANY, IN 1938 This is an original, first edition, antique book Semmes of the Alabama. Semmes was a commander in the US Navy, but resigned in 1861 to join the Confederacy. While in command of the C.S.S. Alabama, he captured 68 Union merchant ships, and was known and feared throughout the North for his exploits. The exploits of Raphael Semmes once startled the world. During the War between the Stats his name was a household word from Sandy Hook to the Indian Ocean. Single-handed he very nearly swept the northern shipping off the seas. He captured some eighteen merchant vessels in the Sumter, some sixty-eight in the Alabama. The terror of his name, more than anything else, led nearly six hundred northern ships to transfer to British registry. Nothing approaching his devastating cruise in the Alabama, from the Azores to the Grand Banks, to the Caribbean, to the Cape of Good Hope, to the east Indies and back to Cherbourg for the last great duel with the Kearsarge, is to be found in the naval annals. An extraordinary man, an extraordinary career, a fascinating book. THIS BOOK SET IS IN FINE CONDITION This first edition, antique book is in excellent condition. It comes in the original dust jacket that is clean and bright with light fading to the spine and no chipping and it's protected in a clear, Brodart cover. The book is bound in brown, textured covers. It has bright, gold, spine lettering. The exterior is in fine condition. It is sharp, bright and clean. The exterior has no bumping, rubbing or edge wear. The lettering is sharp and bright. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. There isn't a mark in the book; the book has no writing, smudging, foxing, stamps, pasteboards or other markings. It is not an ex-library book. The book has solid binding throughout; both hinges are fine. The book has no looseness or lean. The book contains 23 illustrations and has maps printed on the end pages. 320 pages. Stated First Edition. Overall and excellent condition, first edition, antique book in this important Confederate Naval commander. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

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