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OFFICIAL DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF REAR ADMIRAL DU PONT U. S. NAVY. 1846-48. 1861-63.
Wilmington, Del.: Press of Ferris Bros., Printers, 1883. First edition, ltd. to approximately 50 copies. Privately printed for the family, none of which were for sale. 8vo. (4), 531 pp. Original cloth, some shelf wear and rubbing to cloth, otherwise a good clean copy. The first 48 pp. are concerned with the conquest of California. Du Pont commanded the Atlantic blockading forces against the Confederacy during the first two years of the war. A very scarce book on the market. COWAN p. 843. EBERSTADT 135:181. HOWES D 589. NEVINS I, p. 223. TUTOROW 4098.
Offered for US$ 2250.00 by: Almagre Books - Book number: 14864
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