Author: NILES, JOHN M.
Title: The Life of Oliver Hazard Perry with an Appendix Comprising a Biographical Memoir of the Late Captain James Lawrence
Description: Hartford, Oliver D. Cooke. 1821, Second Edition, Enlarged and Improved. Full Leather, 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Ill.: B&W Frontispeice/B&W Drawings. Hardcover, Needs repair/re-binding; Also includes Brief Sketches of the Most Prominent Events in the Lives of Commodores Bainbridge, Decatur, Porter, and Macdonough, A View of the Rise, Present Condition, and Future Prospects of the Navy of the United States--A List of the Officers of the Navy--and Vessels of War of the United States. To Which is Added, A Biography of General Pike and a View of the Leading Events in the Life of General Harrison. Book may need to be rebound. Boards shaken, binding heavily worn, chip at foot of spine, bumped corners, however textblock is solid. Heavily aged and foxed endpapers, moderate to heavily aged and foxed throughout textblock previous owner's name and inscription inked on fep and ffep and sticker with previous owner's name on rear end paper. 384pp. Good-.

Keywords: General Pike, Zebulon Pike, James Lawrence, William Henry Harrison, Oliver Perry, Oliver Hazard Perry, Bainbridge, Decatur, Porter, Macdonough, American History, Americana, War, American War, American War Ships, American Navy, Navy, War, Military B&W Fron


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