Author: HOEHLING, A.A.
Title: Damn the Torpedoes! Naval Incidents of the CIVIL War
Description: Winston-Salem, NC, John F. Blair, 1989. Hardcover. Oblong small 4to. Burgundy cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 207pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome -- and bearing a superb autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a Typed Note Signed from Hoehling (1910-2004), 1p, heavy stock 5½" X 3¼" manila postal card, Gloucester, MA, [1957 June 20 postal cancellation]. Addressed to noted Lincoln scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). Near fine. "Many thanks for your thoughtfulness, and optimism," he writes. "I'm taking the liberty of passing on your kind letter to Yoseloff, the publisher.." Boldly signed in blue fountain pen. .

Keywords: Civil War


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