first edition Hardcover
1899 · Akron
by Wagner, Arthur L. & J.D. Jerrold Kelley
Akron: The Werner Company, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pebble grained brown cloth decorated pictorially and in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 241 pages. Oblong folio, 45 x 34 cm. 43 chromolithographs (25 Army and 18 Navy), army and navy uniforms from the Revolution through the Spanish-American War with lettered tissue guards printed in red. Title page printed in red and black. Appendices include The Ships of the United States Navy by class, some were wood gunboats. BENNETT, p.109. Minor nicks to backstrip extremities, a very fresh, clean copy with beveled edges.
(Inventory #: 21376)