Old Bruin Commodore Matthew C. Perry 1794-1858. The American naval officer who helped found Liberia, hunted pirates in the West Indies, practiced diplomacy with the Sultan of Turkey and the King of the two Sicilies; Commanded the gulf squadron in the Mexican War, promoted the steam navy and the shell gun, and conducted the naval expedition which opened Japan
- Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1967
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1967. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxii, [2], 482; illustrated throughout; original navy cloth-backed turquoise cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Ownership signature on front free endpaper of "J. W. Perry / 1967.
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Old Bruin Commodore Matthew C. Perry 1794-1858. The American naval officer who helped found Liberia, hunted pirates in the West Indies, practiced diplomacy with the Sultan of Turkey and the King of the two Sicilies; Commanded the gulf squadron in the Mexican War, promoted the steam navy and the shell gun, and conducted the naval expedition which opened Japan
Author
Moorison, Samuel Eliot
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Little, Brown and Co: Boston
Date
1967