SHIPS ACROSS THE SEA: STORIES OF THE AMERICAN NAVY IN THE GREAT WAR ..

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. Octavo, four inserted plates with illustrations by Stanley Rogers, original pictorial blue cloth. First edition. Nine short stories. The author also wrote nonfiction on naval subjects, contributing volumes to the prestigious CHRONICLES OF AMERICA series of American history. The halftone reproduction of finely detailed paintings by Stanley Rogers (three of the four depicting naval scenes of storm or battle) have documentary as well as artistic value. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 P-38. A fine copy. (#115674) (Inventory #: 115674)