New York: The Century Company. Fine with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue moire silk, gilt lettering on spine and cover, blind-stamped decoration on cover, fore and bottom edges deckle. IIllustrated with B&W portrait frontispiece and B&W photographs. Includes Index.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. FINE.. B&W . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 326 pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18400
Title: Commodore David Porter 1780-1843
Author: Turnbull, Archibald Douglas
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Fine with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition Thus. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Century Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1929
Keywords: U. S. Navy, Naval career, Military History, American History, The Essex, 1812, The Phoebe, The Cherub, Press Gangs

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