A Half Century of Naval Service
by Schroeder, Seaton
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1922. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of A Half Century of Naval Service by Seaton Schroeder.. Octavo, ix, [3], 443pp [1]. Publisher's gilt decorated blue cloth with dust jacket. (Moebs 163). A biography of fifty years of naval service. Schroeder served with Commodore John Rodgers on the 1871 Korean expedition, commanded the battleship Virginia, and later Louisiana during the world cruise of the Great White Fleet. He commanded the Atlantic Fleet from 1906 until his retirement in 1911.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12509
- Title
- A Half Century of Naval Service
- Author
- Schroeder, Seaton
- Illustrator
- First edition of A Half Century of Naval Service by Seaton Schroeder.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- USS Virginia, USS Louisiana, Great White Fleet, A Half Century of Naval Service, Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...