Officers and Men at The Battle of Manila Bay by Charles H. Bell - 1972

Publisher, 1972-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Wraps are soiled, stapled binding, 66 pages, internally clean. An excellent resource for military historians and military medal collectors. Includes a list of officers and crew of Asiatic Station; Flagship Olympia; The Baltimore; The Raleigh; The Petrel; The Concord; The Boston; The McCulloch; Nanshan; Zafiro. U.S. Commodore George Dewey (1837-1917), in command of the U.S. Asiatic Squadron anchored north of Hong Kong, was ordered to capture or destroy the Spanish Pacific fleet, which was known to be in the coastal waters of the Spanish-controlled Philippines.

USA: Published By Author. 66 pages of roster and rank, mos . etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall . Good. Fabricoid Wrappers. Limited to 2,000 Cc.. 1972.

No place given: Privately Published, 1972. First American Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (66 pages, 5 illustrations). Spanish-American War. By members of the Orders and Medals Society of America. Number 108 of 2,000 copies, signed by Bell. Scarce. A very good copy, covers lightly worn.

Claymont, DE: Orders and Medals Society of America (OMSA), 1972. Presumed First Edition, First printing --Limited edition of 2000, but this copy unnumbered. Pamphlet. Very good. [2], 66, [4] pages. Illustrations. This copy bears the stamp of Todd Wheatley. Laid in is a handwritten note from Todd Wheatley to Harold Langley presenting him this copy. OMSA is devoted to the collection, preservation and dissemination of information on U.S. and foreign orders, decorations and medals. Harold David Langley (15 February 1925 - 29 July 2020) was an American diplomatic and naval historian who served as associate curator of naval history at the Smithsonian Institution from 1969 to 1996. As a naval historian, he was a pioneer in exploring American naval social and medical history. Langley began his professional career at the Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, in Washington, D.C., where he served as a manuscripts assistant in 1951-52, while a graduate student. Moving to the University of… Read More