Old Navy Days: Sketches from the Life of Rear Admiral William Radford, U.S.N. by Radford de Meissner, Sophie - 1920

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. First edition, title page dated 1920. Illustrated with black and white plates. Dark blue cloth printed in gilt, no dustjacket. Externally fair, internally good to very good, covers scuffed with additional modest wear to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt, 1920. First printing. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering. 389 pp. plus illustrations. Softened spine ends. Soiled/spotted edges. Previous owner's bookplate is on the front pastedown. His name is written on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding with hinges intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt lettering. x, 389pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Slight bit of edgewear; nonauthorial 1935 gift inscription on front flyleaf. Tight and nice first edition of this biography of the American naval officer (1809-90) most remembered for commanding Union ironclad ships in attacks on Fort Fisher in December 1864 and January 1865 -- which helped in his promotion to rear admiral in 1866! Rather uncommon.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Old Naval Days by Sophie Radford De Meissner, in the scarce original dust jacket.. Small octavo, x, 389pp. Blue cloth, border stamped in blind on front cover, title in gilt on front cover and spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, light rubbing to corners and spine, a near fine example. Complete with 19 full-page plates, including frontispiece. In publisher's dust jacket, faint soiling to front and rear panels, slight chipping to corners and spine, toning to spine, one short closed tear to rear panel, a very good example. This biography, written by the subject's daughter, Sophie Radford De Meissner, outlines the naval achievements of Rear Admiral William Radford (1809-1890). Radford served during the Mexican-American War and fought for the Union in the Civil War despite being born in Virginia.