Cruising the last war
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, no. 98 Chestnut Street. One door above Third, [1850]. 8vo, 2 parts in 1; pp. [2], 7-114, [4], 119-228; sectional title (Cruising the Last War, Second Series and Completion) at p. [117]; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; all else very good. This romance of the naval battles of 1812 was originally published in Graham’s Magazine, 1839-40. It is here revised and re-written. The author in his Preface purports to have drawn much of his material from a manuscript volume entitled “Journal on Board the Private Armed Brig Yankee, in 1812." Sabin 61230; Wright I, 2036. Item #57709
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