History of the Navy of the United States of America by COOPER, James Fenimore [1789-1851] - 1848

Cooperstown, NY: H. And E. Phinney, 1848. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Third US edition. 2 volumes in one. xi, [13]-276pp., vi, [7]-248pp. [4 blanks]. Rebacked with new leather spine preserving original leather boards - worn corners. Gilt lettering on spine and 4 gilt bands. Mostly light to some medium foxing on a number of pages and plates otherwise very good condition. The updated and corrected, third edition (first published in London in 1839) of a US Naval history classic contains maps and many Naval heroes portrait engravings. Vol. 1: frontispiece portrait of J. Fenimore Cooper; Vol. 2: frontispiece portrait of David Porter. Contents include major navel officers relating the Colonial periods, the Barbary pirates, and the War of 1812.