MEMOIRS OF SERVICE AFLOAT, DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES by Semmes, Raphael - 1869

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012-05-13. Paperback. Used: Good.

Solid square spine, no writing or marks, no folded page corners. Dust jacket has no rips or creases. Not a remainder.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 861pp+ index. Very good in publisher's wraps. Ink gift inscription on title page, else internally fine.

Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co, 1869. Hardcover. Poor. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xvi, 828pp. Heavy wear to cloth over boards with rubbing, toning, soiling, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Hinges are cracked with rear hinge crudely repaired with clear tape. Toning and dust-spotting to edges of text block. Soiling to endpapers and foxing to pages throughout. Previous owner's name in pencil to front endpaper. Pages are free of marks and notation. Last ten pages are missing. Includes 6 full page plates. Binding is tender but remains intact. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Memoirs Of Service Afloat: During The War Between The States is a first-hand account of the naval actions during the American Civil War by Raphael Semmes, a Confederate naval officer. The book chronicles Semmes' experiences as captain of the CSS Alabama, a Confederate commerce raider that wreaked havoc on Union shipping in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Semmes also provides insight into the political and military strategies of the… Read More

Place_Pub: Secaucus, NJ: The Blue and Grey Press, 1987. Reprint Edition. very good, very good. 833, illus., DJ slightly worn and soiled: slight edge wear. Facsimile reprint.

Paperback / softback. New.

1869. SEMMES, Raphael. Memoirs of Service Afloat, during the War between the States. Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1869. 1st ed. 833pp. Portrait frontis., portraits, diagrams, (9 of 10 plates, including 6 in color). Bound in later morocco-backed marbled boards. Light scattered foxing, lacks map, else very good. HOWES S-286. "A first-hand, subjective account by the captain of the C.S. Sumter and Alabama; interestingly written; reprinted under various titles" Nevins I, p.233.

Paperback / softback. New.

Outlook Verlag, 2020. Paperback. New. First Edition thus, as good as new. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes. Published by Outlook Verlag in 2020. Paperback ISBN:9783752425949. Collectible item in excellent condition.