TERRIFIC COMBAT BETWEEN THE "MONITOR" 2 GUNS & "MERRIMAC" 11 GUNS, IN HAMPTON ROADS MARCH 9TH 1862. IN WHICH THE LITTLE "MONITOR" WHIPPED THE "MERRIMAC" AND THE WHOLE "SCHOOL" OF REBEL STEAMERS
by Currier & Ives
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New York: 152 Nassau Street, 1862. Handcolored folio broadside, oblong 10" x 14." Lightly toned, a bit of foxing. Good+.
Currier & Ives published several lithographs of this "terrific combat." The Monitor, mostly undamaged, is in the foreground firing deadly rounds against a heavily damaged Merrimac. Black and white smoke fill the air. Steamships circle in the background.
Gale 6464. OCLC 51149639 [1- DLC], 48446403 [1- U VA], 1136525328 [1- AAS] as of September 2023.
Currier & Ives published several lithographs of this "terrific combat." The Monitor, mostly undamaged, is in the foreground firing deadly rounds against a heavily damaged Merrimac. Black and white smoke fill the air. Steamships circle in the background.
Gale 6464. OCLC 51149639 [1- DLC], 48446403 [1- U VA], 1136525328 [1- AAS] as of September 2023.
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- Bookseller
- David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (US)
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- 37384
- Title
- TERRIFIC COMBAT BETWEEN THE "MONITOR" 2 GUNS & "MERRIMAC" 11 GUNS, IN HAMPTON ROADS MARCH 9TH 1862. IN WHICH THE LITTLE "MONITOR" WHIPPED THE "MERRIMAC" AND THE WHOLE "SCHOOL" OF REBEL STEAMERS
- Author
- Currier & Ives
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- 152 Nassau Street
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1862
- Bookseller catalogs
- BROADSIDE; ART; AMERICANA;
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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Woodbridge, Connecticut
About David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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