Description
First American edition of Memoirs of Service Afloat, during the War Between the States by Admiral Raphael Semmes.
Thick octavo, xvi, 833pp, [4pp ads]. Red pebbled cloth, title in gilt on spine with decorative cable, author’s signature on cover. Frontispiece portrait with tissue cover, six full page chromolithographs, two full page collections of portraits, two full page illustrations. Occasional toning to text, some spotting to illustrations. Brown endpapers, stable hinges. Previous gift inscription on front free endpaper. Illustrations by August Hoen of Baltimore, Maryland. (Howes S286) (Eicher 341)
Admiral Raphael Semmes commanded the CSS Sumter and the CSS Alabama. From Eicher: “This is a genuine classic. …filled with the spirit of high adventure. …The accounts of battle are worth careful reading, and the ultimate action off Cherbourg is described with great aplomb.”
