Hand Book of the United States Navy - Bradley Osborn, 1864 Capt. JP Gillis Orig. For Sale

Hand Book of the United States Navy - Bradley Osborn, 1864 Capt. JP Gillis Orig.
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Hand Book of the United States Navy - Bradley Osborn, 1864 Capt. JP Gillis Orig.:
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Hand Book of the United States Navy: being aCompilation of all the Principal Events in the History of every Vessel of theUnited States Navy. From April, 1861, to May, 1864

Bradley S Osborn - Author, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1864

Description: Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 277, [11]pp.,with advertisements at the rear. In the original publisher\'s binding with a giltpictorial design on the front board by John Feely. Ex-library copy with spineletters, bookplate, small number stamp, and pocket. Small chip to the crown,rear hinge is cracked, good overall condition. Signed in pencil on the front free endpaper byJonathan P. Gillis, Captain of the USS Ossipee (noted on p. 165 in this book),a screw sloop of war in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Duringthe war he also commanded the USS Monticello (p. 141), and the USS Seminole (p.243). He eventually reached the rank of Commodore. Gillis was a Delaware nativewho also served in the Mexican-American War, and on Perry\'s expedition to openJapan in 1853-54. A nice association copy with a fine pictorial binding signedby John Feely.

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