Lot 498
[CIVIL WAR]. Civil War Union Naval histories. Approx. 21 volumes.
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Civil War Union Naval histories. Approx. 21 volumes.

ELLIOTT, Joseph Taylor. The Sultana Disaster. Indianapolis: Edward J. Hecker, 1913. Vol. V, No. 3. Indiana Historical Society Publications. Housed in hand-made decorative slip case. -- BERRY, C.D. Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors. Lansing, MI: Darius D. Thorp, 1892. -- STABLES, Gord. Sweeping the Seas. New York: E.P. Dutton, n.d. -- THOMPSON, Robert M. and Richard WAINWRIGHT, editors. Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox. Asst. Secretary of the Navy 1861-1865. Vols. I and II. New York: De Vinne Press, 1918-1919. -- LEWIS, Charles L. Matthew Fontaine Maury: Pathfinder of the Seas. Annapolis: The US Naval Institute, 1927. Stanford University Library bookplate on FFEP with "Withdrawn" stamp, inscription on half title page from Mrs. E.E. Moffitt, President of the Matthew Fontaine Maury Association. -- WILKINSON, J. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1877. -- TAYLOR, Thomas E. Running the Blockade. London: John Murray, 1896. Second edition. -- EDWARDS, E.M.H. Commander William Barker Cushing of the United States Navy. New York: F. Tennyson Neely, 1898. -- PORTER, Admiral David D. Naval History of the Civil War. New York: Sherman Publishing Co.; San Francisco: J. Dewing & Co., 1886. 2 copies. -- DEWEY, George. Autobiography of George Dewey Admiral of the Navy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. -- HARRIS, Thomas L. The Trent Affair. Indianapolis and Kansas City: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1896. -- ROCHELLE, James Henry. Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker. Washington: Neale Publishing Company, 1903. -- ELLIOTT, James W. Transport to Disaster. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1962. 

[With:] Civil War Naval Chronology. Parts I through VI. Washington, DC: Naval History Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, 1961-1966. 

Together, approximately 21 volumes, all ca 19th- 20th century, most in original bindings, condition generally good.
Property from the Estate of Amelia and Aubrey Abramson, Sunnyvale, California
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