Memoirs Of Service Afloat: During The War Between The States by Raphael Semmes - 2007-04-10

Secaucus, New Jersey: The Blue & Grey Press, 1987. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x2. 1987 reissue of 1869 original. Edges and jacket reverse foxed, otherwise a nice copy. xvi, 833 pp. Original red cloth, gilt titles. An important Confederate biography, with black-and-white illustrations depicting important naval scenes of the American Civil War, including blockade running by the Sumter and several battles involving the Alabama. Also illustrated with engraved portraits. "Published in 1869, Raphael Semmes's Memoirs of Service Afloat was the first major southern memoir issued after the Civil War, written by the most important Confederate naval figure to emerge from the conflict. It appears here in its first indexed and professionally edited version, with an introduction and notes by Semmes's biographer John M. Taylor. According to Taylor, Semmes's impressive military performance would not be rivaled by any sea raider until the advent of the submarine. Commanding two… Read More

Hardcover. Fair. [FIRST EDITION] Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co,1869. Hardcover. issued without dust jacket. 833 pages illustrated with steel engraved portraits, 6 color lithographs, etc. by Allan C. Redwood. 8vo, orig. cloth. First edition of the most famous naval memoir of the Civil War by the captain of the C.S. Sumter and Alabama. In somewhat poor condition: lacking spine strip, boards loose, foxing and staining largely to margins of plates, text age-toned, old owner inscriptions. Binder's copy or frame the plates? (nyj)