Service Afloat

1887 Confederate Navy Memoirs of Raphael Semmes Civil WAR Service Afloat RARE Raphael Semmes was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, commanding ships in the Confederate and the United States Navy. He published a collection of memoirs and war reminiscences describing his service in the navy during the Civil War; however, this work is primarily looked at as a… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Baltimore Publishing Co., 1887. Hardcover. Good. Light brown boards with dark brown and gold illustration and titles. Frontis portrait of Admiral Semmes. Engraved color illustrations & b/w portraits with tissue guards. 833 pages. Half-inch tear on title on spine of book, a 3-inch tear at gutter of title page, and a couple… Read more about this item

Baltimore Publishing Co, 1887-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Bound in early 3/4 leather over green boards. Rebacked. 833 pages. Steel engraved portraits and eight chromo-tint engravings. General Services School, US Army, Leavenworth, Kansas stamp. Refs: Howes S 286; "A first-hand subjective account by the captain of the C. S. Sumter and Alabama; interestingly written." - Nevins I page 233… Read more about this item

New York: P. J. Kenedy, 1893. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Minimal exlibrary markings, mainly on endpapers and title page. Binding and hinges are sound, pages clean, slightly tanned. Occasional shallow closed tear to some pages at upper or lower margin. Cloth over boards is edge worn with overall shelf wear including light scuffing. Pictorial design and… Read more about this item

SEMMES, Raphael. Service Afloat; or, the Remarkable Career of the Confederate Cruisers Sumter and Alabama, during the War between the States. New York: P.J. Kennedy, 1900. 833pp. Portrait frontis., portraits, plates. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, light uniform toning, else very good. HOWES S-286. "A first-hand, subjective account by the captain of the C.S.… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.