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Very Good+ No Jacket-Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 2 vols-357pp/illus/maps + 374pp/illus/maps. 46 illus and 30 maps. An account of the capture of Kinburn, the Monitor, Merrimac and Albemarle, action at Mobile Bay, the capture of Fort Fisher, the Battle of Lissa, the South American wars, naval events of the Franco-German War and the Russo-Turkish War, the bombardment of the Alexandria forts, the capture of New Orleans, the opening of the Mississippi, actions off Charleston, French naval operations in Tunis and the East, naval events of the Chilean and Brazilian civil wars, the war between China and Japan in 1894, the future of naval warfare, battleship catastrophes, and the development of the English battleship. Green buckram binding with gilt titles on red background. Some light pencil marks in Vol 2. Overall nice tight condition.
