Notes on the Spanish-American War
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1900.
Hardcover. Octavo. Various paginations. Illustrated with two folding maps. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Bound with 8 separate parts. Part I: Battles and Capitulation of Santiago de Cuba by Lieut. Jose-Muller y Tejeiro, Spanish Navy: 165 pages. Folding map after the last page. Part II: Comments of Rear-Admiral Pluddemann, German Navy, on the Main Features of the War with Spain: 38 pages, illustrated. Part III: Sketches from the Spanish American War by Commander J., Germany Navy: 38 pages. Part IV: Sketches from the Spanish American War by Commander J., Germany Navy (Concluded) 28 pages. Part V Effect of Gunfire of the United States Vessels in Battle of Manila Bay by Lieut. John M. Elliott, United States Navy. 13 pages. Part VI: Blockades and Coast Defense by Severo Gomez Nunez. 120 pages. Part VII: A Collection of Documents Relative to the Squadron Operations in the West Indies, arranged by Rear-Admiral Pasqual Cervera Y Topete. 165 pages. Part VIII: The Squadron of Admiral Cervera by Captain Victor M. Concas Y Palau. 117 pages. All misc. separate titles includes the original brown paper front wraps. The rear covers were not bound in. Very light wear to the cloth extremities. Front hinge is tender. Stitching cords visible in places but the text block is uniform with no loose pages. This copy has an illustrated bookplate from the library of Henry Shepard Barton on the front paste down. "Henry S Barton Washington D. C. September 18 - 1900" written on the front paste down. Good. Item #25940
Price: $150.00