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[NAVAL]. A group of 17 works, including: Navy Register of t...

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[NAVAL]. A group of 17 works, including: Navy Register of the United States, for the Year 1864. 8vo. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864. Original printed blue wrappers (extremes toned, small tape repair at head). ?? MAHAN, A.T. The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793?1812. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1892. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original gilt?decorated blue cloth, top edges gilt. Provenance: David B. Ogden (armorial bookplate engraved by Tiffany?s). FIRST EDITION. ?? MAHAN, A.T., Capt. The Life of Nelson the Embodiment of Sea Power of Great Britain. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1897. 2 volumes, 8vo. Numerous plates and maps. Original gilt?decorated blue cloth, top edges gilt (some spotting to covers, few spots of rubbing to extreme ends). FIRST EDITION. ?? The Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas: United States Navy Correspondence and Journal 1837?1859. Edited by Gardner W. Allen. New York: The De Vinne Press for The Naval History Society, 1917. 8vo. Illustrated. Original parchment?backed boards gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance: Elizabeth Hicks (armorial bookplate). LIMITED EDITION, number 398 of 700 copies. ?? And numerous others, all 8vo and 4to, condition generally very good.