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Lot 39:
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The Naval Monument, containing official and other accounts of all the battles fought between the navies of the United States and Great Britain during the late war; and an account of the war with Algiers. With twenty-five engravings. To which is annexed a naval register of the United States. Boston: A. Bowen, 1816. First edition of Abel Bowen’s patriotic chronicle of the War of 1812, often cited as the first published history of the U.S. Navy. Illustrated with twenty-five engravings of ships and engagements, and concluding with an early naval register. A cornerstone work in early American naval history. This item can be shipped in-house. Multiple lot combined shipping may require 3rd Party shipping.
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