The Life of Rear Admiral John Paul Jones: The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones

Abbott, John S. C.

Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1874

About this Item

American Pioneers and Patriots. 359 pp. Book has bumped corners, rubbed spine ends, 1" long moisture stain at top of front board. Spine has black, gilt edged bands head and tail, author on gilt band under the title in red text on gilt background, over black flintlock and bow (5 1/2" ). 2 page b/w frontispiece by May shows crew in lifeboats while their ship burns. Preface by Abbott. Dedication: To The Officers and Seamen of the United States Navy This Volume Commemorative of the Heroic Achievements of One of the Most Illustrious of Their Number, is Respectfully Dictated by John S.C. Abbott. dated 1874 at Fair Haven, Conn. Curiously, the illustration, verso p. 120 reappears verso p. 144. Bookseller's Inventory # 071599.

Seller Inventory # 001599

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life of Rear Admiral John Paul Jones: The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 1874
• Language: English
• Binding: Decorative Cloth
• Illustrator: J. B. Power
• Edition: No Edition Stated, Presumed First
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military/war
  • Non-fiction
  • Biography