Jay Slagle (54 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. 449 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. First Edition / First Printing. 5,4,3,2,1. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Pp: xvi + 449. Gilt titles: sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w photos, maps, prints, portraits & plans. Green cloth bds. Interior leaves are clean and tight. Bsed on the letters of the Captain Phelpsand other resources. A history of the Navy and its officer corps for the middle third of the nineteenth century. The author is the great-grandson of Seth Phelps. Includes endnotes, appendices, glossary, bibliography & index. A picture of the old sailing Navy leading into the age of steam and the watershed period of the Civil War. Excellent personal account of the U.S. Navy.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition. First printing. Private letters of a senior navy officer in the river squadrons of the Civil War. Very fine/Very fine, still in original shrink-wrap! A tight unread copy, fresh and new. American Civil War. Index, photographs. UNIVERSITY PRESS-Sale/Ferry. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Seth Ledyard Phelps, a native of Chardon, Ohio, was a prolific and observant correspondent. His private letters, to his wife, his father, and to political patrons and other naval officers, are among the most compelling and descriptive extant. The heart of "Ironclad Captain" are these letters, which Jay Slagle has set in context through the judicious use of published documents, memoirs, and scholarly histories of the navy. The result is a small history of the navy and its officer corps for the middle third of the nineteenth century. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Illustrated. First printing. As new hardcover in a as new, mylar covered, dust jacket. Always carefully packaged and shipped quickly.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Kent, Ohio and London, England: The Kent State University Press, (1996). First edition, first printing. First printing number code sequence 5 through 1 to the copyright page. SIGNED, with 'Best Wishes' and dated '1/30/97' to the half-title page by the author--a great grandson of Seth Phelps. Foreword by Edwin C. Bearss. Illustrated with maps, scene and portrait art, and photographs. A critically acclaimed, revealing biography and examination of Phelps, his career, ambitions, wars, engagements, and influences on the Navy and its military, drawn from documents, memoirs, letters, and scholarly histories. A lovely first edition. Fine, fresh, square, and tight in fresh green linen with gilt embossed titles and decorative rules to the spine, dark-green headband and tail-band, blue-threaded cream-green end-papers; in a fine dust jacket. Large octavo; 449 pages; appendices; glossary; bibliography; index; plus foreword, introduction, and preliminaries. Signed by Author(s).…

First Edition. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket.; 8vo. Illustrated by Illustrated (illustrator).

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Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Printing. A comprehensive biography of Captain Seth Ledyard Phelps, a senior naval officer who fought in both the Mexican War as well as in the American Civil War. Based on private letters. 449 pages including index, bibliography, notes and glossary. B&W photos. Still in shrink wrap. Fabulous copy. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. ISBN 0873385500. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. As new condition.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition 1996, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ new, bright and shiny, no tears, no chips, no edgewear, not clipped. 8vo, 440 pages, bibliography, index. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. …

green full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). b&w frontis. photo portrait. xvi+449p.+ colophon. b&w photo illustrations & maps. notes. glossary. bibliography. index. biography. american history. american civil war. naval history. nautical history. military history. ~ Seth Ledyard Phelps was of the Old Navy and the New. As a midshipman and junior officer he served under sail off West Africa, in the War with Mexico, and in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. As a senior officer in the river squadrons of the Civil War he saw combat at its closest. Phelps, a native of Chardon, Ohio, was a prolific and observant correspondent. His private letters, to his wife, his father, and to political patrons and other naval officers, are among the most compelling and descriptive extant. The heart of Ironclad Captain are these letters, which Jay Slagle has set in context through the judicious use of published documents, memoirs, and scholarly histories of the navy. The result is a small history of the navy and its officer corps for the middle third of the nineteenth century. Phelps's self~confidence fueled a driving ambition. He was one of the severest critics of the navy's seniority system, which seemed to thwart those ambitions. After long and often heroic service on the Western rivers, he left the navy in 1864 to pursue a less exciting career in commerce and diplomacy. Unfortunately for historians, his correspondence ends at that time as well. Notwithstanding his bitter leave~taking Seth Phelps loved his country and his service. His letters are a permanent and invaluable legacy to both.…

Hardcover. Foreword by Edwin C. Bearss. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 449pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Near fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this account penned by the subject's great-great grandson.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 244 pages. 9.10x6.00x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Condition: new.