Naval Chronicle, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition signed. Very Good Condition, 282 Pages With The Index. Hardcover In Very Good Condition Dust Jacket. Signed " With The Authors Best Wishes Fraser M. Mckee". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Limited Edition: #116/200. Folio, xx, 379, [4] pages. In Good condition, lacking issued slipcase. Spine is paneled, quarter-bound in black leather, with gilt text. Boards are bound in green paper and show moderate scuffing and shelf wear on covers and along edges. Some chipping to front board on fore corners and on fore edge, resulting in small areas of exposed board. Several white scuffs present on back cover. Cracking along joints/edges of spine, which is most severe at corners of head, where there is minor splitting. Text block bottom and fore edges are untrimmed, with top edge gilt, and show expected age toning. Light shelf wear and scuffing on text block edges. Foxing present on pages throughout book. Inscribed in dark blue ink by Vanderbilt on first free endpaper: "To D. H. Cox / with the compliments of the author / W. K. Vanderbilt / June 12 1933". Shelved in Room A Oversize. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. 1400267. Special Collections.

Other. First Edition. Octavo, 104 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in modern blue and green marbled paper wraps. Mild shelf wear, including creasing to wraps; age-toning and foxing to text block; age-toning and occasional staining, tearing, and chipping to interior pages, text remains clear and legible. Signed flat by Rush on title page; from Rush's personal library. Shelved in Case 1. Richard Rush was an American statesman, author, editor, and patriot who played a key role with John Quincy Adams and James Monroe in proclaiming the Monroe Doctrine. Rush was U. S. Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and agent to secure the Smithson Bequest to establish the Smithsonian Institute. He was also the son of Dr. Benjamin Rush, founding father and Surgeon General for the Continental Army during the American Revolution. This volume contains a poem about the Wasp, and letters signed in type print by Commodore William Bainbridge, a U.S. Navy officer who commanded multiple famous naval ships, including the USS Constitution and USS Philadelphia. 1328286. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.