Africa and the American Flag

by Andrew H. Foote, Commander

$350 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. With 8 tinted lithographed plates. 390, 18 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth with gilt anchor stamped on upper cover. Spine a little dulled, some light occasional foxing, overall a nice, tight copy. Dumond, p. 52; Sabin 25013; Hess-Coger 5500; not in Bennett. Item #33679 Foote's own account of his experience as commander of the Perry off the African coast in the early 1850's, where his

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