Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1861-1865: Volume 1; Volume 2 [2 vol.]

New York: De Vinne Press, 1920. One of 1200 copies of the two volume set printed for The Naval History Society, of which these are no.675 (Part I) and no.761 (Part II), with publisher's notes laid in (indicating their differences in material cost and publication release). Octavo (24cm); vellum spine and corners over light gray paper-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front covers; top edges gilt; fore- and lower-edges untrimmed; xvi,[2],3-440,[4]pp; xx,[2],3-492,[4]pp; tissue-guarded portrait frontispieces and portait in text of Part II. Some pages of text unopened. Part I has light tanning to board margins and very occasional interior soil, else Fine. Part II has light tanning to board margins, with crown lightly convexed and pencilled note to front endpaper, else Near Fine.

Publications of the Naval History Society Volume IX and Volume X. Collection of correspondence of Navy members from 1861-1864, with portait illustrations of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut and Admiral David Dixon Porter. [85017].