For the Freedom of the Sea: A Romance of the War of 1812

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); original green pictorial cloth embossed in red, blue, and gilt; xi,[1],339pp.; frontispiece, 11 leaves of plates. Cloth extremities just a hint darkened, small soil spot to rear cover, else Near Fine. Later (1934) ownership inscription of the nautical collector John Lowell to front free endpaper. Historical fiction by the Episcopal priest.