Description: Book Description—Anonymous [Henry J. Mercier?], Life in a Man-of-War or Scenes in “Old Ironsides” During Her Cruise in the Pacific by a Fore-top-Man. With a Preface by Elliot Sow, Rear Admiral U.S.N. Boston and New York—Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, 1927, 289 pages. This edition limited to 785 numbered copies of which 750 were for sale. This copy is numbered 549. 8” x 10 ¾”, Gilt illustration on blue-green boards. Faded spine and slight cracking of front hinge with three small check marks next to chapter titles. Otherwise very good. Attributed to Mercier, who was one of two sailors who had obtained a copyright on this material, the book describes a voyage that “Old Ironsides” took on a cruise the ship made to the Pacific in the 1840’s. Chapters on Bill Barnet’s Yarn, the Fatal Prediction, the Literary Tars, Galley Politicians, Grog Expended, the Sailor’s Drill, Burial at Sea. Etc.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered
Author: Anonymous [J. Mercier]
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Topic: The Sea
Subject: Man-Of-War
Original/Facsimile: Original
