Notes on the Spanish-American War
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Description
original softcovers all bound into one hardcover volume. Green pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt, with 3 folding maps. RARE.
A collection of eight reports, each with original front wrappers bound in, issued by the Office in its “Information from Abroad” series. Includes the following:
1. Battles and Capitulation of Santiago de Cuba by Lieut. Jose Muller y Tejeiro, Spanish Navy [165 pages, with 2 folding maps].
2. Comments of Rear-Admiral Pluddemann, German Navy, on the Main Features of the War with Spain [18 pages].
3. Sketches from the Spanish-American War by Commander J., German Navy [part1; 38 pages].
4. Sketches from the Spanish-American War by Commander J., German Navy [part 2; 28 pages].
5. Effect of the Gun Fire of the United States Vessels in Battle of Manila Bay by Lieut. John M. Ellicott, U.S. Navy [13 pages].
6. The Spanish-American War: Blockades and Coast Defense by Capt. Severo Gomez Nunez, Spanish Army [120 pages, with 1 folding map].
7. The Spanish-American War: A Collection of Documents Relative to the Squadron Operations in the West Indies ed. By Rear-Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete, Spanish Navy [165 pages].
8. The Squadron of Admiral Cervera by Capt. Victor M. Concas y Palau, Spanish Navy [117 pages].
RARE comments/descriptions from a German Military Viewpoint on the Spanish-American War.
Condition
covers rubbed at the extremities with some corner bumping, good hinges, firm text block, pages slightly age-yellowed but clean, no names or other markings.