Author: Government Printing Office
Publisher: Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.
Year: 1900
Size: 23 x 15 cm, 8vo
Reference:
The War with Spain. Operations of the United States Navy on the Asiatic Station. Reports of Rear-Admiral George Dewey on the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898, and on the Investment and Fall of Manila, May 1 to August 13, 1898
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Description
70 pages text with many black & white photos tipped in. RARE
1st edition, 1st printing; Dewey’s famous recounting of his battle with the Spanish during the Spanish-American War. The battle later transformed into the Philippine-American War when despite Dewey’s reccommendations, the United States government decided, the Filipinos were incapable of governing themselves, and needed to be subdued.
Condition
3/4 leather, very good; red calf spine and corners with gilt trim, marbled boards, endpapers, and edges. Binding clean and sound; minor rubbing to top corners. First few pages show light foxing, else pages are unmarked.
