The Life And Character of Stephen Decatur; Late Commodore And Post-Captain in the Navy of the United States, And Navy-Commissioner : Interspersed With Brief Notices of the Origin, Progress, And Achievements of the American Navy

"With important additions; containing sketches of some distinguished contemporaries of Com. Decatur--a naval register--list of the Navy, &c."--T.p Bainbridge, Lawrence, Porter, Macdonough, and Decatur engravings Book, leather; frontispiece, spine chipped, worn at corners, pages spotted (Lincoln copy) Holograph in ink on old bookplate and flyleaf: Roland W. Diller Holograph in ink on flyleaf: Alfred J. Creyon Bookplate: Alfred J. Creyon Holograph inscription in ink on third prelim. p.: Roland W.