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(No. 8728 )  Sherburne, John Henry (1794-1850?). THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF 
JOHN PAUL JONES, A CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING THE 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
New York: Adriance, Sherman & Co., Publishers, 1851. Second Edition, 
Original cloth, Octavo, xvi, [9]-408 pages, engraved frontispiece portrait, 
fold-out facsimile. Very good.
      Second edition of one of the earliest biographies of John Paul Jones, 
originally published in 1825, and the source of perhaps the most famous 
quote attributed to Jones. The scene was the battle between the Bon homme 
Richard and the H.M.S. Serapis when Jones's ship appeared beaten. According 
to Jones's first lieutenant, Richard Dale, the captain of the Serapis hailed 
over, "Has your ship struck?" Jones immediately replied, "I have not yet 
begun to fight" (page 121 herein). Sherburne had become good friends with 
Richard Dale, which illustrates the value of this biography in that the 
author was able to correspond with many individuals then still living who 
had known or served with Jones, including former Presidents Jefferson and 
Madison. Sherburne was also apparently the first to organize an attempt to 
return the remains of John Paul Jones to the United States. Bound in 
original brown cloth over boards with blind-stamped boards and gilt-stamped 
spine, pale yellow endpapers. Tissue-guarded frontispiece engraving by J. C. 
Buttre after a portrait by Charles Wilson Peale. Fold-out facsimile of 
Captain Jones's congressional commission. Head and heel of spine have 
chipping, three fore corner tips are slightly rubbed and frayed. Remnants of 
a paper library label on spine and a number stamped on title page are the 
only indications of ex-library status. Prior owner bookplate on front 
pastedown, name dated 1865 on front free endpaper. Hinges are not cracked. 
Clean and sound copy.    $125.00
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