[Rarebooks] fs: Damn the Torpedoes!

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 10551 )  Farragut, Loyall. THE LIFE OF DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT, FIRST 
ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, EMBODYING HIS JOURNAL AND LETTERS.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879. First printing, Original cloth, 
Octavo, vi, 586 pages, black and white engraved plates, battle plans. Fine.
      Biography of the Civil War hero of Mobile Bay who is probably best 
known for his order during the naval battle there, quoted herein as "Damn 
the torpedoes go ahead!" This book is as much autobiography as biography 
since it is heavily based upon Farragut's own letters and papers. 
Illustrated with two tissue-guarded portraits of the admiral, three 
pictures, and four battle plans (1 fold-out), and a double-spread facsimile 
of Farragut's letter to his wife on the eve of the Battle of Mobile Bay. 
Bound in brown cloth over boards with spine and upper board stamped in gilt 
and black, lower board stamped in blind, light brown endpapers. Old owner's 
name label on front pastedown, foxing to frontispiece portrait and tissue 
guard, and some mild age toning to textblock. Hinges sound, not cracked. 
Some minor extremity wear to exterior....... $250.00
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