[Rarebooks] fs: Melbourne Smith - Ships of the American Revolution, 9 lithos

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(No. 7489 )  Smith, Melbourne (prints) and Thomas C. Gillmer (text) 
(Introduction by Robert G. Albion). SHIPS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: VOLUME 
NUMBER TWO FROM THE INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL WATERCRAFT COLLECTION - NINE 
ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHED PRINTS.
Annapolis: Admiralty Publishing House, Ltd., (1973). Card covers, Oblong 
folio, [xvii], 9 plates, Color lithographs. Near Fine.
      Captures the diverse rigs and types of merchant and naval craft, large 
and small, in which the 13 original colonies revolted against the British 
crown. Included in this portfolio are the brigantine "Peggy Stewart," which 
was burned in Annapolis harbor in a southern version of the Boston Tea 
Party, John Paul Jones's famous ship "Bonhomme Richard," the first naval 
schooner "Hannah," the frigate "Raleigh," Washington's cutter "Lee," and 
others. Melbourne Smith's paintings are known for their fine artistic 
quality as well as their historic and structural accuracy based on extensive 
research and experience. The nine 16" x 12" prints are reproduced to the 
highest standards on quality paper. They are interleaved with protective 
tissue guards on which historical and descriptive text regarding each vessel 
is printed. Bound in stiff paper covers with cloth reinforced spine. Covers 
show a few edge rubs. Uncommon....... $75.00
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