[Rarebooks] FS: The controversy between Commodores Elliot and Perry with an Autograph Note Signed by Elliott.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(AMERICANA) [Jarvis, Russel]. A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF COM. JESSE D. ELLIOTT; Containing a Review of the Controversy Between Him and the Late Commodore Perry; and a History of the Figure-Head of the U. S. Frigate Constitution. By a Citizen of New York. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author. 1835. 12mo. 480pp. Illustrated with 6 full-page diagrams depicting the British and American fleets and their armaments during the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Orig. printed yellow boards, minor chips at extremities of spine, and front hinge starting but holding soundly. Mounted on a preliminary blank is a signed autograph note from J. D. Elliott. Some foxing of the outer leaves.    $250.00 (trade discount allowed)
James Duncan Elliott (1782-1845) was also a commander during the Barbary Wars, and at one point commanded the USS Constitution. Howes: The Final Edition J63.

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