SPANISH AMERICAN WAR ADMIRAL DEWEY MANILA PHILIPPINES USS OLYMPIA BOOK 1899 1st!

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HERE’S A SCARCE
1899
1
st
EDITION
ANTIQUARIAN SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR HISTORY BOOK TITLED:
“
ADMIRAL DEWEY AT MANILA
AND THE
COMPLETE STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES
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Life and Glorious Deed of
Admiral George Dewey”
by Joseph L. STICKNEY
ADMIRAL DEWEY’S AIDE
“Fully illustrated with photographs
"Many of which were taken by the author during the battle of Manila, from the bridge of the flagship “
Olympia
” in Manila Bay”
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‘Sold by subscription’
Published by the ‘ELLIOT PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA.’ (1899).
A Thrilling Account of our Conflicts with the Spaniards and Filipinos in the Orient. Includes photos of the war in the Philippines.
A section of Poems of Dewey and the Philippines ends the volume, including this gem:
Dewey! Dewey! Dewey! / Is the hero of the day / And the Maine has been remembered / In the good, old-fashioned way.
A Great War Narrative
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About this Item:
J.H. Moore Co. / Elliott Publishing Co.; Philadelphia, 1899. Hardcover. Very Fine, illustrated cloth Hardcover boards, binding sturdy and intact, tips show some shelf wear. A nice, clean unmarked copy. Measures 7 ½” x 9 ¾”, 434pp., b&w illustrations.
A RATHER UNCOMMON GEM TO ADD TO YOUR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ANTIQUARIAN BOOK and MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
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