[Du Pont, Samuel F.] Official Dispatches and Letters of Rear Admiral Du Pont U. S. Navy. 1846-48. 1861-63. Wilmington, Del., Press of Ferris Bros., Printers, 1883. first edition, limited to approximately fifty copies, privately printed for the family, none of which were for sale, octavo, [4], 531 pp., original cloth, some shelf wear and rubbing to cloth, otherwise a good clean copy. The first 48 pages are concerned with the conquest of California. Du Pont commanded the Atlantic blockading forces against the Confederacy during the first two years of the war. A very scarce book on the market. Cowan p. 843; Eberstadt 135:181; Howes D-589; Nevins I p. 223; Tutorow 4098 Price: USD 2,250.00 other currencies   order no. 113    inquire

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