Author: Raphael Semmes
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1962
Series: Civil War Centennial Series, IUP
Binding: hardcover
Condition: fine/G
Price: $50.00
ISBN: Ø
CVB Inv: 00210
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Description:
A volume in a series of Civil War-era memoirs, reissued as the Civil War Centennial Series by Indiana University Press during 1957-1962.
Edited with introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern. Preface by the author.
Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust jacket condition: good. Cover has shelf wear to head and tail of spine; slight foxing to end papers. Dust jacket has minor chips head and tail of spine; a three-inch vertical tear in front panel, partially closed with tape, with no loss of paper, nor does it obscure the title or image on cover. Small octavo; 464 pp. First edition stated. Brown lettering on tan cloth boards. Numerous b/w illustrations. Binding and hinges sound; clean copy with no markings.
Admiral Raphael Semmes was commander of C.S.S. Alabama, during 1862-1865. From verso of title page: “The Confederate Raider Alabama comprises selected chapters from Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, by Raphael Semmes.” Memoirs of Service Afloat was first published in 1869.
