1845 1ed Army & Navy of America Jacob Neff

1845 1ed Army & Navy of America Jacob Neff French & Indian WAR Seminole INDIANS

“Never do what the enemy wishes you to do!”

– George Washington (Neff, 39)

A rare first edition printing of Jacob Neff’s “Army and Navy of America”. This book is interesting account of the exploration and conflicts which the United States military engaged in including the French and Indian War to the Second Seminole War. This work includes one of the folding plates; the illustrations in this work are exceedingly rare to find intact.

Item number: #7189

Price: $350

NEFF, Jacob

The army and navy of America : containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Florida War ; independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea ; enlivened by a variety of the most interesting anecdotes ; and splendidly embellished with numerous engravings.

Philadelphia : J.H. Pearsol & Co., 1845. First edition.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

Viii, 624, [3]

Illustrated throughout with figures

Folding plate between pages 138 and 139 is torn and mostly gone.

1 folding plate

“Murder of Jane McCrea”

References: Sabin 52241; Nowlan, American Presidents, 43;

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight and secure

Visible repair to front board

Size: ~9.5in X 6in (23.5cm x 15cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.