This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...the end one stormy deed, Might save the Land at her sorest need, Or on the old deck to die! Anchored we lay--and, a morn the more, To his captains and all his men Thus wrote our stout old Commodore--(He wasn't Admiral then: ) GENERAL ORDERS "Send your to'gallant masts down, Rig in each flying jib-boom! ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...the end one stormy deed, Might save the Land at her sorest need, Or on the old deck to die! Anchored we lay--and, a morn the more, To his captains and all his men Thus wrote our stout old Commodore--(He wasn't Admiral then: ) GENERAL ORDERS "Send your to'gallant masts down, Rig in each flying jib-boom! Clear all ahead for the loom Of traitor fortress and town, Or traitor fleet bearing down. In with your canvas high--We shall want no sail to fly! Topsail and foresail, spanker and jib, (With the heart of oak in the oaken rib, ) Shall serve us to win or die! Trim every hull by the head, (So shall you spare the lead, ) Lest, if she ground, your ship swing round, Bows in-shore, for a wreck--See your grapnels all clear, with pains, And a solid kedge in your port main-chains, With a whip to the main-yard--Drop it, heavy and hard, When you grapple a traitor deck! On forecastle and on poop Mount guns, as best you may deem--If possible, rouse them up, (For still you must bow the stream)--Also hoist and secure with stops Howitzers firmly in your tops, To fire on the foe abeam. Look well to your pumps and hose--Have water-tubs, fore and aft, For quenching flame in your craft, And the gun-crews' fiery thirst--See planks with felt fitted close, To plug every shot-hole tight--Stand ready to meet the worst! For, if I have reckoned aright, They will serve us shot, both cold and hot, Freely enough, to-night. Mark well each signal I make--(Our life-long service at stake, And honor that must not lag!) Whate'er the peril and awe, In the battle's fieriest flaw, Let never one ship withdraw Till orders come from the Flag!" Would you hear of the River-Fight? It was two, of a soft spring night--God's stars looked down on all, And all was clear and bright But the low...
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Good. No Jacket. 5x8. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. 5x8. 168 pages. Starts w/26 page introduction by editor of Brownell's life and work. #315 of 330. Shelf wear on edges. Externally worn, internally very good condition.
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Fine. Selected, with an Introduction by M.A. DeWolfe Howe. 12mo, cloth; unopened. Boston, 1912. First Edition. One of 330 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers.
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Very Good. First edition. Selected with an introduction by M. A. DeWolfe Howe. Some pages unopened, spine ends and corners chipped, a very good copy housed in a fair only slipcase with original paper spine label, spine and top edge in pieces and extremities worn. Copy 238 of 320 numbered copies.
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Fine. First edition. Selected with an introduction by M. A. DeWolfe Howe. A trifle rubbed, about fine in papercovered boards, and edgeworn, very good cardboard slipcase with printed paper label. Copy 121 of 320 numbered copies. A handsome volume.
