The Navy Alphabet; Pictures by Harry Kennedy * Lettered by Charles Costello
Chicago & New York: George M. Hill Company, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 31.3 x 25.5 cm. 27 color plates printed recto only. First and only edition of this rare oversized fragile picture book. "A" is for Admiral George Dewey, the hero of the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. Although issued simultaneously with The Army Alphabet and likely in the same printing, The Navy Alphabet has proven to be rarer than its companion. Owner inscription free front endpaper dated 1903. Small book label of Floeser & Co. Brooklyn Book Store. Solid copy, plates bright and sharp, wear to corners and backstrip extremities. Smudges to pastedown rear endpaper. BIENVENUE & SCHMIDT. p.182. Orig. illustrated boards, maroon cloth spine. Very good. Item #23787
Price: $2,250.00