MATTHEW CALBRAITH PERRY. A TYPICAL AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER

Boston:Cupples and Hurd, 1887. 1st edition. xvi+459pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt portrait on front cover is lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear along edges and edge points bumped. Top edges gilt. Internally, end pages lightly age-toned but free of previous owners signatures. Some page edges have been roughly separated but otherwise in very good condition. The binding is tight and hinges intact.