The American Naval and Patriotic Songster: As Sung at Various Places of Amusement, in Honor of Hull, Jones, Decatur, Perry, Bainbridge, Lawrence, &c. &c. &c.
Baltimore: 1836. Second edition. 12cm. 256pp. Brown fabric-covered boards, well used, waterstains, previous owner's name written on front and rear endpapers, four black and white wood engravings showing battle scenes and ships from the War of 1812, good/very good.
Compilation by "Jolly Tom" of songs memorializing the War of 1812 to "cheer the hearts...and to commemorate the gallant exploits of our brave countrymen" at the "Marine Hospital near Norfolk, Virginia, an asylum for disabled seamen."
Second of three editions of this popular title. 10 holdings of this edition in OCLC. Item #8954
Price: $300.00