Morison, Samuel Eliot — Old Bruin" Commodore Matthew C. Perry 1794-1858
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First edition. Cloth. xxiii, 482 pp. Illus. with 75 b/w photos, drawings, and maps. 8vo. The American Naval Officer who Helped Found Liberia, Hunted Pirates in the West Indies, Practised Diplomacy with the Sultan of Turkey and the King of the Two Sicilies Commanded the Gult Squadron in the Mexican War, Promoted the Steam Navy and the Shell Gun, and Conducted the Naval Expedition which Opened Japan. A very good+ copy, clean, crisp, and unmarked, in a very good- dust jacket with some foxing and a few chips and tears.