Eight Watercolor Views: United States Battleships and Cruisers" (Portfolio No. 1). First edition of the portfolio.
New York : Koerner & Hayes, 1898. 4to . 23 x 29cm. Original wraps with cloth ties. Cover with marginal tears. 8 chromolithographs.
These prints were produced at the height of the Spanish-American War to capitalize on public interest in the U.S. Navy's modernizing fleet.....
Not in OCLC. Very rare....
Battleships: Maine, Massachusetts, Iowa, Indiana; Cruisers: New York, Brooklyn, Minneapolis and Columbia......
.From the collection of Frederic Gale Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit. Item #16-6400
Price: $450.00
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