A life of Matthew Fontaine Maury, U.S.N. and C.S.N., author of 'Physical geography of the sea and its meteorology.'
Nannie Corbin, Wharton J. Green (Former owner), Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1888
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, Limited, St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C., London:, 1888
Biographies
vi, 326 pages, [1] leaf of plates : frontispiece portrait ; 23 cm
2187019
"London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross."--Title page verso
Inscription: Wharton J. Green from his wife A.D. Green, 1893. Insertions in text: manuscript letter from Mrs. E.E. Moffitt, president of the Matthew Fontaine Maury Association, Richmond, Virginia, to Mrs. W.J. Green, Fayetteville, N.C.; folded flyer (4 pages) by The Association, including list of its officers and portrait of M.F. Maury; both pieces in envelope addressed and post stamped "Richmond, Jan. 7, 1922"
Bookseller's label on front pastedown: Robert Beall, booksellers and stationer, 400 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D.C
Bookplate on rear pastedown: Charles R. Sanders, Jr., of Halifax County, Virginia
Contemporary publishers' binding; dark blue fine diaper grain cloth; blocked in gold and black; spine titled direct in gold; black surface coated endpapers