[Spanish-American War]

Images mounted onto a blank text block and bound into the illustrated covers for "A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" From the Diary of Number Five of the After Port Gun The Yarn of the Cruise and Fights of the Naval Reserves in the Spanish-American War." New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1898 . Publisher's pictorially stamped gray cloth depicting a sailor sighting a heavy mounted gun through a gun portal at an enemy vessel. Also includes numerous press notices and reviews laid or glued in, many with the author's notes.

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Presentation from the author's brother and publisher to their mother, noting "this is the work of a hero" and  first copy printed.

With: A presentation copy of the first edition inscribed by Russell Doubleday to his mother.

The USS Yankee served as an auxillary vessel throughot the Spanish-American War, taking part in  actions at Guantánamo Bay, Cienfuegos, Casilda and the Cuban blockade. While reservist Russell Doubleday's published account of his experiences serving as No. 5 on the after port gun are detailed from daily life to engaging the enemy are of great interest and detail, the original photos offera remarkable record of life on board a United States steamer. Images from the Spanish American War are uncommon and naval images seem particularly so.