Brave Old Salt 1866 Optic 1st American Nautical Adventure Civil War Navy book

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Brave Old Salt; or, Life on the Quarter Deck. A Story of the Great Rebellion, by Oliver Optic.
Published 1866, Boston by Lee and Shepherd. First Edition.
330 pages. Text in English. Wood engraved frontis and half title protected by original tissue guard, several full page plates.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, gilt pictorial spine decorations, blind embossed cover designs. 

Binding remains clean, tight, and sound, slightly "cocked" askew.

Text block remains overall clean, and displays a pleasing age patina.

Book remains well preserved and attractive on the shelf. It displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in nice antiquarian condition, the age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. 

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Book Measures c. 7 1/2" H x 4 1/2" W.

[B1507].