Naval officer (1839-1911) who commanded the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba and who led the expedition to rescue Adolphus Greeley in the arctic. Signed book: Forty-Five Years Under the Flag. First edition, limited issue, numbered 46/100. NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. Hardcover bound in three-quarter leather, 6 x 8.5, 439 pages. Signed on the reverse of the colophon in ink, "W. S. Schley, U.S.N." In fine condition.
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