Dixie Raider The Saga of the C.S.S. Shenandoah - INSCRIBED Copy
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1948. Douglas Gorsline (dust jacket illustration). First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [12], 13-336. Illustrated with several black-and-white reproductions. Map. Bibliography. Endpaper maps. Bound in gray cloth with gilt lettering within a maroon spine label, publisher's logo in blind on front board. Top edge dyed red; corners sharp. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows fading to spine. Price of $4.00 intact on the front flap. Inscribed by Morgan on the half-title page. Very Good / Very Good-. Item #12984 Morgan's account of the preposterous journey of the C.S.S. Shenandoah, the Confederate vessel that cruised the Seven Seas, including a cruise along the West Coast, from the Aleutians south. Finding itself incommunicado with Confederate command, the ship continues to wreak significant damage three months after Lee surrendered. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Inscription reads, "For Bill and Myrtle with great affection [signed] Murray". Bill and Myrtle James were dear friends of Morgan; his book The Dam was dedicated to them.
Price: $100.00