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[CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY]. WAGNER, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur (1853-1905) and KELLEY, Commander J. D. Jerrold. The United States Army and Navy and Their Histories, From the Era of the Revolution to the Close of the Spanish-American War; with Accounts of Their Organization, Administration, and Duties. Akron: The Werner Company, 1899. Oblong folio. Illustrated with 43 chromolithographs (25 for the Army, and 18 for the Navy). 241 pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Publisher’s full pebble-grained brown cloth, front board decoratively stamped in gilt and colors, brown coated endleaves (some mild wear to binding, joints somewhat starting, a few text leaves with minor creasing at corners, minor toning to pages, but chromolithographs still vibrant). Near fine. FIRST EDITION. Some of the illustrations include Army and Navy uniforms from the Revolutionary War through the Spanish-American War - the appendices include information, “The Ships of the United States Navy” by class, with some wooden gunboats. Bennett, p. 109.