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Filed under: Naval biography- Boys' Book of Sea Fights: Famous Naval Engagements From Drake to Beatty (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, c1920), by Chelsea Curtis Fraser
- Privateers and Privateering (New York: J. Pott and Co., 1910), by E. P. Statham
- Sea fighters from Drake to Farragut (C. Scribner's sons, 1902), by Jessie Peabody Frothingham (page images at HathiTrust)
- A military dictionary and gazetteer. Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of battles from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms used in heraldry and the offices thereof. The work also gives valuable geographical information. (L. R. Hamersly & co., 1881), by Thomas Wilhelm (page images at HathiTrust)
- Studies in naval history : biographies (Longmans, Green, 1887), by John Knox Laughton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gordons under arms; a biographical muster roll of officers named Gordon in the navies and armies of Britain, Europe, America and the Jacobite risings. (Printed for the University, 1912), by Constance Oliver Skelton and John Malcolm Bulloch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Gordons under arms : a biographical muster roll of officers named Gordon in the navies and armies of Britain, Europe, America and in the Jacobite risings (Aberdeen : New Spalding Club, 1912, 1912), by Constance Oliver Skelton and John Malcolm Bulloch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Sea kings and naval heroes. A book for boys. (Harper, 1868), by John G. Edgar (page images at HathiTrust)
- Seehelden und admirale (Quelle & Meyer, 1910), by Hermann Kirchhoff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Lives of the warriors who have commanded fleets and armies before the enemy. Warriors of the seventeenth century. (J. Murray, 1869), by Edward Cust (page images at HathiTrust)
- Les gloires maritimes de la France; notices biographiques sur les plus célébres marins, découvreurs, astronomes, ingénieurs, hydrographes, médecins, administrateurs, etc. (A. Bertrand, 1866), by Prosper Jean Levot and Alfred Doneaud (page images at HathiTrust)
- Biographie maritime; ou, Notices historiques sur la vie et les campagnes des marins célèbres français et étrangers (Regnault, 1835), by Joseph François Gabriel Hennequin (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Iowa boy around the world in the navy : a true story of our navy, 1898-1902 (Kenyon, 1902), by John W. Swift (page images at HathiTrust)
- The heroes of England, stories of the lives of England's warriors by land and sea, (Bickers and son, 1884), by John G. Edgar (page images at HathiTrust)
- Les marins Rochelais; notes biographiques. (G. Clouzot, 1906), by Louis Marie Meschinet de Richemond (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Lives of the warriors who have commanded fleets and armies before the enemy (John Murray, 1869), by Edward Cust (page images at HathiTrust)
- A memoir of William Wolseley, admiral of the Red Squadron (Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr=ubner, 1895), by Mary C. Innes (page images at HathiTrust)
- Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year, or who have since been promoted : illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period : with copious addenda (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the year 1823, or who have since been promoted : illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period : with copious addenda (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year, or who have since been promoted : illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period : with copious addenda (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea-officers at the commencement of the year 1823, or who have since been promoted : illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period : with copious addenda (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea-officers at the commencement of the year 1823, or who have since been promoted : illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period : with copious addenda (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1829), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea-officers at the commencement of the year 1823, or who have since been promoted : illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period : with copious addenda (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1830), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea-officers at the commencement of the year 1823, or who have since been promoted : illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period : with copious addenda (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1832), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea-officers at the commencement of the year 1823, or who have since been promoted : illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period : with copious addenda (Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1835), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jean Ango, armateur Dieppois (A. Hennuyer, 1884), by Alexis Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Le contre-amiral Byng devant ses juges et devant l'histoire (s.n., 1893), by Faucher de Saint-Maurice and Société royale du Canada (page images at HathiTrust)
- Elogii di capitani illvstri (Presso Combi, e Là Noù, 1963), by Lorenzo Crasso (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A military dictionary and gazetteer. : Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of battles from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms used in heraldry and the offices thereof. The work also gives valuable geographical information. Comp. from the best authorities of all nations. With an appendix containing the Articles of war, etc. (L.R. Hsamersly, 1881), by Thomas Wilhelm (page images at HathiTrust)
- A military and naval encyclopædia : comprising ancient and modern military and naval technical terms, biographical sketches of distinguished officers, and historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes ; also the military and naval battles, from the earliest period to the present time ; comp. from the best authorities of all nations, with an appendix containing the Articles of war (Headquarters, Eighth Infantry, U.S. Army, 1879), by Thomas Wilhelm (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sea fighters from Drake to Farragut (C. Scribner's Sons, 1904), by Jessie Peabody Frothingham (page images at HathiTrust)
- Marinos ilustres de la Provincia de Santander (Martinez, 1881), by José Antonio del Rio and Alfredo del Rio (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gordons under arms : a biographical muster roll of officers named Gordon in the navies and armies of Britain, Europe, America and in the Jacobite risings. By Constance Oliver Skelton and John Malcolm Bulloch. (Printed for the University, 1912), by Constance Oliver Skelton and John Malcolm Bulloch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Farragut and other great commanders : a series of naval biographies (Routledge, 1880), by W. H. Davenport Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
- Studies in naval history. Biographies. (Longmans, Green, and co., 1887), by John Knox Laughton (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer: Comprising ancient and modern military technical terms, historical accounts of all North American Indians, as well as ancient warlike tribes; also notices of battles from the earliest period to the present time, with a concise explanation of terms used in heraldry and the offices thereof. The work also gives valuable geographical information. Compiled from the best authorities of all nations. With an appendix containing the Articles of war, etc., by Thomas Wilhelm (Gutenberg ebook)
- Privateers and Privateering, by Edward Phillips Statham (Gutenberg ebook)
Filed under: Naval biography -- Early works to 1800- Leeven en daden der doorluchtighste zee-helden en ontdeckers van landen deser eeuwen : beginnende met Christoffel Colombus, vinder van de nieuwe wereldt, en eyndigende met den roemruchtigen admirael M.A. de Ruyter, Ridd. &c. : vertoonende veel vreemde voorvallen, dappere verrichtingen, stoutmoedige bestieringen, en swaere zee-slagen, &c. : naeukeurigh, uyt veele geloofwaerdige schriften, en authentijcke stucken, by een gebracht, en beschreven (By Jan Claesz. ten Hoorn, en Jan Bouman ..., 1676), by Lambert van den Bos, Jan Bouman, Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, Ignatius Lux, and Herman Padtbrugge (page images at HathiTrust)
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Filed under: Biography -- Great Britain
Filed under: Anecdotes -- Great Britain- A Century of Anecdote, From 1760 to 1860 (2 volumes; London: R. Bentley, 1864), ed. by John Timbs (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jests, New and Old: Containing Anecdotes of Celebrities, Living and Deceased, Many of Which Have Never Before Been Published (London: J. W. Jarvis and Son, ca. 1887), ed. by William Carew Hazlitt
- Curialia miscellanea; or, Anecdotes of old times; regal, noble, gentilitial, and miscellaneous: including authentic anecdotes of the royal household, and the manners and customs of the court, at an early period of the English history. (Printed by and for J. Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1818), by Samuel Pegge and John Nichols (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pryings among private papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Longmans, Green, 1905), by Thomas Longueville (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Romantic records of distinguishing families : a second series of Anecdotes of the aristocracy (Colburn, 1851), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
- Romantic records of distinguished families : being the second series of the Anecdotes of the aristocracy (E. Churton, 1851), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
- The romance of the aristocracy: or, Anecdotes and records of distinguished families. (Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett, 1855), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
- An onlookers̓ note-book (Smith, Elder, & co., 1902), by George W. E. Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes : to which is added a valuable collection of American anecdotes, original and select. (Harper & Brothers, 1845), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bulls, blunders and howlers (Brentano's, 1928), by Walter Jerrold (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A book of parliamentary anecdote. (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1872), by George Henry Jennings and W. S. Johnstone (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anecdotes of soldiers in peace and war (Methuen & Co., 1905), by J. H. Settle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The book of days : a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography & history, curiosities of literature, and oddities of human life and character (W. & R. Chambers, 1869), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
- The jest book : the choicest anecdotes ans sayings (Sever and Francis, 1865), by Mark Lemon (page images at HathiTrust)
- The wit and wisdom of Parliament. ([s.n., 1881), by Henry Latchford (page images at HathiTrust)
- The book of days; a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography & history, curiosities of literature, and oddities of human life and character. (W. & R. Chambers, 1888), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
- The book of days; a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography, and history, curiosities of literature and oddities of human life and character. (W. & R. Chambers, 1869), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
- The book of days, a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography, & history, curiosities of literature and oddities of human life and character. (W. & R. Chambers;, 1863), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anecdotes of the aristocracy, and episodes of ancestral story. (H. Colburn, 1850), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes, revised edition. (Harper & brothers, 1847), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anecdotes of the aristocracy : and episodes in ancestral story (Henry Colburn, 1849), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes. (Harper, 1843), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes : original and select (J. Cumberland, 1826), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anecdotes of the aristocracy : and episodes of ancestral story: second series (E. Churton, 1850), by J. Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes : to which is added a valuable collection of American anecdotes : original and select, illustrated with fourteen fine portraits. (J.J. Harper, 1832), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes. (Harper & Brothers, 1834), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anecdotal reminiscences of distinguished literary and political characters. (R. & S. A. Bielefeld; [etc., etc.], 1830), by George Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes : original and select (Printed for T. Boys, 1823), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Annecdotes historiques sur les principaux personnages qui jouent mainent un role en Angleterre. (s.n.], 1784) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anecdotes, anglaises et américaines, années 1776 á 1783. (Delaunay;, 1813), by chevalier de Langeac (page images at HathiTrust)
- Tavern anecdotes, and reminiscences of the origin of signs, coffee-houses, &c. : intended as a lounge-book for citizens and their country cousins (S & D.A. Forbes, printers, no. 29 Gold-Street, 1830), by William West (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes ... (Harper, 1839), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes. (J. Cumberland, 1835), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Percy anecdotes (Harper, 1859), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes. (Harper, 1832), by Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- The book of days; a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography, & history, curiosities of literature and oddities of huma life and character. (W. & R. Chambers, 1878), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
- The book of days. A miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography, & history, curiosities of literature and oddities of human life and character. (W. & R. Chambers, 1864), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
- Chambers's book of days, a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography & history, curiosities of literature and oddities of human life and character. (W. & R. Chambers, 1873), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
- The book of days; a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar, including anecdote, biography & history, curiosities of literature, and oddities of human life and character. (W. & R. Chambers, 1881), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust)
- The jest book: the choicest anecdotes and sayings (Macmillan, 1875), by Mark Lemon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Curialia miscellanea; or, Anecdotes of old times (Printed by and for J. Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1818), by Samuel Pegge and John Nichols (page images at HathiTrust)
- An anecdotal history of the British Parliament, from the earliest periods to the present time : with notices of eminent parliamentary men, and examples of their oratory (H. Cox, 1880), by George Henry Jennings (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Percy anecdotes : a verbatim reprint of the original edition (Frederick Warne and Co., in the 1880s), by Sholto Percy and Reuben Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anecdotes and reminiscences of illustrious men and women of modern times. (Reeves and Turner, 1872), by William Carew Hazlitt (page images at HathiTrust)
- An anecdotal history of the British Parliament, from the earliest periods to the present time (D. Appleton, 1883), by George Henry Jennings (page images at HathiTrust)
- An anecdotal history of the British Parliament : from the earliest periods to the present time with notices of eminent parliamentary men, and examples of their oratory (H. Cox, 1883), by George Henry Jennings (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anecdotes of the aristocracy, and episodes of ancestral story. (E. Churton, 1851), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
- Good things for railway readers; one thousand anecdotes of convivialists, wits and humourists, oddities and eccentricities ... (Lockwood, 1863), by Editor of Illustrated railway anecdote-book (page images at HathiTrust)
- The jest book; the choicest anecdotes and sayings (Macmillan, 1884), by Mark Lemon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Railway anecdote book : for the reading of railway passengers (W.H. Smith, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Percy anecdotes. (Harper, 1850), by Sholto Percy and Reuben Percy (page images at HathiTrust)
- The book of days, a miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar (W. & R. Chambers;, 1914), by Robert Chambers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times: Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous: Including Authentic Anecdotes of the Royal Household, and the Manners and Customs of the Court, at an Early Period of the English History, by Samuel Pegge, ed. by John Nichols (Gutenberg ebook)
- The Jest Book: The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings, by Mark Lemon (Gutenberg ebook)
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