Title: History of Our War with Spain, Including Battles on Sea and Land.
Item: Original late nineteenth-century historical narrative and pictorial account of the Spanish-American War, presenting contemporary descriptions of naval and land campaigns.
Format: Decorative cloth hardcover volume with illustrated front board showing warships in action and patriotic flag imagery, with gilt and colored title elements.
Contents: Detailed coverage of the destruction of the battleship Maine, Dewey's victory at Manila, the battles of Santiago, San Juan, and El Caney, the invasion of Porto Rico, and the conclusion of the war, along with a full account of earlier Spanish conquests in America and notable naval battles of the United States.
Authors: Hon. James Rankin Young, Member of Congress and former Clerk of the United States Senate, in collaboration with J. Hampton Moore, author and newspaper correspondent.
Publisher: J. R. Jones.
Publication details: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1898 in the United States.
Subject/Topic: Spanish-American War; United States military and naval history; nineteenth-century American historical writing.
Illustrations: Embellished with many engraved illustrations throughout the text.
Language: English.
Special attributes: Antique 1898 illustrated cloth-bound history of the Spanish-American War, suitable for collectors of U.S. military history, vintage illustrated books, and late Victorian-era Americana.