Chicago: Museum of Science and Industry, 1978. Paperback. 32p. A large-format, staplebound softcover book in very good condition. Faint edge creases and mild creasing inside covers. Otherwise clean and tight. A souvenir booklet produced by the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago, covering the story of the U-505 submarine..... More
New York: Quantuck Lane Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. More
New York: Eriksson-Taplinger, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 144p plus index. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is lightly rubbed along the edges, but fully intact. A history of western European seaports. Filled with black and white photographs..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 331p. A teal cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Pencil note on front free endpaper. Title page tanned. Foxing around plates. Otherwise clean and tight. The author's memoir (the third in a trilogy) of his adventures on..... More
Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1858. Hardcover. 300p, with numerous b/w vignette illustrations. Green cloth, stained and soiled, spine lettering illegible. Interior pages show old waterstains along outer margins, scattered soil and dirt. A well-read copy but the binding itself is tight and the text completely legible. A hardcover..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1945. Eleventh edition. Hardcover. 948p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Endpapers also tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. More
Kirk & Mercein, 1817. 1st Edition. Leather. 371p. A hardcover book rebacked with a new brown leather spine and fresh endpapers, retaining the original brown leather boards, which are chafed and have wear at the corners Lacks the original title page, but still includes the frontispiece. There is a new..... More
London: Edward Stanford Ltd. Hardcover. 99p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Corners and foot of spine bumped. Notes inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Originally written by Sir Edward Thorpe; this edition was rewritten by Capt. Rumbold. Contains foldout maps of Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Undated;..... More
Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1954. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 567p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edge lightly rubbed. Private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. An illustrated guide to naval regulations. More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1899. Second Edition, Revised. Hardcover. 764p. A green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Side foredge scratched. Hinges reinforced with archival tape. Front pastedown endpaper has a few small closed tears. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Contains black and white plates and foldout maps..... More
New York: Lyons & Burford, 1997. Hardcover. 206p; 104p index. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a fine dustjacket. Private library stamps on endpapers and title page; otherwise essentially like-new. The jacket is pristine. From the MARITIME CLASSICS series. More
Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1960. 3rd printing of 4th edition. Hardcover. 284p. A hardcover book in very good condition withy a like dustjacket. Private library stamps on endpapers; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a few small closed tears along the edges, but is otherwise intact. More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press; R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company, 2006. Hardcover. 390p. A teal-green cloth hardcover book in fine condition. From the Lakeside Classics series. More
Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. 175p. An oversize, glossy white hardcover book in very good condition. Lacks the dustjacket. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. A guide to modern naval warships. Profusely illustrated throughout. Measures approx. 12" x 9.4" More
London/New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 280p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Light shelf wear to both book and jacket. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight, and jacket fully intact. "Christopher Martin" is the pseudonym of Edwin P. Hoyt. More
Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Approx. 150p. An oblong gilt green cloth hardcover book in fine condition, apart from minutely rubbed corners. Clean and tight. An illustrated chronicle of Mediterranean training and maneuvers of the U.S.S. Harlan R. Dickson. Filled with captioned black and white photographs. Measures..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1856. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 212p. 12 plates. Recently restored with new red leather spine, preserving the original printed boards. Very good condition. Includes all 12 plates, including two color ones. Discussion of the guns and ammunition used in the US Navy just before the Civil War..... More
London: Salamander Books Limited, 2001. Paperback. 480p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's private library stamps inside covers and on title pages. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981. 8th printing. Hardcover. 451p. A glossy green hardcover book in like-new condition, apart from a former owner's private library stamps on the endpapers. From the Fundamentals of Naval Science Series. Illustrated throughout. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 469p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a fine dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's private library stamps on the endpapers. The jacket is pristine. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1927. Hardcover. 347p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Foot of spine visibly worn. Previous owner's small signature on front free endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is only mildly edgeworn except for a small, skinny piece torn out of..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1972. Apollo Edition. Paperback. 274p. Ex-library. A softcover book in good condition. Spine and corners creased. Sticker scuff on spine. Stamps inside covers and on title page. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. An excellent reading copy. Illustrated with black and white photographs and..... More
New York: Stein and Day, 1980. FirstAmerican Edition. Hardcover. 149p. A ¼ black cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition, lacking the dustjacket. Former owner’s private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight, practically like-new. More
Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1961. Hardcover. 256p. An oversize black, embossed, leather-textured cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges of cover rubbed. Title page torn. Scattered small pencil markings throughout. Otherwise, binding is tight. A 1959-1961 retrospective of the U.S.S. Shangri-La, CVA 38, and its crew. Filled with many black..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. First American Edition. Hardcover. 494p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Corners lightly bumped; a section of pages dog-eared; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is tanned and edgeworn, but essentially intact. Vol. I only. An Atlantic Monthly Press..... More