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: Crescent Books, 1998. Hardcover. 320p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in near-fine condition. The book is clean and tight, and the jacket is pristine apart from a few tiny closed edge tears and creases. Filled with black and white photographs. Measures approx. 12.75"..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1998. Third Edition. Hardcover. 365p. A glossy blue hardcover book in near-fine condition. No dustjacket. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers. Otherwise clean and tight. A study of various legal cases within the U.S. Navy. 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
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
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
London: William Kimber, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 254p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. A history of the Russian navy. 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
NY: Viking, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. 532p; plates. A fine hardcover copy in very good dustjacket. Jacket spine is sunfaded. Comprehensive history. More
New York: The John Day Company, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 340p. A grey cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. An account of the naval component of WWII operations as of the time of publishing. Contains black and white photographs. More
New York: Military Press, 1989. Hardcover. 320p. An oversize white cloth hardcover book in very good condition. No dustjacket. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Color illustrations. Measures approx. 12.25" x 10.5" More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1921. Hardcover. 251p. A 1/4 black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges lightly tanned and rubbed. Pages lightly tanned, but clean, and binding is tight. A nautical memoir by the British journalist. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 328p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Stamp on front free endpaper. Faint smudge on bottom edge of text block. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket is rubbed and lightly edgeworn, but fully intact..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 393p. A red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine is quite faded. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The autobiography of a U.S. naval officer who worked to improve efficiency in American shipyards. More
London: Quality Press Ltd., 1939. Hardcover. 510p. A green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Light shelf wear to cover. Top edge dampstained. Pages foxed, but otherwise unmarked, and binding tight. Stories of sea exploration, tragedies, adventures, and legends. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 192p. INSCRIBED BY JAMES A. RHODES. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is lightly foxed and minutely shelf-worn, but fully intact. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by..... More
