The American Naval Heritage.
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1997. Paperback. 509 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Covers curling w/ several sm. scratches/scuff marks; edges lightly worn. Binding tight; pgs clean & crisp.
MILITARY HISTORY
The Underwater War 1939 - 1945.
Dorset: Blandford Press, 1982. Hardcover. 160 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. A story about life & war aboard submarines during WWII from a submariner's point of view. Filled to the brim w/ 280 rare b&w photos. Some very light shelfwear to boards. Light shaking to spine but binding very sturdy.....
Son of the Morning Star.
Berkeley: North Point Press, 1984. Paperback. 8vo. 424 pp. Yellowing/light browning to spine, cover edges and joints, and yellowing to text block. Very light soiling to text block. Illustration to front cover. Spine lightly creased. Light wear to edges, corners and spine ends with very light bumping to spine ends.....
Greece and Rome At War.
London: Greenhill Books, 1998. Hardcover. 320 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. A comprehensive analysis of 12 centuries of fiery warfare. Illustrated w/ 350+ full-color images & 38 maps. Boards & spine fine. Binding very sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. Dj fine.
The Great Terror:; Stalin's Purge of the Thirties
New York: Macmillan, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 633 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dj. First edition. A broad & fully documented history. Some shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. W/ b&w photos. Slight wear to dj. "Of all the treasures a State can.....
A Chronology of the U.S. Navy: 1775-1965.
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1965. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 471 pgs. Minor shelfwear to bottom edge. Jacket spine faded, worn at edges, scotch tape has been used on reverse to repair some 1" tears; 2" chip to top rear corner. Chronological reference to United States Naval history. The Watts.....
We Have The War Upon Us:; The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860 - April 1861
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 332 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Very light flexing & shelfwear to boards. Slight bumping to spine ends. Slight cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Some faint soiling to textblock edges. Crease to rrep otherwise pgs.....
Submariner.
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Co., 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 240 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. An exciting account of undersea warfare from the perspective of a submariner. Slight cocking to spine but binding very sturdy. Sm po pen signature to title pg otherwise textblock.....
Combat Fleets of the World, 1982/83:; Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Cloth. 873 pp. Oblong 8vo. Shelfwear to jacket. Dj spine head and upper edge of front joint has small tears. Bookplate laid in. Very slight edgewear to boards. Interior tight and clean.
Combat Fleets of the World 1980/81.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981. Hard Cover. rectangular 8vo. 788 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped, former owners name to ffep. Light rubbing along dj edges, very tiny tear to top dj spine end. Otherwise book is in crisp & clean condition. Black and white photos. List of.....
Combat Fleets of the World 1980/81:; Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1980. Cloth. 788 pp. oblong 8vo. Light shelfwear to jacket, a few small tears to edges. Slight edgewear to boards. Interior tight and clean with many black and white photographs. English translation prepared by A.D. Baker III.
Combat Fleets of the World 1988/89:; Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Cloth. 876 pp. Folio. Cloth. Lightly shelfworn. Bumping to spine ends. Interior clean. Illustrated with b/w photos.
Combat Fleets of the World 1976/77.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1976. Hard Cover. rectangular 8vo. 575 pp. Jacket scuffed and wrinkled in places, slight tearing to edges. Pages clean and tight. B&w photos. List of the ships, aircraft and armament of the world's combat fleets.
Combat Fleets of the World 1980/81.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981. Hard Cover. rectangular 8vo. 788 pp. Jacket scuffed and wrinkled in places, slight tearing to edges. Light soil to front inner cover, pages clean and tight. B&w photos. List of the ships, aircraft and armament of the world's combat fleets.
Combat Fleets of the World 1984-85.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. Cloth. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2". 1035 pp, b&w photos and diagrams. Previous owner's name written across sides of pages. Back pages slightly stained. Battleships of the world.
The Second Battle of Bull Run as Connected with the Fitz-John Porter CAse.
Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, 1882. Wraps. 8vo (small). 72 pp. Nice condition, binding still tight and interior clean. Covers are lightly soiled, with pencil marginalia and light damp staining. "A paper read before the Society of Ex-Army and Navy Officers of Cincinnati, Reburary 28, 1882."
United States Naval Academy:; The First Hundred Years
New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1945. Cloth. 53 pp + approx. 125 pp of illustrations. Small 4to. Cloth. Soiling/damp-spotting to boards, spine sunned, edges worn. Soiling and child's ink/crayon scribbles to eps, lt soil and few ink scribbles scattered throughout. Long tears to some pgs, upper half.....
The Royal Army Service Corps.
London: Leo Cooper, Ltd., 1970. First edition. Cloth. 320 pp, 8vo. First edition. Light shelfwear to boards, light yellowing to textblock, endpapers and margins. Otherwise clean, binding strong. Dj spine ends chipped, bumping/edgewear to dj edges, sunning/light scuffing to panels and spine. "Famous Regiments" series, edited by Lt. General Sir.....
Weapons of Mass Destruction:; An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc, 2005. Hardcover. 2 volume set, 449 pp and 601 pp. 4to (short). Hardcover. Minor shelfwear, tiny stain to rep of Vol 1. Else clean and crisp, bindings tight.
Warrior Police:; Rolling with America's Military Police in the World's Trouble Spots
New York: 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 336 pp. 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Light scuffing and edgewear to dj, bumping to corners and lightly to sp. foot. Bumping to book sp. foot and lightly to corners and head. Illustrated with a short series of b/w photographs.
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1891/ 1901. Cloth. 4 volume set, approx. 750 pp per vol. Third edition (1891) in 3 vols, plus the supplement of 1901, ed. Edward S. Holden. Cloth 8vos (lg). Ex-library w/ moderate markings. Edgeworn and lt. scuffed, spines lt. sunned. Vols I-III.....
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (4 vols).
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1891-1901. Cloth. 3081 pp., lg. 8vo. Cloth in 4 vols. Some rubbing/scuffing, light soiling to boards. Mild edgewear, esp. to vol 3. Spines/joints creased; vols 1-3 shaken. Library call no. stickers to spines; call nos. marked to feps. Library-stamped to title pgs. Supplemental later.....
Diesels for the First Stealth Weapon:; Submarine Power 1902 - 1945
Wilsonville, OR: Carnot Press, 2007. Hardcover. 756 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. First hand accounts from the enginemen serving on these submarine diesels & how politics & government bureaucracies affected diesel progress. Filled w/ b&w photos, line drawings, tables & schematics. Some very light bowing to boards. Light cocking &.....
New England Militia Uniforms and Accoutrements.
Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Inc., 1971. Softcover. 102 pp. 8vo (square). VG condition. Light rubbing to all edges, minor scuffing to covers, slight creasing to head and corner of front cover. Very light soiling to textblock and endpapers, upper corners of title and contents pgs are slightly creased. Interior otherwise.....
Bitter Victory:; The Battle for Sicily, 1943
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2004. Leather. 666 pp. 8vo. Full leather. Collector's edition bound in dark green genuine leather w/ gilt decoration to boards and spine, raised bands to spine, a.e.g., silk moire ep's w/ matching silk ribbon marker bound in. Very sl. wear to corners, in excellent condition.