Washingon, DC: Perdue, 1910. Orginal Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 26 unnumbered pages Published April, 1910. A glimpse into the humor and life of he Grand Canon (Grand Canyon) magazine published for the crew of U.S.S. Colorado. Publishes all the ports along the Pacific Coast and South..... More
Manchester: Russell and Allen (Printers), 1811. Thick Quarto. (title cont'd) Seamen, at Spithead and the Nore, Together with a Particular Narrative of the Rise, Progress and Various Events Accompanying the Rebellion in Ireland. xlviii, 844pp., (4)pp. index and (1)pp. directions to the binder, 16 full page engravings, 3 folding maps..... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, 1847. Octavo. 696 pages, index. ads, illustrations and a map. Published for the professional seaman with notes above the interest for the general public. Ranging on the murder of the captain and part of his crew of the English ship Avon to accounts of exploration..... More
New York: Van Nostrand, 1876. First Edition. Octavo. 147 pages, illustrated. Originally designed for the U.S Naval Astronomy students. It includes all aspects of sea surveying as directed by John A. Howell, Commander, U.S. Naval Academy. It deals in depth with hydrographical surveying and the use of coast survey methods..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1951. Octavo. 478pp. Frontispiece. Life story of a Navy Man in the thick of things in early and middle 20th century. Portraits. Map. Letters. Appendix. Index. Bound in blue cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket (light wear to extremities)... More
Roma: (L'Ufficio), 1971. First Edition. Thick Quarto. . xix, 693 pages, 29 leaves of folding plates for ships, Italian text. The definitive text on the great ships of the Italian Navy, from the Explorers, the Frigates, the Corvettes and the Italian alerts. This is the official history with details previously..... More
Annapolis; (2001): Naval Institute Press. First American Edition. Quarto. 224pp., The author gives insight into the difficulties faced by warship designers in an age of rapid technological change, and sets out the valid strategic and technical reasons that lay behind such seemingly reactionary policies as the fitting of sails in..... More
London: Printed for G.G. J. & J. Robinsons, 1785. Octavo. . In four volumes. Vol.1- Frontispiece, vi, 578 pp, Vol. II- frontispiece, vi, 558 pp., Vol. III- Frontispiece, 520 pp. and Vol. IV-xxx, 521pp. 6 folding maps with a few old professional repairs. John Campbell began writing histories in 1719..... More
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1947. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "From the results of wide research, sometimes among documents hitherto unused, not merely of Nelson the legend but the more human one of Nelson the man."206pp. color dust jacket. More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1984. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 502pp., index. Black & white photographs. Authors offer an in-depth analysis of every aspect of the submarine program, including descriptions of the base, the construction process, the vessel itself, improvements in submarine technology that will affect it, and the political struggles..... More
4p. Lettersheet 16" x 10" (folded once). Six major Missouri US Congressmen along with the Governor Each of whom chose opposite sides in the US Civil War requesting the Secretary of the Navy to appoint Dr. Elisha W. Dunn as Fleet Paymaster at the Mississippi River Station January 28, 1858..... More
New York; (1974): Vantage Press. Octavo. 179 pages. Inscribed by the author to John and Liz Differnbach, booksellers, whose interest in life and their experiences of life as sea led to their friendship, inscribed August 2, 1977. Much in this unique novel by a writer who knew the sea and..... More
(Annapolis; 2012): Naval Institute Press. First American Edition. Quarto. 352pp., The author is one of America's best known naval analysts and historians, and has written over thirty books. The British cruisers were expected to protect British trade in wartime and to run enemy commerce off the sea. Illustrated by photograph..... More
London: Printed By Ellerton and Henderson, 1821. Small Octavo. iv, 42 pages. This rare pamphlet gives an account in detail of the sexual practices on vessels both in port and in foreign countries. There were hundreds of prostitutes along with sailors wives (and children) were also inside the closed quarters..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1987. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 487pp., index. Black & white photographs. Light spotting to boards of book. dust jacket has a closed tear and crease to top corner of spine. Good/Very Good. More
Montreal - London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1974. First American. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 292 pp. DJ with light to moderate rubbing. 16 sepia illustrations. May tables. Vice Admiral Peter Warren's fortune came from "prize money" which was the chief inducement for anyone to serve in the..... More
Chicago: Our Possessions Publishing Company, 1899. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 468 pp. 87 b&w photographic plates. Some light soiling outer edges and on boards. Some yellowing on pages, but clean and tight with little wear. More
City of Washington: A. & G. Way (printers), 1808. Octavo. Seven documents bound into one volume. These seven documents (noted below) are all on the British attack on the Chesapeake which was one of the major causes of the War of 1812. When it left the shipyard in 1807, it..... More
New Haven; (2005): Yale University Press. First Edition. Octavo. 2nd printing. 181p. index, bibliography, notes. Sir John Keegan notes: "a monumental piece of work". While the Battle of Midway is considered the greatest U.S. naval victory, the devastation of the American torpedo squadrons where of the 51 planes sent to..... More
Baltimore: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, Inc. Octavo. 487pp., index. Black & white photographs. "Fifteen distinguished authors contribute their expertise and insight to create a rich and detailed chronicle of a century of monumental change in maritime technology." More
London: Chiswick Press, 1913. Quarto. 50 pages, [3] leaves of facsimile plates. The authors were prominent and formative naval historians whose scholarship make this an important volume. Bound in 1/4 brown straight grained morocco over green cloth, spine lettering gilt, joints rubbed, light scattered foxing, some light finger soiling to..... More
(London; 2006): Conway Maritime Press. First Edition. Quarto. 287pp., illustrated maps and photographic images in color and in black and white. The author examines every aspect of the Royal Navy, both ashore and at sea, during the Second World War, and casts a lucid eye over the strengths and weaknesses..... More
New York: Viking, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Ocatvo. 308pp., index. Black & white photographs. " Six weeks before D-Day as the landing craft practised manoeuvres, seven German E-Boats penetrated their British escort and attacked them. In a colossal mix-up of Allied command and communications at least six hundred Americans..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1830. First Edition. Octavo. 16pp. Publishers catalog dated March 1831 and that lists 117 published items omitting this title indicating it was already out-of-print. half-title, 126 pages, [the second p. 87] addenda et corrigenda [xxi], [2]pp. index. The first in-depth account of the..... More
London: John Murray, 1849. First Edition I. Thick Small Quarto. 1400pp., 16pp. publisher's catalog. The author was but 22 yearsold in 1845 when he began massive biography, a record of the service of every living Royal Navy officer of the executive branch. Sadly, he did not achieve much financial success..... More