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Kerns, G.H. USNR. THE PLEASURE'S ALL MINE
1945 Author. US Navy WWII poems. 8vo., 57pp., paper covered boards (nice color pictorial cover of Pacific island). Inscribed and signed by Kerns. Good, some cover wear, cover toned and lightly soiled; no hinges cracked; text clean and binding secure. no dj. (a12956)
$27.00 Wylie, Captain F. J. (editor) . THE USE OF RADAR AT SEA
NY 1958 3rd Van Nostrand. Hardcover. Octavo, 283pp., photo illustrations, index, blue boards, Owner stamp on end paper. Good plus in Fairly Good DJ. (a14542)
$27.00 (navy) . HANDBOOK OF AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS VOLUME II
1 September 1944 Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics. NAVAER 05-1-500A. Hardcover. 4to., line drawings, photo illustrations, illustrations of equipment, dials, etc., stiff cardboard cover with green cloth along binding edge. Good, side tabs worn and bent. Volume II only. (a18129)
$95.00 Clymer, George M.D. Surgeon of the African Fleet . NOTICES OF THE AFRICAN SITUATION
Philadelphia 1859. Extracted from two Communications to the Medical Bureau, during the cruise of the U.S. Ship Jamestown in the years 1855, 1856, and 1857. Communicated by Wm. Whalen, M.D., Chief Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U.S. Navy. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, October 1859 at pp. 366-389. Included in a complete volume with many articles. 8vo., wraps. Good, wraps soiled, worn and chipped. (a22888c)
$29.00 Schley, Winfield Scott USN . FORTY-FIVE YEARS UNDER THE FLAG (original hardcover)
NY 1904 first edition. Appleton. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt and silver lettering and decoration. Author served with Farragut and others all over the world and was a lighthouse inspector for a number of years. He had many exciting experiences including being a member of the Greely relief expedition. Nice maritime bookplate (of Conant.) octavo, 439pp., monochrome photo illus, long foldout chart. top edge gilt. VG inner hinges just beginning to give but not cracked yet. owner bookplate but no other ownership marks. no dj. (a26753)
$65.00 Collins, Holdridge Ozro (editor) . ANNUAL DINNER BROCHURE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
Los Angeles 1908. Annual Dinner Commemorating the 15th year of the Establishment of the California Society of Sons of the Revolution and Reception to Officers and of the Atlantic Fleet. Lg.8vo., about 45pp., photo portraits, wraps. Atlantic Fleet was under the command of Rear-Admiral Charles M. Thomas. Good. (a30846)
$50.00 Lovette, Lt Com. Leland P. . NAVAL CUSTOMS TRADITIONS AND USAGE
Annapolis 1939 3rd. Naval Institute. Much of interest-naval expressions, superstitions, curious ceremonies, etc.Hardcover. Lg.8vo., 404pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Good, no DJ. (a3288)
$26.00 Jenkins, John S. . VOYAGE OF THE U.S. EXPLORING SQUADRON...IN 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, AND 1842 TOGETHER WITH EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY ADMIRAL D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN ROSS, AND OTHERS ...AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA UNDER LIEUTENANT LYNCH
Detroit 1853 Kerr, Doughty and Lapham. Travel throught the Pacific and all over the world. Hardcover. Octavo, 517pp., plates, full leather. Fair, quite worn; light foxing throughout, cracked on outer hinges, spine ends worn down. Binding secure. Useful research copy. (a33717)
$49.00Kurasawa, Etsujiro (A Japanese Farmer). NAVAL DISARMAMENT QUESTION THE PACIFIC
Tokyo n.d. (1926). Thin octavo., photo portrait frontis, wraps. VG, a few very faint stains on rear pages. Quite Scarce. (a36906)
$44.00 Parkinson, C. Northcote . PORTSMOUTH POINT THE NAVY IN FICTION 1793-1815
London 1948. 8vo., 154pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Good, light wear, no DJ. (a40199)
$28.00 (navy) . ALL HANDS NAVY V-12 UNIT
Geneva (NY) 1944. Hobart College, Geneva, New York. 4to., about 40pp. of monochrome photo illustrations, pictorial spiral bound boards. Good, minor edge wear, plastic spiral binder one small chip at end. Rare. (a40437)
$95.00 (medicine) . NOTES ON MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Bethesda 1942 Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Naval Medical School, National Naval Medical Center. 4to., about 250pp, photo illustrations, bound in accro binder.Title inked on spine. Good, slight soiling and wear. (a40577)
$39.00 Wright, Phyllis Thompson . A NAVY WIFE'S LOG
Washington 1978 1st Andromeda. 4to., 141pp., monochrome photo illus. VG plus in Good DJ, light wear. (a42043)
$35.00(naval architecture). TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS VOLUME 57
London 1949. Society of Naval Architects. 4to., 599pp., illustrations, printed boards. Near Fine, no owner marks; no dj. (a42574)
$49.00 (machine tools) . MACHINE TOOL REPLACEMENT MANUAL FOR MACHINE TOOLS (SCC 3411-3419) WOOWORKING MACHINERY (SCC 3562-3569) SECONDARY METAL FORMING EQUIPMENT (SCC 3441-3449)
Washington 1957 Bureau of Ships. Navships 250-790-6. 4to., 49pp. (mimeo), stiff wraps, metal clasp binding. VG. (a44316)
$50.00 King, Capt. Joseph E. . THE FORT FISHER CAMPAIGNS, 1864-1865
Menasha 1951. In the United States Naval Institute Proceedings. 4to., 14pp., illus., wraps. Whole issue has several articles. Good, foxing on the front. (a44421a)
$35.00 Seim, Commander H.B. . THE NAVY AND FRINGE WAR
Menasha 1951. In the United States Naval Institute Proceedings. 4to., 8pp., illus., wraps. Whole issue has several articles. Good, foxing on the front. (a44421b)
$35.00 (radar) . TIMING CIRCUITS NAVSHIPS 900,013
1944 Bureau of Ships, Navy Department. 8vo., 68pp., wraps. Owner name stamp on cover. VG. (a45524)
$29.00Minorsky, N.. INTRODUCTION TO NON-LINEAR MECHANICS (IN 4 PARTS)
Part I - Topological Methods of Non-Linear Mechanics (December 1944, Report 534, 133pp.); Part II - Analytical Methods of Non-Linear Mechanics (September 1945, Report 546, 113pp.); Part III - Non-Linear Resonance (May 1946, Report 558, 132pp.); Part IV - Relaxation Oscillations (September 1946, Report 564, 80pp.) Each Report 4to., blue wraps. Owner signed on covers. All sponsored by the David W. Taylor Model Basin, United States Navy. Four separate volumes, complete. VG. 4 parts. (a46152)
$45.00 (naval) . DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS VOLUME II. C-F, CARRIERS CONFEDERATE FORCES
Washington 1963. 4to. (10-1/2 x 8 inches , maroon cloth), 791pp., illustrations, printed boards. VG, no DJ. (a53284)
$40.00 (naval) . DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS VOLUME I. A-B
Washington 1959. 4to. (10-1/2 x 8 inches, maroon cloth), 349pp., illustrations, printed boards. VG, no DJ. (a53287)
$35.00 (oceanography) . DEVELOPMENT OF TELEMETERING OCEANOGRAPHIC BUOY PROGRESS REPORT
1963 General Dynamics. 4to., 103pp., diagrams, original wraps. Some institution stamps or numbers on front and on a few pages. Good, light wear. (a54424)
$85.00 Gordy, C. B. . M E 35 NOTES. FACTORY MANAGEMENT
n.d. (c.1940) University of Michigan Naval Training Unit. Notes for course at the University of Michigan Department of Mechanical Engineering. 4to., about 200 leaves (mimeo printed on rectos only), original printed wrapswith portion of title in ink, cloth spine with title in chalk. Good, light wear, light soiling. Scarce. (a58055)
$125.00(United States Navy). KEEL UNITED STATES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS COMPANY - COMPANY 307 1st REGIMENT 19TH BATTALION
1962. Hardcover. 4to., about 80 leaves, photo portraits and names of all members of the Company, many other color and monochrome photo illustrations, decorated leatherette boards. Group commenced training 27 July 1962 and completed 2 October 1962. internally near Fine; cover Good, corners and ends worn. (a58329)
$55.00 Healy, Lauren Hall and Luis Kutner . THE ADMIRAL
Chiacago 2944 Ziff Davis. Biography of Admiral Dewey. 8vo., 338pp., frontis, photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, light soiling on cover, no DJ. (a59487)
$25.00 Steichen, Edward (editor) . U.S. NAVY WAR PHOTOGRAPHS
(c. 1945). 4to., 108pp., photo illustrations, original blue wraps. Good plus, light wear but no tears and no ownership marks. Vivid portrayal of WWII Pacific warfare. (a59789)
$29.00 Meyers, G. J. . STEAM TURBINES - A TREATISE COVERING U. S. NAVAL PRACTICE
Annapolis 1917 US Naval Institute. 4to., 246pp., hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracking, some chips on cover. (a62951)
$35.00 Smith, David R. . THE MONITOR & THE MERRIMAC A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Los Angeles 1968. 4to., 35pp., original printed wraps. (a66666)
$27.00 (naval) . ADDRESS OF THE HON. JOSEPHUS DANIELS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF MIDSHIPMEN AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1920
Washington 1920. Octavo, 14pp., original wraps. VG. (a67600)
$25.00 United States Naval Academy . UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY MASTER PLAN UPDATE ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, AUGUST 1979
Washington 1979 Department of the Navy. Contract N62477-77-C-0225. Warnecke/Ewing Joint Venture. Lg.4to., 92pp., illustrations, diagrams, original wraps. VG. (a70251)
$85.00 (navy) . BLACK AMERICANS IN THE NAVY
Washington c. 1990. Oblong octavo, 45pp, (3), photo illustrations, original illustrated wraps. Label on front and a few Depository Library stamps. VG. (a71775)
$30.00 (navy) . UNITES STATES NAVY CHAPLAINS 1957-1972 (HARDCOVER); 1972-1981 (WRAPS). (TWO VOLUMES)
1974, 1984. 2 volumes. 4to., 237pp., blue cloth; 4to., 226pp., original blue wraps. Small scuff on front free blank, label at top corner of front on first volume; a few Depository Library stamps on second volume. VG. 2 volumes. (a71799)
$40.00Breckner, Norman V. et al . THE NAVY AND THE COMMON SEA
Washington 1972 1st Office of Naval Research. Territorial arrangements, oceanography, conflicts over territory disputes with other institutions working in the oceans. Small octavo, 225pp., printed wraps. A few Depository Library name stamp and numbers on front. VG plus. (a71987)
$25.00 Cooper, Ralph D. and Stanley W. Doroff (editors) . NAVAL HYDRODYNAMICS - SIXTH SYMPOSIUM: PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, MANEUVERABILITY AND OCEAN PLATFORMS, OCEAN WAVES, AND SHIP-GENERATED WAVES AND WAVE RESISTANCE
Washington 1966 Office of Naval Research. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 793pp., blue cloth. Small company owner stamps on end papers and all fore-edges, VG, no DJ. (a72343)
$27.00 Washburn, Alan R. . SEARCH AND DETECTION
1981 2nd. Octavo, about 100pp., wraps. Business name stamps on fore-edges, tiny ink numbers and purchase information on edge of title page. VG. (a72417)
$90.00 Barrett, Edward, Lieut.-Commander U S N . DEAD RECKONING; OR, DAY'S WORK
NY 1863 1st Author. Hardcover. Tall octavo, 56pp., 4pp. of tables, original pictorial green cloth with gilt lettering on front. Of special interest: bound between pages 36-37 is stiff page with circular compass that has a movable red pointer mounted in center. Good, a bit worn, opens to title page, front hinge cracked. (a73648)
$200.00 Merrill, James M. . STRATEGY MAKERS IN THE UNION NAVY DEPARTMENT 1861-1865
1962 Article at pp. 19-32 in Mid -America. Several additional articles in this single issue as well. Octavo, wraps. VG. (a73927)
$25.00 Kendall, Park and Johnny Viney (comp) . A DICTIONARY OF ARMY AND NAVY SLANG
NY 1941 1st Mill. Hardcover. 12mo., about 30pp., red cloth. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a75149)
$95.00 Welles, Gideon, Secretary of the Navy . PRIZE CASES IN NEW YORK
Washington 1864 House Executive Documents volume 14, No 74 . of 38th Congress 1st Session 1863 -64. Concerns sale and possible fraud in cases of seized cargo during the Civil War.Hardcover. Octavo, 595pp., tan buckram. Slight depository library marks, but no spine numbers and no pocket, no title page stamps and no fore-edge stamps. VG plus. (a75312)
$145.00 (navy) . REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY - VOLUMES 1 AND 2
Washington 1883 1st GPO. 48th congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. 1. Two volumes bound in one Hardcover. Large octavo, 433pp., 622pp., included Medical and Sanitory Reports, many foldout charts and maps, tan buckram. A few institution stamps-no spine numbers, no pocket, no markings on maps or plates. VG plus. (a75408)
$175.00McClure, John and Raymond, Lieut. Colonel C. W.. ANALYTICAL AND TOPICAL INDEX TO REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS AND OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY 1866-1900 - VOLUME III: FORTIFICATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICAL INDEX
Washington 1903 1st GPO. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. 1373-1788, cloth. Tiny documents library stamp on title page - no other library marks at all. Good. Binding secure; spine ends frayed. inner hinges cracked; text binding secure. Original book not modern remake. (a75450)
$35.00McClure, John and Raymond, Lieut. Colonel C. W.. ANALYTICAL AND TOPICAL INDEX TO REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS AND OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY 1866-1900 - VOLUME I: RIVERS AND HARBORS
Washington 1902 1st GPO. Hardcover. Octavo, 638pp., cloth.Tiny Documents library stamp on end paper and on title page - no other library marks at all. Good, somewhat worn; binding secure. (a75451)
$35.00 Hattendorf, John B.; B Mitchell Simpson III and John R .Wadleigh . SAILORS AND SCHOLARS THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE U.S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE
Newport 1984 1st Naval War College Press. Hardcover. Large octavo, 354pp., illustrations, cloth. Light Depository Library name and number stamps on end papers only, no other marks. Fine in Good DJ, a bit worn. (a75666)
$65.00 Mallison, W. T. Jr. . STUDIES IN THE LAW OF NAVAL WARFARE: SUBMARINES IN GENERAL AND LIMITED WARS
Washington 1968 GPO. Naval War College NAVPERS 15031 Vol. LVIII. Hardcover. Octavo, 230pp., blue cloth. A few institution markings. Near Fine. (a75681)
$30.00 Amato, Ivan . PUSHING THE HORIZON - SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF HIGH STAKES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
no date (1997?) GPO. ISBN 0-16-049579-2. Hardcover. Large octavo, 409pp., cloth. Light Depository Library stamps on end papers and title page, no other library marks. Fine in ear Fine DJ. (a75695)
$39.00 Lillich, Richard B. and John Norton Moore (editors) . U. S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL LAW STUDIES VOLUME 61 (VOLUME I OF READINGS) ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AN EVOLVING OCEAN LAW
Newport 1980 1st Naval War College. International Law Studies volume 61. Hardcover. Octavo, 699pp., gilt printed blue cloth. Very light non-circulating library markings - stamps on end papers and title page, no other library marks, no spine label, no bookplate, no pocket. Near Fine, corners gently bumped. (a75696)
$33.00 Schmitt, Michael N. (editor)) . INTERNATIONAL LAW ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR L C GREEN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
Newport 2000 1st Naval War College. International Law Studies Volume 75. Hardcover. Octavo, 607pp., gilt printed blue cloth. Very light non-circulating library stamps on end paper and title page, no other library marks, no spine label, no bookplate, no pocket. Near Fine. (a75699)
$400.00 Walker, George K. . THE TANKER WAR, 1980-88: LAW AND POLICY
Newport 2000 1st Naval War College. ISBN 1-884733-14-X. International Law Studies Volume 74. Hardcover. Octavo, 607pp., gilt printed blue cloth. Near Fine, small faint tiny smudge on fore-edge. (a75706)
$125.00 Blake, William K. . AERO-HYDROACOUSTICS FOR SHIPS VOLUME II CHAPTERS 7 TO 10
June 1984 GPO. David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center. Hardcover. 4to., pp.623-1221, gilt printed blue cloth. Non-circulating library name and number stamps on end paper and title page, no other library marks, no spine numbers, no pockets. VG. Volume II only. (a75710)
$220.00 Lillich, Richard B. and John Norton Moore (editors) . U. S. NAVAL WAR COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL LAW STUDIES VOLUME 62 (VOLUME II OF READINGS) THE USE OF FORCE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ISSUES
Newport 1980 1st Naval War College. International Law Studies volume 62. Hardcover. Octavo, 758pp., gilt printed blue cloth. Very light non-circulating library markings; stamps on end papers and title page, no other library marks, no spine label, no bookplate, no pocket. Near Fine, corners almost imperceptably bumped. (a75747)
$34.00 Wall, Andru E. . LEGAL AND ETHICAL LESSONS OF NATO'S KOSOVO CAMPAIGN
Newport 2002 1st Naval War College. International Law Studies Volume 78. Hardcover. Octavo, 571pp., gilt printed blue boards. Near Fine, no DJ. (a76279)
$115.00 Alt, Fred . SYSTEMS APPROACH TO OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION
1967 Instrument Society of America. 8vo., 113pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a7636)
$45.00 Rife, James P. and Rodney P. Carlisle . THE SOUND OF FREEDOM: NAVAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY AT DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA 1918-2006
Washington no date c. 2006. ISBN 0-16-077712-7. Hardcover. 4to., 417pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Very light non-circulating library stamps on front end paper, no other markings, no pocket no spine number. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a76524)
$20.00 Robertson, E. Arnot . SPANISH TOWN PAPERS SOME SIDELIGHTS ON THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
London 1959 Cresset. Hardcover. Octavo, 199pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Good, two small hole in outer hinge, in Good DJ. (a8522)
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