Annapolis: Naval Institute Press - Edita Lausanne, 1980. First Edition. Quarto; 261pp including appendices and index. Pictorial and photographic jacket. Terracotta cloth boards with gold stamping front panel and spine. Light foxing to endpapers and faint splotched foxing throughout textblock, above all to upper edge of pages. Both boards..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. First Edition. Quarto. 350 pages.49 full-color plates and three fold-out maps tucked in rear pocket. Black cloth boards, recased with new endpapers. Gently worn at edges, tight in binding, and pages clean and unmarked. Light foxing in spots. Some light chipping and..... More
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Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1986. Fifth Edition. Signed by Brittin on title page with inscription, "For Stella Matalas - whose skill in making me be accurate in the interview will long be remembered with pleasure! Cheers, Burdick Brittin, Sept 1986." Octavo. 503 pages. Illustrated blue dust jacket over green..... More
Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1941 & 1943. First Editions. Octavo. 372 p. & 513 p. Black and white illustrations. Unclipped photographic dust jackets. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jackets show some light wear and rubbing with some very light chipping to spine ends and corners..... More
Boston: Wright & Potter, 1868. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 15pp. Slightly ex-New York State Library with their faint rubber-stamp to upper cover, stock a bit toned and very slightly foxed, tiny loss at bottom fore-edge corner of rear two leaves not approaching text, else Good to..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. First Edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Black and white photographs.Photographic dust jacket. Navy boards stamped in gilt. Map endpapers. Navy topstain. Light chipping and toning to edges of dust jacket. Edges of boards are worn with some staining. Binding is sound. Light foxing to preliminaries and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1850. First Edition, First Printing with all points present except for terminal 6pp publisher's advertisements removed by contemporary binder [BAL 13662]. Octavo; [ix] + 465pp. Half leather with raised spine bands; gilt stamping on spine. Marbled boards (small-combed, marine colors) match the..... More
Raymond Bishop. First Thus. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, Inc., 1933. First Thus. Octavo. 507 pages. No dust jacket. Raymond Bishop woodcuts throughout. Slight fraying at upper and lower spine edges. Hinges and joints solid. Back cover upper edge dented with quarter-inch crack, nearly closed--echoed on final..... More
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John McCrady. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First Edition with FR symbol on copyright page. Signed by author on half title with a charming inscription: "To the sweetest person I know - Devotedly, Hodding. (P.S. - It's you, Louise.)" Black and white illustrations throughout by John..... More
Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1996. First Edition. Octavo; xxxix + 130pp, including bibliographic note. Over 20 B&W photographs and other document reproductions. Photographic dust jacket. Blue cloth with gold spine lettering. Jacket shows one corner tear at lower right front, now closed within protective mylar. Binding and textblock nearly..... More
Spring Lake Heights: Ho-Ho-Kus Publishing Company, 1982. First Edition. Quarto; xviii + 576pp, including chronology, extensive bibliography, and index. Twenty-two photostatic illustrations reproducing portraits and maps. Blue, heavy-duty, coated buckram binding; gold spine lettering. Nearly as new; not marked or marred in any way. A reference volume bound..... More
Hamden: Archon Books, 1964. First Edition. Presentation letter signed by historian Henry M. Dater on United States Antarctic Project stationary paperclipped along with return address to front jacket flap. Letter has no salutation, but book bears the ownership inscription of Rear Adrmiral James R. Reedy, Commander of the U.S. Naval..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Stated First Edition. Small Octavo; xvii + 124pp. Navy blue boards with gold lettering on spine and title reversed out against framed gold ground on front panel, including small nautical device, which is repeated on half-title page. Missing dust jacket. Spine nudged..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1939. First Edition. Tall Octavo. 503 pages. Navy boards with spine stamped in gilt. Worn and spine ends and corners, but binding and interior sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. More
New York: Horizon House Publishers, 1936. First Edition. Signed by Fasano on front free endpaper with inscription, "Presented to Naval Radio Key West with compliments. Lawrence Fasano." Octavo. 226 pages + appendix. Illustrations. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.00" price present. Navy boards stamped in gilt... More
Paris: Horizons de France; 1949. First Edition. Octavo; 174pp. B&W photographs, illustrations, and painting reproductions throughout. Original full-color French broché cover bound in as first page; original two-color broché spine bound in among end leaves. Privately rebound by previous owner with black leather spine, gold spine lettering, faux marbleized blue..... More
Washington, DC: Navy Yard Recreation League, 1920. First Edition. Quarto. 140 pages plus 84 pages advertisements. Illustrated tied dark blue wraps with yapp edges. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Sections include descriptions of the Navy Yard football team going undefeated -- though the previous season had many..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1977. First Edition. Quarto; 144pp, including bibliography and index. Photographic dust jacket. Tan boards with gilt spine lettering. Documentary B&W photographs throughout. Unclipped dust jacket with a hint of fading, showing very polite shelfwear; slight nudging to crown and foot of jacket spine. Boards show..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Free Press, 2007. First edition with complete numberline. Signed by author on full title with inscription: "To Larry & Lyla, All Best, Peter Heller." Octavo, 288pp. Pictorial dust jacket has been price-clipped. Pale blue paper over boards with gray paper over spine. Lettering stamped in..... More
New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1945. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper without dedication but with inscription "Sincerely, December '45. Richard A. Shafter." Octavo; x, 246pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn with a small..... More
London: T. Bensley, Bolt Court, 1808. First Edition. Large quarto (35x29cm); viii + 102pp. Of 15 original full-page or two-page copper engravings, seven are lacking (including the portrait frontispiece and the facsimile letter), eight remain. Lowndes I, 449. Sea-green leather boards with gilt and black stamped borders, frames and..... More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First Edition. Tall octavo. 342 pages. Black and white photographs throughout. Photographic dust jacket. Red cloth stamped in silver. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Very slight lean to boards and a touch of wear to extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
[Washington, D.C.]: Jacob Gideon, 1822. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's grey-green wrappers, decorative printed paper element mounted to upper cover; 30pp. Spine partly perished, vertical crease to upper cover, general light discoloration, else Good or better. Register printed in a four-columned table divided by name, date of commission..... More
Washington City: Davis and Force, 1822. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's blue wrappers, ruled and printed paper element mounted to upper cover; 31pp. Spine perished and first signature very nearly separated, text block extremities darkened and slightly chipped, else Good overall. Register printed in four columns, divided by name..... More
Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1930. Octavo. 517 pages. Black and white photographs. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Ex-library with usual markings. Boards are worn at extremities; some brown staining near edges. Library code to spine. Binding sound. Library stamps to preliminaries, pocket removed at rear. Interior..... More