Hardcover. Columbia, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover. Remainder dot on bottom edge. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover. Small remainder mark on bottom edge. B/w illustrations throughout. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Indicative of the adventurous, carefree, and relatively risk-free period between the world wars was the early career of a young navel office, Dan Gallery. He would eventually achieve the rank of admiral and garner international fame for capturing a German submarine during World War II.
Hardcover. Liverpool, University Press of Liverpool, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 154 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Annapolis, Md., reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 114 pages, with black & white drawings by the author throughout. Light dust jacket edge wear and water stain on front cover, otherwise, very clean and bright copy.
Softcover. Santa Monica, CA, The Rand Corporation, First US, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Ivory softcover wraps with heavy toning, darkens to spine edge & navy titles. Light toning to pages throughout. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, John Day, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 373 pages. Some light underlining in Prologue. Previous owners stamp on top right corner of front endpaper. Dust jacket shows standard wear with small tears and chipping along edges.
Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Black and white images throughout.
Hardcover. London, Spottiswoode and Co., Ltd., 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Tan and blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and emblem. Some wear on edges and spine. Faint smudges on cloth cover. Some foxing throughout. Pages and untrimmed and some unopened. Printed for the Navy Records Society. Bright and clean inside.
Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, 1st, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Front and rear hinges cracked but holding. Foxing to endpapers. Spine cloth chipped at top and separated halfway down front hinge. Text clean and unmarked.
Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, United States Naval Institute, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 484 pages, with illustrations and decorative blue stain on top edge. Minor dust jacket edge wear, price clipped. "SEA" written on book edges. Otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Putnam, 1st, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 395 pages. Black & white illustrations. Front hinge paper cracked. Rubbing to corners and edges of cloth covers. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 227 pages. Minor fading and rubbing on dust jacket. Otherwise, very clean pages and tight binding.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner, 1st, 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 346 pages. Black & white illustrations. Missing approximately 1/2" and less across top of spine with some fraying at bottom of spine. Previous owners stamp on inside front cover. Light foxing to endpapers and some pages. Cover corners rubbed and bumped.
Hardcover. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 2nd printing, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 252 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Areas of darkening to green cloth covers. Dust jacket with tape repaired tears along edges, wear. Clean, unmarked pages.
Hardcover. Annapolis, Maryland, United States Naval Institute, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 469 pages. Minor dust jacket edge wear, tear and fade. Price clipped. Decorative red stained edges. Very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1st, 1887, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 469 pages. Blue cloth cover with frayed edges, spine, and bumped corners. Spine cocked. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Small tear in both half title page and title page. Pages untrimmed on fore edge. Some foxing on rear endpaper. Otherwise, inside is clean and crisp. A nice copy.
Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Minor corner and spine edge wear. Gilt decorated cover and title on spine. A very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Minor edge wear. Gilt decorated cover and title on spine. A very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 133 pages. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket shows standard wear with small tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Washtington DC, Naval History Division, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 235 pages, with photographs. Minor edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st US, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 442 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name embossed on title page. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Foxing to edges. Price clipped dust jacket with wear along edges, standard darkening to paper. Clean, tight copy.
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