The Bridge to France
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. 338, illus., tables, appendices, index, front board weak (reglued), small tears at spine. Inscribed by the author. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. 338, illus., tables, appendices, index, front board weak (reglued), small tears at spine. Inscribed by the author. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. 338, illus., tables, appendices, index, tear inside hinge of title page, board and spine edges worn. More
New York, NY: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002. Revised Edition, First Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 384 pages. [Cover states "Warships", but half-title and title page state "Warship". Black mark on bottom edge. All New Color Edition. Illustrations (some in color). Technical Data. Contains Foreword, About this Book, Composite Warship, Types of Warship Masts, and Composite Submarine. Contains chapters on Aircraft Carriers; Cruisers; Destroyers; Frigates; Corvettes; Patrol Forces; Amphibious Forces; Mine Warfare Forces; and Submarines. Also contains Glossary and Index. This Recognition Guide includes photographs (new largely in color); Recognition Features; Technical Data; Detailed Line Diagrams; Weapons Systems and Radars; and an easier to use format. Robert Hutchinson was the Defense Correspondence of the Press Association, the UK national news agency, from 1977 to 1983, before joining Jane's as one of the founding team that launched the world renowned Jane's Defense Weekly in 1984. Three years later he became Publishing Director of Jane's Information Group, responsible for the company's magazines, yearbooks, subscription products and electronic data. More
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1991. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 178, illus., price inked out on DJ. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1957. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Decorative front cover. [4], 60, [4] pages. Illustrations. Index. No dust jacket present. Cover soiled and corners bumped. Some pages discoloration/soiling and some page tears. Ex-library with usual markings and pocket. This is one of the First Book series. The author acknowledged the help with the manuscript provided by Captain Chester W. Nimitz, Jr. and Heinrich Heep. Captain (later Admiral Joseph B. Icenhower was the author. Joseph Bryan Icenhower (1913–1994) commanded a submarine during WWII. On 25 Oct 1944 USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) torpedoed and sank the Japanese light cruiser Tama east of Luzon Strait. On 11 Aug 1945 USS Jallao (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Icenhower) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Teihoku Maru in the Sea of Japan. Mildred Waltrip (1911–2004) was an American artist and illustrator. Waltrip suffered from polio during her lifetime, and wore leg braces. She received her art education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Waltrip took part in the Works Progress Administration's art program, completing the murals World Map and People and American Characters in 1938 at the Hatch Elementary School in Oak Park, Chicago. In 1995 the murals were removed, as they portrayed Africans stereotypically, "carrying spears, wearing loincloths and sporting prominent red lips," according to a Chicago Tribune article by Joanne von Alroth. The removed murals were placed in storage. By the mid 1950s she was illustrating children's books, including Molecules Today and Tomorrow and Research Adventures for Young Scientists. More
London: IISS Publications, 1997. 320, wraps, maps, tables, index, address sticker on spine, pencil note on p. 320, some creasing to front cover. More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000. First Printing. 320, profusely illus. with 300 color illus., minor soiling to DJ, minor pencil erasure on half-title. More
London: Studio, 1997. Reprint edition, 1997 second printing of 1990 reprint. Hardcover. 320 pages. Foreword by Captain John Moore, RN. Format is approximately 10.25 by 12.75 inches. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. This work is drawn primarily from the Jane's 1919 edition, augmented with material from the 1914 edition. This is a comprehensive encyclopedia with over 1000 illustrations. More
London: Studio Editions, 1991. Reprint edition, 1997 second printing of 1989 reprint. Hardcover. 320 pages. Foreword by Anthony Preston. Format is approximately 10.25 by 12.75 inches. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. This work is drawn primarily from the Jane's 1919 edition, augmented with material from the 1914 edition. This is a comprehensive encyclopedia with over 1000 illustrations and a review of 39 navies. More
New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1970. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Format is 12.5 inches by 8.5 inches. 452 pages. Illustrations (including advertisements). Tables. General Index. Addenda. DJ has some wear and soiling. A collectors item and reference tool. Possibly the most interesting aspect of this, the eighth issue of Jane's, are the articles by combatants in the Russo-Japanese War, supplemented by a special series of photographs showing the ships destroyed and the extent of the damage suffered by others. There is a summary of naval actions during the war and notes on relevant strategy and tactics. All included are revised rules of Jane's "Naval War Games". This is a large and heavy book and would require additional shipping charges if sent outside of the United States. This is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1919. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. x, 517, [3] pages. Illustrations (with 9 plates and 13 plans and diagrams, including 4 fold-out maps in pocket at rear of volume). Appendix I and II. Index. Some foxing to text. Some weakness to rear board. Address stickers inside front board and on title page, clear plastic coating has been applied to boards (somewhat bubbled), some wear to spine edges. Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, SGM, DL (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial. The public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a more dramatic victory. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoys, but was relieved at the end of 1917. More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First U.S. Edition. 510, illus., fold-out maps, 4 large maps in pocket at rear of volume, appendices, index, some foxing to text. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 185, illus., maps, bookplate, boards somewhat worn and soiled. More
New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1944. First? Printing. 26 cm, 1038, illus., glossary, index, some wear and soiling to boards, edges soiled, some foxing. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. First Printing. 336, illus., maps, endpaper maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, usual library markings, book split after p.178 DJ in plastic sleeve, library stickers on plastic sleeve, ink notations inside rear flyleaf. More
New York: Random House, 2007. Presumed Book Club Edition. Hardcover. xii, [6], 428, [2] pages. Maps. Occasional footnotes. Glossary. Notes. Index. Large sticker affixed to fep. DJ has some edge tears. Robert David Kaplan (born June 23, 1952) is an American author. His books are on politics, foreign affairs, and travel. His work over three decades has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New Republic, The National Interest, Foreign Affairs and The Wall Street Journal, among other newspapers and publications. His more controversial essays are about the nature of US power, and have spurred debate and criticism in academia, the media, and the highest levels of government. One of Kaplan's most influential articles is "The Coming Anarchy", published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1994. Critics of the article have compared it to Huntingon's Clash of Civilizations thesis, since Kaplan presents conflicts in the contemporary world as the struggle between primitivism and civilizations. Another theme in Kaplan's work is the reemergence of cultural and historical tensions temporarily suspended during the Cold War. From 2008 to 2012, Kaplan was a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security; he rejoined the organization in 2015. Between 2012 and 2014, he was chief geopolitical analyst at Stratfor, a private global forecasting firm. In 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates appointed Kaplan to the Defense Policy Board, a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense. In 2011, and 2012, Foreign Policy magazine named Kaplan as one of the world's "top 100 global thinkers." More
New York: Penguin Books, 1990. Fourth Printing. 353, wraps, illus., maps, glossary, bibliography, index, price sticker on rear cover An analysis of the history of naval combat, using four landmark sea battles as case studies: the Battle of Trafalgar using wooden ships, the Battle of Jutland using ironclad steamships, the Battle of Midway using aircraft carriers, and the Battle of the Atlantic using submarine warfare. More
New York: Viking, 1989. First American Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 292, illus., maps, glossary, bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 1958. First [U.S.] Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 192 pages. DJ, worn, torn, chipped and soiled is in a plastic sleeve. Gift inscription, not from author, on fep. Part 1, Before; Part Two, Snapper; Part Three---Trusty; Part Four--In Between; Part Five--Telemachus; and Part Six--After. Commander William Donald Aelian King, DSO & Bar, DSC (23 June 1910 – 21 September 2012) was a British naval officer and author. He was the oldest participant in the first solo non-stop, around-the-world yacht race, the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, and the only person to command a British submarine on both the first and last days of World War II. King went to the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He was first assigned to the battleship Resolution, and later became commanding officer of the submarine Snapper. He served on three separate vessels in World War II, and was promoted to commander and awarded seven medals during the war, including the DSO on 9 May 1940 for "daring, endurance and resource in the conduct of hazardous and successful operations in His Majesty's Submarines against the enemy", and the Distinguished Service Cross on 6 September 1940 "for bravery and determination during arduous and successful patrols in H.M. Submarines" both whilst in command of Snapper. A bar was added to his DSO on 16 January 1945 "For outstanding courage, skill and determination in one of H.M. Submarines in successful patrols in Far Eastern waters" (specifically the sinking of I-166). King succeeded in a singlehanded circumnavigation in 1973 on his third attempt. At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving World War II submarine commander. More
Greenwich, CT: Brompton, 1990. Third Printing. 192, glossary, index, some edge wear. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1948]. Revised Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 704, illus., maps, index, front board weak/reglued. Foreword by Chester W. Nimitz. Introduction by William L. Rodgers. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1948]. Revised Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 704, illus., maps, bibliography, index, tear at top of spine, boards weak. Foreword by Nimitz. Introduction by Adm. William Rodgers. More
New York: Hearst's Internat'l Library, 1916. First Edition. 247, illus., damp stains to text (no pages stuck), endpapers wrinkled, ink notation ins front flyleaf, bds somewhat scuffed. More
London: Frederick Muller, Ltd., [c1944]. 243, stamp and pencil erasure on front endpaper, front board weak, hinge cracked/reglued, spine top & bottom torn, DJ worn/soiled. More
New York: Walker, 1988. First Printing. 22 cm, 267, minor edge soiling, slight wear and soiling to DJ, pencil erasure to front endpaper. More