Back from the Deep: The Strange Story of the Sister Subs Squalus and Sculpin
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 226, acid-free paper, illus., bibliographic essay, index. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 226, acid-free paper, illus., bibliographic essay, index. More
London, Ian Allan. Combined Volume. Second Edition (stated). Presumed first printing. Hardcover. viii, 352 pages. Illustrations. DJ has some wear and soiling and is price-clipped. Hugh Murton Le Fleming was born in 1902. He was a pupil under C.B. Collett at the Great Western Railway Works at Swindon from 1923 to 1925. He obtained the post of Assistant Supply Officer in the Admiralty, being promoted later to Production Engineer. During the war his work concerned warships and their armament. Hugh Le Fleming's writings during this final period included a large number of books on ships, such as Warships of World War I, concise histories of the ships of the Blue Funnel and Holland America Lines and 44 editions of the Ian Allan ABC series. All this did entail a great deal of research, pursued with the passion for accuracy that came to be recognized as one of the outstanding qualities of all his work, whether in writing or painting, and by which he avoided perpetuating mistakes of earlier writers and sometimes brought hitherto unknown details to light. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 23 cm. ix, [3], 169,[3] pages. Illustrations. Diagrams Front board weak Endpapers discolored. Boards somewhat worn and soiled Edges soiled. U.S. Navy involvement in Europe during World War I, and the submarines in that action. The author was a member of the Intelligence Section of Admiral Sims' staff in London during World War I, and in that capacity gained access to the inside story of the anti-submarine strategy. The book covers the establishment of bases, the barrages, submarine tactics, and the methods and intelligence employed to put the enemy subs in check. Leighton provides a great deal of data, including lists of Allied and enemy sinkings, charts of submarine movements, and straightforward debunking of the myriad embellished stories of submarine encounters and kills. He addresses the role of the chasers in the proper place, and attributes two submarine kills to chasers: one on 18 June 1918 in Corfu, and one at Durazzo during the engagement on 2 October 1918. Leighton makes these claims in the context of evidence of attacks correlated with submarine intelligence: The British military had been tracking the locations of the subs, by triangulating bearings of radio signals sent by enemy subs and picked up by multiple British listening stations. The bearing of the signal was discernible, and hence the British Navy was able to locate the subs with rather good accuracy. This information, coupled with information from secret agents as to which subs had returned to base when, was used to compile Leighton's list of confirmed kills: four by the Americans. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1973. Doubleday & Company Edition, Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. 128 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Format is 6 inches by 4.15 inches. In listing American submarines full details are provided of the large war programs, including boats that were subsequently canceled; and special attention is paid to post-war fates on which there had been little published information prior to the issuance of this publication. Henry Trevor Lenton (8 February 1924 – 7 May 2009) was an English naval historian, specializing in the area of 20th-century naval history and warship design. He served in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II before becoming a journalist and author. Lenton was a lieutenant aboard the light cruiser HMS Mauritius in 1944. That same year he volunteered for service in the Royal Indian Navy and was commanding the auxiliary patrol vessel Oostkapelle in 1945. He was a lieutenant commander when discharged in 1947. He returned to the Merchant Navy and eventually was rated as Master. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. Doubleday Edition [stated] Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches. 126 pages. Volume ONLY. Illustrations. Footnotes. Figures. Tables. Most of DJ front is missing. The evolution, development, and technical data on the greatest submarine fleet the world has ever seen, together with building details and the fate of each individual submarine. This volume covers the designs studied and put into production up the the outbreak, and during the early stages, of World War II. Henry Trevor Lenton (8 February 1924 – 7 May 2009) was an English naval historian, specializing in the area of 20th-century naval history and warship design. He served in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II before becoming a journalist and author. Lenton was a lieutenant aboard the light cruiser HMS Mauritius in 1944. That same year he volunteered for service in the Royal Indian Navy and was commanding the auxiliary patrol vessel Oostkapelle in 1945. More
London: Ian Allan, c1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5 inches by 7.5 inches. 638 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Technical Data. Index. Henry Trevor Lenton (8 February 1924 – 7 May 2009) was an English naval historian, specializing in the area of 20th-century naval history and warship design. He served in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II before becoming a journalist and author. Lenton joined the journal Shipbuilding and Shipping Record in 1960 and began writing books and articles. He launched Naval Record Magazine in 1963 which became the leading publication on current naval production at that time. James Joseph Colledge (1908 – 26 April 1997) was a British naval historian, author of Ships of the Royal Navy, the standard work on the fighting ships of the British Royal Navy from the 15th century to the 20th century. He also wrote Warships of World War II with Henry Trevor Lenton, listing Royal and Commonwealth warships. More
New York: G. H. Doran Company, [1918]. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 85, wraps, illus., fold-out map, library stamp on front cover, covers worn, soiled, and small tear. More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1954. First Edition. 269, illus., appendices, index, DJ worn and soiled: small tears, several pieces missing. More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1920. 721 total, 2 vols., footnotes, discolor ins bds & flylves, bookplates ins fr flylves, sm tears in margins of a few pgs, bds quite scuffed. More
New York, N.Y. Excalibur Books, 1976. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. vii, [1], 125, [3] pages. Oversized book, measuring 11/1-2 inches by 9 inches. Illustrated endpapers. DJ worn and torn. Foreword by Vice Admiral B. B. Schofield CB CBE. Special Illustrations by the County Studio, Leicester. Includes Foreword, Introduction, as well as chapters on Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain, France, and the United States. This book surveys the major vessels used in combat by the principal navies of the Second World War. The development, construction, and fighting role of over 50 of these warships--cruisers, battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers and submarines--are individually described and placed within the context of their class. Each vessel is accompanied by a full technical specification with detailed color drawings and contemporary photographs of the ship in action. David Lyon spent his working life at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, where he looked after the huge ships plans collection before becoming Curator of Naval Ordnance, then Head of Enquiries and finally Chief of Research of the Maritime Information Centre. He served in the Royal Navy Reserve and having qualified as a diving officer, was instrumental in the development of underwater archaeology in Britain. He is a member of the Council of the Society for Nautical Research and of the Nautical Museums Trust. He has written and lectured extensively both in Britain and abroad an his many publications include The Sailing Navy List, The Denny List, Steam, Steel and Torpedoes, and Sea Battles in Close-up: The Nelson Era. The co-author is his brother which did his thesis on British Naval Shipbuilding. More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. First Edition. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. [10], 259, [3] pages. Small tear in rear DJ. Peter Maas (June 27, 1929 – August 23, 2001) was an American journalist and author. He was born in New York City and attended Duke University. Maas had Dutch and Irish heritage. He was the biographer of Frank Serpico, a New York City Police officer who testified against police corruption.[1] He is also the author of the number one New York Times bestseller, Underboss, about the life and times of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano. His other notable bestsellers include The Terrible Hours, The Valachi Papers, Manhunt, and In a Child's Name, recipient of the 1991 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book. The Valachi Papers, which told the story of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi, is widely considered to be a seminal work, as it spawned an entire genre of books written by or about former Mafiosi. More
Place_Pub: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Book Club Edition. 478, illus., maps, endpaper maps, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat soiled, worn along edges, and small tears. More
Place_Pub: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First Edition. First Printing. 376, illus., maps, endpaper maps, bibliography, index, small chips to rear DJ, slight darkening to text, small scratches to top edge. More
1939. Fourth Edition reprinted in 1939 with corrections. Hardcover. xv, [1], 39, [4] pages. Bookplate with previous owner's location code pasted inside front board; pencil and red ink underlining throughout the text. Contains many fold-outs. This edition was reprinted in 1939 with corrections. The primary purpose of the present revision was to adapt this book to the then present requirements, that is, to give the readers an understanding of the principles involved in the control of hull damage so that they may be prepared intelligently to do their part in keeping the ship afloat and in the battle line after damage to the hull has been incurred. The revision has been so fundamental that the title formerly used was no longer accurately descriptive, as significant greater attention and emphasis has been given to the principles and practices of damage control, More
Annapolis: The Naval Institute Press, 2014. Presumed first printing thus. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. [10], vii- xxiv, 364, [16] pages. Footnotes. Maps. Index. Introduction by Barry Gough. Arthur Jacob Marder (8 March 1910 – 25 December 1980) was an American historian specializing in British naval history in the period 1880–1945. In 1941–42, he was a research analyst in the Office of Strategic Services, before becoming an associate professor of history at Hamilton College in 1943–44. In 1944, he was appointed associate professor at the University of Hawaii, where he remained for twenty years, becoming a full professor in 1951, then senior professor in 1958. In 1964, he was appointed professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, remaining there until he retired as professor emeritus in 1977. More
Annapolis: The Naval Institute Press, 2014. Presumed first printing thus. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. [20], vii- xxiii,416, [10] pages. Footnotes. Maps. Index. Introduction by Barry Gough. Arthur Jacob Marder (8 March 1910 – 25 December 1980) was an American historian specializing in British naval history in the period 1880–1945. In 1941–42, he was a research analyst in the Office of Strategic Services, before becoming an associate professor of history at Hamilton College in 1943–44. In 1944, he was appointed associate professor at the University of Hawaii, where he remained for twenty years, becoming a full professor in 1951, then senior professor in 1958. In 1964, he was appointed professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, remaining there until he retired as professor emeritus in 1977. More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 256 pages. Bookplate on fep with ink notation. Ink notations, underlining, and yellow highlighting noted. DJ worn, torn, chipped and soiled. Includes Illustrations, Maps, Acknowledgments; Dedication, Foreword by Vice-Admiral J.C.Y. Roxburgh; Author's Introduction; Chapter 1--Before the Second World War; Chapter 2--Home Waters before the invasion of Norway; Chapter 3-- The Influence of British Submarine Power in the Far East; Chapter 4--British Submarine Operations in the Far East September 39-June 1940; Chapter 5--The Norwegian Campaign; Chapter 6--Mediterranean Operations, June 1940-May 1941; Chapter 7; The Scene at Home, July 104--February 1942; Chapter 8--The Ascendancy of Malta- Based Submarines, July 1941 - March 1942; Chapter 9--The Fight for Malta, March-August 1942; Chapter 10--'The Army Game' in the Mediterranean, September 1942-August 1943; Chapter 11--Operations in Home Waters March 1942-August 1943; Chapter 12--Home and Mediterranean Operations, August 1943 - May 1945; Chapter 13--Far East: December 1940-August 1945; Brief Summary, Epilogue, Appendix I, Appendix II, Bibliography. Index. In this book Alastair Mars summarizes British submarine operations in WW2. All significant actions get a mention. The book provides an interesting overview of the British submarine force during the war. Mars was himself a participant in some of those actions and he has added his own opinions to the text in several places. More
New York, N.Y. Avon Books, 1968. First Avon Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. 498, [6] pages. Maps. Illustrations Cover has wear, creasing and soiling. Some page soiling. Includes Author's Note and Acknowledgments, as well as chapters on Home Front, The Beginning, England, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany, The Pacific, Epilogue, and Maps of the Western Mediterranean Theatre, Pacific Theatre, and Western European Theatre. This is not the war of the officers of of grand strategy. This is the war of the men who fought it--The Enlisted Men. It is a book that brings vividly to life the experience of the Fighting Men of World War II. This book concerns itself completely with the American enlisted man in World War II. The G.I. experience of World War 2 in words, photographs, drawings, and cartoons. Ralph G. Martin (March 4, 1920 – January 9, 2013) was an American journalist who authored or co-authored about thirty books, including popular biographies of recent historical figures, among which, Jennie, a two-volume (1969 and 1971) study of Winston Churchill's American mother, Lady Randolph Churchill, became the most prominent bestseller. Other successful tomes focused on British royal romance (Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in 1974, as well as Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1985) and on the Kennedy family (John F. Kennedy in 1983 and Joseph P. Kennedy in 1995). In the aftermath of attack on Pearl Harbor, Martin enlisted in the Army and spent the war as a combat correspondent for the Armed Forces newspaper Stars and Stripes and the Army weekly magazine, Yank. In 1945, Martin began working as editor for Newsweek and The New Republic. More
New York: Ballantine Books Inc., 1968. First Printing. 160, wraps, profusely illus., maps, biblio, edges of covers & spine quite worn, sm tears at spine, covers weak & partly separated. More
New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., 1968. First Printing. 160, wraps, illus., maps, some wear to covers, tear at spine. More
Los Angeles, California: Associated Publications, 1940. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [16], 280 pages. Errata slip. Frontis. Includes Preface, Index and Errata; Also contains chapters on Submarines and Battlefleets; Submarines and Convoys; Finding and Sinking Submarines; Submarines as Carriers; Submarine Penetration into Harbors; The Riddle of Submarine Artillery; Submarine Tactical Lessons and Naval Staff; Blocking Submarine Development; and Personalities--Policies--Progress. Also contains an Appendix on Submarine Lessons in Norwegian Campaign; Submarines in German Air-Military Operations; Submarines and Concrete Towers; and Submarines and Continental Blockade. Also includes 17 black and white photographs of ships and sailors. Bookplate of John Lyman inside the front cover. Dr. Lyman was professor emeritus of environmental chemistry at the University of North Carolina. He served in the Navy in World War II. He began his career in Washington in 1946, when he became director of oceanography for the Navy Hydrographic Office. He later became director of oceanography at the National Science Foundation and then chief adviser for oceanographic research at the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. The John Lyman Book Awards are given annually by the North American Society for Oceanic History to recognize excellence in books making a major contribution to the study and understanding of maritime and naval history. The awards are given in 6 categories: Canadian naval and maritime history; U.S. naval history; U.S. maritime history; History of maritime science and technology; Maritime biography and autobiography; and Maritime reference works. More
New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition. Seventh Printing. 349, acid-free paper, illus., slight wear to DJ edges The author was the son and grandson of four-star Naval admirals. In this memoir he discusses his family background, and his imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. More
New York: HarperCollins, 2000. 1st Perennial Edition. First Thus Printing. 349, wraps, illus., large scratch/crease on rear DJ. More
New York: Random House, 1999. First Trade Edition. First Printing. 349, acid-free paper, illus., sticker residue to rear DJ. More
New York: Random House, 2008. 208 Random House Edition [stated]. Fourth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xi, [1], 349, [7] pages. Illustrations. Slight wear to DJ edges. Bookplate signed by the author (John McCain). The author was the son and grandson of four-star Naval admirals. In this memoir he discusses his family background, and his imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) was an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat he was first elected to in 1986. He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama. McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958 and followed his father and grandfather—both four-star admirals—into the U.S. Navy. He became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. While McCain was on a bombing mission over Hanoi in October 1967, he was shot down, seriously injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese. He was a prisoner of war until 1973. McCain experienced episodes of torture and refused an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer. The wounds left him with lifelong physical disabilities. In 1982, McCain was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he served two terms. He entered the U.S. Senate in 1987 and easily won reelection five times, most recently in 2016. More