Stephen Decatur and the Suppression of Piracy in the Mediterranean
New Haven, CT: CT Soc/Order of the Founders, 1901. 38, front board and front flyleaf separated, usual library markings, pencil erasure on title page. More
New Haven, CT: CT Soc/Order of the Founders, 1901. 38, front board and front flyleaf separated, usual library markings, pencil erasure on title page. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1964. First U.S. Edition. 155, illus., footnotes, note on sources, index, DJ somewhat soiled & scuffed, DJ spine faded, some wear & small tears to DJ edges. More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1975. Reprint Edition. 155 pages, illus., footnotes, note on sources, index, rear DJ stained & small edge chips, cloth on rear board somewhat bubbled. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 2 volume set. Volume I: xxii, 572, and [2] pages, Bookplate. Maps and Plans, Conspectus of Events, Pronunciation of Spanish, Notes on Volume I, appendix (Manuscript Sources) and Volume II: xiv, 620, [4] pages, Maps and Plans, Conspectus of Events, Pronunciation of Spanish, Chapters XXI through XXXVI, Notes on Volume II, Appendix (Lists of Sources), and Index. Some maps have color. Dedicated to Henry Cabot Lodge. Fair condition--there is substantial moisture staining and wear to the boards and pages, but all pages are separate and all text is clear. Justin Harvey Smith (1857, Boscawen, New Hampshire–1930, Brooklyn, New York) was an American historian and specialist on the Mexican–American War. Smith was educated at Dartmouth College (B.A. 1877; M.A. 1881) and Union Theological Seminary (1879–1881). Smith worked for Charles Scribner's Sons publishers 1881–1883 and Ginn & Co. 1883–1898 (becoming a partner in 1890); he was Professor of Modern History at Dartmouth 1899–1908. He resigned his professorship in 1908 to pursue historical research, and published The Annexation of Texas in 1911 and The War with Mexico in 1919. For the latter he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1920 and the first Loubat Prize in 1923. From 1917-23 Smith was chairman of the Historical Manuscripts Commission of the American Historical Association. He wrote Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony in 1907 and Arnold's March from Cambridge to Quebec in 1903. In 1899 he wrote The Troubadours at Home. Smith's papers are in the Latin American collection of the Univ. of Texas library. More
Secaucus, NJ: Blue & Grey Press, n.d. Reprint Edition. 530, appendices, charts, index, text has darkened, DJ edges worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. First Edition. First Printing. 336, chronology, bibliographical notes, index, slight wear to DJ edges, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Standard Oil Company, 1946. Second Printing. Hardcover. 29 cm. 530, [4] pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Boards somewhat worn and soiled. Board edges/corners bumped. Inscribed by Captain Frank Shaw. Index of ships. The records of 135 ocean tankers of the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) and the Panama Transport Company. This is the standard reference for people who want to learn more about Merchant Marine T-2 type tankers and the lives they led during WWII. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Navy, 1952. First Edition. 27 cm, 181, few library marks, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Carrolton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1984. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 50 pages, Illustrations (some with color). The United States Navy began the construction of battleships with USS Texas in 1892, but the first battleship under that designation would be USS Indiana. Texas and USS Maine, commissioned three years later, were part of the New Navy program of the late 19th century, a proposal by then Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt to match Europe's navies that ignited a years-long debate that was suddenly settled in Hunt's favor when the Brazilian Empire commissioned the battleship Riachuelo. In 1890, Alfred Thayer Mahan's book The Influence of Sea Power upon History was published and significantly influenced future naval policy—as an indirect of its influence on Secretary Benjamin F. Tracy, the Navy Act of June 30, 1890 authorized the construction of "three sea-going, coast-line battle ships" which became the Indiana class. The Navy Act of July 19, 1892 authorized construction of a fourth "sea-going, coast-line battle ship", which became USS Iowa. More
Carrolton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1980. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. 50 pages, Illustrations (some with color). Some wear and soiling. The U. S. Navy began the construction of battleships with USS Texas in 1892, but the first battleship under that designation would be USS Indiana. Texas and USS Maine, commissioned three years later, were part of the New Navy program of the late 19th century, a proposal by then Secretary of the Navy William H. Hunt to match Europe's navies that ignited a years-long debate that was suddenly settled in Hunt's favor when the Brazilian Empire commissioned the battleship Riachuelo. In 1890, Alfred Thayer Mahan's book The Influence of Sea Power upon History was published and significantly influenced future naval policy—as an indirect of its influence on Secretary Benjamin F. Tracy, the Navy Act of June 30, 1890 authorized the construction of "three sea-going, coast-line battle ships" which became the Indiana class. The Navy Act of July 19, 1892 authorized construction of a fourth "sea-going, coast-line battle ship", which became USS Iowa. More
Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute, 1983. Presumed First Edition, First printing of this issue. Wraps. Quarto. 288 pages. Wraps. Illustrations (some with color). Maps. Tables. Footnotes. Index. Front cover folds out. Some soiling and wear to covers and some page edges. The Proceedings is a monthly magazine published by the United States Naval Institute. Launched in 1874, it is one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States. Proceedings covers topics concerning global security and includes articles from military professionals and civilian experts, historical essays, book reviews, full-color photography, and reader commentary. Roughly a third are written by active-duty personnel, a third by retired military, and a third by civilians. Proceedings also frequently carries feature articles by Secretaries of Defense, Secretaries of the Navy, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and top leaders of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Founded in 1873, the U.S. Naval Institute is the independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security. The Naval Institute carries on its vital mission as The Independent Forum of the Sea Services—a place where free and independent debate may flourish. The U.S. Naval Institute is a non-profit membership association serving a community of individuals who participate in an open forum to debate key issues in the Sea Services. We serve our members by providing a monthly journal, Proceedings, and other benefits such as well their award winning bi-monthly Naval History Magazine. More
Washington DC: United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Marine and Estuarine Management Division, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. iii, [1], 79, [3] pages plus covers. Illustrated front cover. Illustrations. Bibliography. One of their Historical Report Series. Includes information on John Lorimer Worden, Samuel Dana Green, Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Jr., William Nicoholson Jeffers, Thomas Holdup Stevens II, and John Payne Bankhead. Name in ink on front cover--H.D. Langley. Harold David Langley (15 February 1925 – 29 July 2020) was a diplomatic and naval historian who served as associate curator of naval history at the Smithsonian Institution from 1969 to 1996. As a naval historian, he was a pioneer in exploring American naval social and medical history. Langley began his professional career at the Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division, in Washington, D.C., where he served as a manuscripts assistant in 1951-52, while a graduate student. Moving to the University of Pennsylvania Libraries in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a graduate student, he served as a manuscripts specialist, rare book collection, 1952-54. Returning to the Library of Congress, he was a manuscripts specialist, there in 1954-55. In 1955, Marywood College in Scranton, appointed him assistant professor of history. He remained there until 1957, when he received an appointment as a diplomatic historian in the U.S. Department of State. In 1964, Catholic University of America appointed him associate professor, and in 1968 promoted him to full professor in 1968. In 1969, the Smithsonian Institution appointed him associate curator of naval history. He was also an adjunct professor of American history at the Catholic University of America from 1971 to 2001. More
New-Haven: H. M. Mansfield, 1847. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. The book is heavily foxed. The spine has been replaced. The portion of the original covers are worn, soiled, and heavily rubbed. Two volumes bound in one. Illustrations. First volume ends at page 317. Second volume title page states Fifth Edition but bears no date. Pagination ends with number 331 on the front side and 650 on the verso. A poem begins on page 331 and continues on the next page so it does not appear any text is missing. There are two pages of reviews/comments at the end of the second volume, separately paginated. Color illustration of the [then] present Emperor of China, facing unnumbered fifth page. A black and white illustration on Macao is at the beginning of the second volume. The author is stated as Chaplain to the Squadron. Fitch Waterman Taylor (August 4, 1803 – July 24, 1865) was an American minister, chaplain, and author. He went to New York City at the age of fifteen, with a mercantile life in view, but a change in his religious views led him to enter on a course of study in preparation for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He graduated from Yale College in 1828. His first charge was in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. In 1841 he received the appointment of Chaplain in the U. S. Navy, which he held twenty-four years, being-at the time of his death the Senior Chaplain in the service. In the course of his sea service he made a voyage around the world on the USS Columbia, an account of which he published under the title of The Flag Ship. He also published other works, and at his death left behind him several volumes in manuscript. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947. First edition. Wraps. v, 26 p. Fold-out map. More
New York: Praeger Publishers, [1972]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 175, illus., few library markings, some pages have paperclip impressions, stamp and ink notation to front endpaper. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1973, c1972. Book Club Edition. 22 cm, 252, illus., maps, appendices, bibliography and sources, index, some soiling to boards, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: Quartet Books, 1983. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 278, paperclip impression on several pages. More
London: Quartet Books, 1983. 24 cm, 278, usual library markings, DJ pasted to boards, library pocket has been removed In 1981 Soviet submarine U-137 ran aground near the Swedish naval base at Karlskrona. Fictionalized account. More
New York: R. M. McBride & Company, 1918. First? Edition. First? Printing. 20 cm, 151, some wear and soiling to boards, pencil erasure on front endpaper, sticker inside front board, spine worn. More
Hamilton, Bermuda: Bermuda Historical Quarterly, 1961. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. [4], 37-72, [4] pages (includes advertisements). Cover has some wear and soiling, and staple rust. The contents include: Minutes of H.M. Council (1719); A Listing of Royal Naval Ships Built at Bermuda (Compiled by Frederick P. Schmitt With an Introduction by Lt. Cdr. H. G. Middleton, M.B.E.); and American Consular Records: Civil War Period (Part I). This work has been referenced by Naval scholars: The Adonis class was a Royal Navy class of twelve 10-gun schooners built under contract in Bermuda during the Napoleonic War. The class was an attempt by the Admiralty to harness the expertise of Bermudian shipbuilders who were renowned for their fast-sailing craft. The Admiralty ordered twelve vessels on 2 April 1804. Winfield reports, based on Admiralty records, that although all twelve were ordered as cutters, all were completed as (or converted to) schooners. An article in the Bermuda Historical Quarterly reports that eight were built as cutters (Alban, Bacchus, Barbara, Casandra, Claudia, Laura, Olympia, and Sylvia), and three as schooners (Adonis, Alphea, and Vesta). The account does not mention Zenobia, but does mention that Laura and Barbara (at least) were re-rigged as schooners. The discrepancy lies in the poor communications between the Navy Board in Britain and the builders in Bermuda, as well as in deficiencies of record-keeping. All twelve vessels were apparently laid down in 1804. Each vessel was launched and commissioned during 1806. Of the twelve vessels in the class, seven were wartime losses. Only five were not lost during the war, then sold between 1814 and 1816. More
Annapolis, MD: The U.S. Naval Institute, 1919. First? Edition. First? Printing. 26 cm, 127, profusely illus. (including 1 color illus. ), bookplate, some wear and soiling to boards, board corners and spine edges worn. More
Washington, DC: Department of the Navy, 1948. Wraps. 645 pages. Index. Name of previous owner present. Some notes such as "cancelled by" and underlining, name stamped in several places. More
Newport, RI: U.S. Naval War College, 1977. Wraps. 140, wraps, illus. map, notes, Professional Reading. Index. More
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [3], 718, [2] pages. Includes Foreword, Preface, Illustrations (including three fold-outs), Naval Operations From 1785 to 1801, War with the Barbary Powers. Also includes index from page 651 to page 718, as well as 14 black and white illustrations between the frontispiece and page 524. Includes index between pages 531 and 587. Published under Direction of The Honorable Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the Navy. This is volume I of a six volume set. This volume is the first of a projected series of documents relating to naval operations during the several wars between the United States and the former Barbary Powers of northern Africa, near the beginning of the nineteenth century. This first volume covers the naval operations through 1801, with the exception of those documents already published in the series pertaining to the Quasi-War with France. The more important naval events dealt with herein are the voyage of the U. S. S. George Washington, the declaration of war by Tripoli against the United States, and the sending of a squadron to the Mediterranean under the command of Commodore Richard Dale. More
Washington, DC: GPO, [1985]. Fifth Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 152, wraps, illus. (some color), minor wear and soiling to covers, compliments card laid in. More