Naval Renaissance: The U.S. Navy in the 1980s
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1990. First Printing. 24 cm, 335, figures, tables, appendices, notes, index, very slight creasing to DJ edges. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1990. First Printing. 24 cm, 335, figures, tables, appendices, notes, index, very slight creasing to DJ edges. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1989. First Printing [Stated] of English Language Edition of Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, xvi, [2], 442, [4] pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Appendices. Index. Translator's Note. Japanese Naval Terminology and Abbreviations. Foreword to the English-Language Edition by John B. Lundstrom. Ikuhiko Hata (born 12 December 1932) is a Japanese historian. He acquired his Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo and has taught history at several universities. He is the author of a number of influential and well-received scholarly works, particularly on topics related to Japan's role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Hata is variously regarded as being a "conservative" historian or a "centrist". He has written extensively on such controversial subjects as the Nanking Massacre and the comfort women. Fellow historian Edward Drea has called him "the doyen of Japanese military historians". Hata co-wrote two books with Yasuho Izawa on Japanese fighter aces of World War II, both of which were described by historians as the definitive treatments of the subject. Yasuho Izawa is an ophthalmic optician whose past works include co-authoring Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and their Aces 1931-45, Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units and their Aces 1932-45 and Bloody Shambles Vols. 1 and 2. More
New York: Stein and Day, [1970]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 370, illus., maps, bibliography, index, small edge tears, soiling and some wear to DJ, front DJ flap price clipped, edges soiled. More
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, c1971. 208, illus., appendix. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1974]. First Printing. 22 cm, 132, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, top inside corner missing from front endpaper through title page, some soiling to DJ. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1974]. First Printing. 22 cm, 132, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, front DJ flap price clipped, front DJ torn. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, [1974]. Second Printing. 22 cm, 132, illus., appendix, bibliography, index, stamp inside front flyleaf, some wear and small tears to DJ edges. More
London: Octopus Books, 1975. Abridged Edition. 29 cm, 144, illus. (some in color), maps. More
New York: Avon, 1987. First Avon Printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. [8], 151, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge wear noted. Edwin Palmer Hoyt (August 5, 1923 – July 29, 2005) was an American writer who specialized in military history. Until 1958, Hoyt worked in news media, after which he produced non-fiction works. Starting in 1958, Hoyt became a full-time writer , and for a few years (1976 to 1980) he served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Hawaii. In the 40 years since his first publication in 1960, he produced nearly 200 published works. While Hoyt wrote about 20 novels (many published under the pseudonyms Christopher Martin and Cabot L. Forbes), the vast majority of his works are biographies and other forms of non-fiction, with a heavy emphasis on World War II military history. More
New York: S. Eriksson, [1975]. Book Club Edition. 24 cm, 217, illus., bibliography, index, DJ worn and small tears. Introduction by Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller. More
Connoisseur, 1983. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Three Volume boxed Set. Each volume 192 pages. Illustrated. Index, Slipcase has some minor wear and soiling but the three volumes are in wonderful condition. The three volumes in this gift set contain a wealth of technical detail, informative text and literally hundreds of photographs and drawings. Richard Humble read Military History at Oriel College, Oxford. Now retired after 17 years as an academic, he is a published author of 44 books on history. Submarines is a sobering yet compelling account of the evolution of the modern fighting submarine, from its debut in 1914 to the 1980s and what could yet turn out to be the eve of World War III. Battleships and Battlecruisers tells the story of the armour-plated giants in which sea power was measured in the 'big-gun' era, before the rise to dominance of the aircraft-carrier in the Second World War. In Aircraft Carriers, the author presents a compelling study that traces the full story of the aircraft carrier, beginning with the floatplane and deck-landing pioneers of the First World War. He examines the conversion of battleships to carriers in the 1920s and the evolution of the carrier task force as a far more powerful successor to the traditional battle fleet--as shatteringly demonstrated at Taranto in November 1940 and at Pearl Harbor in 1941. 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
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. First Edition. Third Printing. 29 cm, 147, illus., index, DJ edges worn and small tears. More
Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1982. First Printing [Stated]. Leatherette. 176 pages. Color endpapers. Map. Illustrations (some with color). Bibliography. Index. Decorative front cover. This is one of The Epic of Flight series, edited by Jim Hicks. Traces United States aerial operations in World War II and recounts the training and combat experiences of pilots and flight crews. Edward Jablonski (March 1, 1922 – February 10, 2004) was the author of several biographies on American cultural personalities, such as George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Alan Jay Lerner, and Irving Berlin, as well as books on aviation history. He served in the United States Army Field Artillery in New Guinea during World War II. For his actions in New Guinea, he was awarded the Silver Star. After leaving the army, he attended college in Bay City as a pre-journalism major. He continued his studies at the New School for Social Research, receiving his bachelor's in 1950. He also completed postgraduate work in anthropology at Columbia. While working for the March of Dimes charity in New York, Jablonski wrote articles and music reviews for a number of small magazines as well as liner notes for albums; this was the beginning of a fifty-year freelance career. 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: Simon and Schuster, 1945. Second Printing. Quarto, 174, illus. (some in color), maps, discoloration ins fr bd & flylf, soiling ins rear flylf, pencil inscript ins fr flylf, bds scuff. More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1945. Quarto, 174, wraps, illus. (some in color), maps, covers and spine quite worn, large tear at front hinge, some pages darkened. 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
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
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 263, [7] pages. Includes List of Illustrations, Illustrations. Acknowledgments, Preface, List of Acronyms, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. John T. Kuehn, Ph.D., is a retired naval aviator. He taught military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He flew in both the EP-3 and the ES-3 aircraft. His operational experience included nearly 200 arrested carrier landings and 3000 flight hours in every operational theater that the United States Navy deployed to. He completed cruises aboard the aircraft carriers USS Coral Sea, USS America, USS John F. Kennedy, and the USS John C. Stennis. He was a combat veteran of both the first Gulf War and the 1995 NATO air campaign over Bosnia. More
New York: Elsevier-Dutton, c1978. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 184, illus., bibliography, index, spine cracked at pp. 154-155 and reglued, front DJ flap price clipped, usual library markings DJ taped. Well illustrated account of World War II in the Pacific. This was the introduction of a new kind of naval war, in which the battles were fought in the skies overhead rather than on the surface of the sea. More