The Lonely Ships: The Life and Death of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1976. Book Club Edition. 316, maps, bibliography, index, some soiling and creasing to DJ, some wear and small tear along edges of DJ. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1976. Book Club Edition. 316, maps, bibliography, index, some soiling and creasing to DJ, some wear and small tear along edges of DJ. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. First Printing. 200, maps, foxing to fore-edge & inside boards & flyleaves, rear DJ somewhat soiled, some wear to DJ edges, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. 204, illus., rear bd weak, pencil name & sm stains ins fr flylf, bds scuffed, flecks of white paint? on sp & rear bd, bd corners worn. More
London: John Murray, 1914. Second Printing. 388, 2 fold-out maps, tables, apps, index, pencil & red pencil underlining & notes throughout, boards weak, library stamps. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Second Printing. 297, map, DJ in plastic sleeve, top edge of rear DJ discolored. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. 337, illus., maps, appendices, source notes, index, bookplate inside front board, corners of boards bent. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. Book Club Edition. 337, illus., maps, appendices, source notes, index, DJ scuffed and worn: small tears, small pieces missing. More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1967. First U.S. Edition. 256, illus., maps, footnotes, index, bookplate inside front board, some wear to DJ edges. More
Berlin: Verlag von E. S. Mittler, 1944. 198, illus., maps, glossary, pgs darkened, lower corner pp. 195-198 cut off, fr bd weak, tears at spine, edges of bds worn. More
Sydney, Australia: F. H. Johnston Publishing, 1949. 336, illus. (1 color), appendices, stamp ins fr flylf, foxing to fore-edge, wear to spine edges, DJ quite worn and soiled. More
London: The Library Press, Limited, 1915. Presumed First printing thus. Hardcover. 332 & 288 pages. 2 vols., illus. (many color), tables, diagrams, glossary, appendix, index, foxing to text & fore-edge, discoloration inside boards. Ink name and date inside front flyleaves, spines faded and somewhat stained, some wear to edges of spines. John Fredrick Thomas Jane (6 August 1865 – 8 March 1916) was the founding editor of reference books on warships (All the World's Fighting Ships) and aircraft (All the World's Airships) and the namesake of what would become Jane's Information Group and many of its publications. He first began to sketch warships in his teens, and was notable in the 1890s for illustrating scientific romances by George Griffith and other authors, as well as for his own science fiction novels such as To Venus in Five Seconds (published in 1897) and The Violet Flame (1899). An avid miniatures wargamer, Jane first published All the World's Fighting Ships (known as Jane's Fighting Ships after 1905) in 1898, which catalogued all the warships operated by each country, their armaments, and other details, as a supplement to a wargame he designed. It was a success from the start and has become the standard reference directory on the topic. The Naval Warrant Officer's Journal suggested that the book be on every ship, and in 1902 said that it should be available to every naval officer. The Admiralty were less enthusiastic, partly due to Jane's irreverent behavior - although some ships did acquire copies. In 1909, he created All the World's Aircraft. Jane was an accomplished artist whose works were widely published in periodicals and books, those illustrations are now collectable. More
London: The Library Press, Limited, 1915. Presumed First printing thus. Hardcover. Volume II only. ix, [1], 288 pages. Illustrations (many color), footnotes, tables, diagrams, glossary, appendix, index. Cover worn and corners bumped and rubbed. , foxing to text & fore-edge, discoloration inside boards. Spine faded and somewhat stained, some wear to edges of spine. John Fredrick Thomas Jane (6 August 1865 – 8 March 1916) was the founding editor of reference books on warships (All the World's Fighting Ships) and aircraft (All the World's Airships) and the namesake of what would become Jane's Information Group and many of its publications. He first began to sketch warships in his teens, and was notable in the 1890s for illustrating scientific romances by George Griffith and other authors, as well as for his own science fiction novels such as To Venus in Five Seconds (published in 1897) and The Violet Flame (1899). An avid miniatures wargamer, Jane first published All the World's Fighting Ships (known as Jane's Fighting Ships after 1905) in 1898, which catalogued all the warships operated by each country, their armaments, and other details, as a supplement to a wargame he designed. It was a success from the start and has become the standard reference directory on the topic. The Naval Warrant Officer's Journal suggested that the book be on every ship, and in 1902 said that it should be available to every naval officer. The Admiralty were less enthusiastic - although some ships did acquire copies. In 1909, he created All the World's Aircraft. Jane was an accomplished artist whose works were widely published in periodicals and books, those illustrations are now collectable. 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
New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1970. Reprint Edition. Library Edition [stated on DJ]. Hardcover. 452 pages. Illustrations. Tables. Glossary. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling and sticker residue on front flap. 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. Each edition describes and illustrates warships of different national naval and paramilitary forces, providing data on their characteristics. The first issue was illustrated with Jane's own ink sketches--photos began to appear with the third volume in 1900. The present title was adopted in 1905. Its success launched a number of publications carrying the name "Jane's". Ten early editions of Jane's (those of 1898, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931, 1939, 1944-45, and 1950-51) were reissued in facsimile reprints by Arco Publishing starting in 1969. All of these appeared in the oblong or "landscape" format until the 1956/57 edition, while from 1957/58 the present "portrait" layout was adopted, thus matching the sister Jane's publication on aircraft. More
New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc, 1970. Reprint Edition. 478, illus., tables, glossary, index, addenda, errata, sm stains to fore-edge, bkplate ins fr bd, DJ edges worn: sm tears, sm chips. More
New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc, 1969. Reprint Edition. Second Printing. 505, illus., maps, tables, index, errata, addenda, several pages creased, plastic coating on boards, bookplate inside front board. 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
Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute, 1967. 426, illus., appendix, notes, bibliographical note, index, small tears to DJ, DJ somewhat scuffed. More
New York: Civil War Press, 1967. Seventh Printing. 34 cm, 532, illus., maps. More
n.p. 30th Special Naval C.B., c. 1945. 144, profusely illus., rosters, small red stain ins rear flylf, some wear to edges of bds & spine, title written in ink on spine. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1942. Fourth Printing. 280, illus., endpaper maps, damp stains and wrinkling to boards. More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1957. Eleventh Printing. 280, illus., endpaper maps, lib stamps & pocket, sm stains & library stamp to fore-edge, bds stained & worn, spine edges threadbare. More
New York: A. G. Sherwood & Co., 1901. 300, illus., sm tears to margins of a few pgs, front board bent, bd corners worn, some wear to bd & spine edges, bds & spine stained. More