The Defence of the United Kingdom
London, England: HMSO, 1957. First Edition. 557, illus., fold-out color maps, color map in pocket at end of vol., tables, appendices, index, lib barcode, stamps, & bkplate. More
London, England: HMSO, 1957. First Edition. 557, illus., fold-out color maps, color map in pocket at end of vol., tables, appendices, index, lib barcode, stamps, & bkplate. More
Johnson City, TN: The Overmountain Press, 1992. Hardcover. 328 pages. Illus., some wear to DJ edges, small tear at DJ spine. Also includes a TLS from author & ephemeral promoting book. More
Garden City, NY: Hanover House, c. 1953. 695, illus., discoloration inside boards and flyleaves, boards somewhat scuffed and discolored. More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1973. Hardcover. 211, illus., tables, notes, sources, index, DJ slightly soiled, fr DJ flap price clipped, inscribed and signed by the author. More
London: Arco Publications Limited, 1959. 280, some wear and soiling to DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper, endpages somewhat discolored. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, c. 1935? 364, frontis illus., lib stamp, foxing to fore-edge & to a few pgs, some wear bd & spine edges, ding edge rear bd, sticker on spine. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company, c. 1935? 364, frontis illus., some wear to board and spine edges, small stain on spine. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1976. First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing. 576, illus., diagrams, index, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. 276, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, endpaper maps, appendices, biographies, some wear to DJ edges. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1960. First Printing. 505, illus., maps (incl. 8 large maps at rear of vol. ), charts, tables, bibliographical note, glossary, index. More
Washington, DC: United States Army, Center of Military History, 1993. Commemorative Edition. Trade paperback. xx, [2], 505 pages, wraps, illus., maps (including 7 color maps in separate map envelope), charts, tables, bibliographical note, glossary, index. Philip A. Crowl (1914-1991) was a military historian who taught at universities and conducted research for the United States government, and also served as an intelligence officer. He earned a doctorate in history from Johns Hopkins University in 1942. He served in the United States Navy, serving from 1942 to 1945 in the Pacific and reaching the rank of lieutenant commander. He was an assistant professor of history from 1945 to 1949. In 1949, Crowl became a civilian historian for the Office of the Chief of Military History of the United States Army in Washington, D.C., and remained in that position until 1957. He then became an intelligence officer for the United States Department of State, serving to 1967. He published many works on military history during this period of his career, including The U.S. Marines and Amphibious War with J. A. Isley (1951), Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls with E. G. Love (1955), and Campaign in the Marianas (1961). He made his last career move in 1973, becoming the Ernest J. King Professor of History and chair of the department of strategy at the U. S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He retired professor emeritus in 1980. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1955. 414, illus., maps (8 large maps at end of vol. missing), charts, tables, bibliographical note, glossary, index. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. Hardcover. 30 cm. xvii, [3], , 99, [1] pages and LXIV plates. Illustrations. Corners bumped. Some edge soiling. Thin waxed-paper DJ is torn. Introduction by Charles Frances Adams. Bookplate of J. Philips Cranwell inside the front cover! Bowdoin Bradlee Crowninshield (October 13, 1867 – August 12, 1948) was an American naval architect who specialized in the design of racing yachts. Crowninshield would rise to become one of America's most respected yacht designers during a period now regarded as the golden age of American wooden yacht design. He designed the schooner Adventuress, which was launched in 1913 and has been named a National Historic Landmark. Crowninshield is now best remembered for his working schooners and his America's Cup contender Independence for Thomas W. Lawson. He designed the unique seven masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson, named for his patron. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. 26 cm, 266, illus., footnotes, index, few library markings, small rough spot and hole in front endpaper, boards somewhat worn and soiled Foreword by Admiral Harry E. Yarnell. Introduction by Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller. Richard Wainwright (1849-1926) was an officer in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War. He was one of the group of capable naval officers who brought forward new and sounder ideas on how to organize and employ a U.S. Fleet, and was directly responsible for the establishment of such a fleet in 1902. This book contains much material on Wainwright's relationship with Theodore Roosevelt when Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy and later when Roosevelt was President. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: GPO, 1962. 26 cm, 266, illus., footnotes, index, rear board stained. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 426 pages. Illustrations. Glossary. Chronology. Source notes. Bibliography. Index. Boards scuffed, lower edge of spine worn. Thomas Joshua Cutler is a retired United States naval officer, naval historian, author, and editor. Commissioned an ensign in 1969, he rose through the officer grades until he was commissioned a lieutenant commander in 1979 remaining on active duty until 1990. His active duty included an in-country combat tour during the Vietnam War, command of small craft, service in two aircraft carriers, three destroyers, and a guided-missile cruiser. While at the United States Naval Academy, serving between 1981 and 1990, he was senior lecturer and later, Associate Chairman of the History Department. He was awarded the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education (military teacher of the year). At the U.S. Naval Institute he rose to become the Institute's Director of Professional Publishing and held the Gordon England Chair of Professional Naval Literature. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988. Third Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 426, [6] pages. Illustrations. Map. Glossary. Chronology. Source Notes. Bibliography. Index. Boards scuffed, lower edge of spine worn. Thomas Joshua Cutler is a retired United States naval officer, naval historian, author, and editor. Commissioned an ensign in 1969, he rose through the officer grades until he was commissioned a lieutenant commander in 1979 remaining on active duty until 1990. His active duty included an in-country combat tour during the Vietnam War, command of small craft, service in two aircraft carriers, three destroyers, and a guided-missile cruiser. While at the United States Naval Academy, serving between 1981 and 1990, he was senior lecturer and later, Associate Chairman of the History Department. He was awarded the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education (military teacher of the year). At the U.S. Naval Institute he rose to become the Institute's Director of Professional Publishing and held the Gordon England Chair of Professional Naval Literature. More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, [1963]. 24 cm, 648, illus., index. More
New York: Random House, 1969. First Printing. 231, illus., chapter notes, binding cracked at p. 151, lib stamps, pocket, & barcode, endpapers wrinkled & large rough spots transfer from plastic sleeve (no longer present) inside endpapers, binding shaken, boards scuffed, board edges and corners worn. The Americanmission in April 1943 to intercept Admiral Yamamoto, the commander in chiefof the Japanese navy, at Bougainville. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1931. 218, illus., app, ink name & date ins fr bd (ink has bled onto fr bd & DJ flap), discolor ins bds, DJ worn & soiled: small tears. More
Washington, DC: Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982. Quarto, approx. 250, wraps, profusely illus., appendices, covers somewhat worn & soiled, sm tears at spine, lower corner fr cover & some pgs bent. More
New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1976. second Printing. Hardcover. 246, index, Stamps on title page. DJ is price clipped. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips. Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987, a United States Navy Rear Admiral, and Naval Aviator taken captive during the Vietnam War. Denton was widely known for enduring almost eight years of grueling conditions as an American prisoner of war (POW) in North Vietnam after the A-6 Intruder he was piloting was shot down in 1965. He was the first of all American POWs held captive and released by Hanoi to step off an American plane during Operation Homecoming in February 1973. As one of the earliest and highest-ranking officers to be taken prisoner in North Vietnam, Denton was forced by his captors to participate in a 1966 televised propaganda interview which was broadcast in the United States. While answering questions and feigning trouble with the blinding television lights, Denton blinked his eyes in Morse code, spelling the word "TORTURE"—and confirming for the first time to U.S. Naval Intelligence that American POWs were being tortured. In 1976, Denton wrote When Hell Was in Session about his experience in captivity, which was made into the 1979 film with Hal Holbrook. Denton was also the subject of the 2015 documentary Jeremiah produced by Alabama Public Television. In 1980, Denton was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he focused mainly on family issues and national security, helping pass the Adolescent Family Life Act (the so-called "Chastity Bill") in 1981 and heading the Judiciary Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism. More
New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1976. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 246 pages. Footnotes. Index. Inscribed and dated by author on fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed to a friend of the author's daughter Madeleine. Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987, a United States Navy Rear Admiral, and Naval Aviator taken captive during the Vietnam War. Denton was widely known for enduring almost eight years of grueling conditions as an American prisoner of war (POW) in North Vietnam after the A-6 Intruder he was piloting was shot down in 1965. He was the first of all American POWs held captive and released by Hanoi to step off an American plane during Operation Homecoming in February 1973. As one of the earliest and highest-ranking officers to be taken prisoner in North Vietnam, Denton was forced by his captors to participate in a 1966 televised propaganda interview which was broadcast in the United States. While answering questions and feigning trouble with the blinding television lights, Denton blinked his eyes in Morse code, spelling the word "TORTURE"—and confirming for the first time to U.S. Naval Intelligence that American POWs were being tortured. In 1976, Denton wrote When Hell Was in Session about his experience in captivity, which was made into a film. Denton was also the subject of the 2015 documentary Jeremiah. In 1980, Denton was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he focused mainly on family issues and national security, helping pass the Adolescent Family Life Act in 1981 and heading the Judiciary Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism. More
Clover SC: Riverhills Plantation, 1976. First Printing [Stated]. Pocket Paperback. Pocket paperback. x, 246 pages, Pages slightly darkened. Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987, a United States Navy Rear Admiral, and Naval Aviator taken captive during the Vietnam War. Denton was widely known for enduring almost eight years of grueling conditions as an American prisoner of war (POW) in North Vietnam after the A-6 Intruder he was piloting was shot down in 1965. He was the first of all American POWs held captive and released by Hanoi to step off an American plane during Operation Homecoming in February 1973. As one of the earliest and highest-ranking officers to be taken prisoner in North Vietnam, Denton was forced by his captors to participate in a 1966 televised propaganda interview which was broadcast in the United States. While answering questions and feigning trouble with the blinding television lights, Denton blinked his eyes in Morse code, spelling the word "TORTURE"—and confirming for the first time to U.S. Naval Intelligence that American POWs were being tortured. In 1976, Denton wrote When Hell Was in Session about his experience in captivity, which was made into the 1979 film with Hal Holbrook. Denton was also the subject of the 2015 documentary Jeremiah produced by Alabama Public Television. In 1980, Denton was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he focused mainly on family issues and national security, helping pass the Adolescent Family Life Act (the so-called "Chastity Bill") in 1981 and heading the Judiciary Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism. More
New York: The Woolfall Company, 1899. 559, illus. (some in color), index, some foxing, binding quite shaken, bds scuffed, large tear at spine, spine edges worn. More