Stirring Deeds of Britain's Sea-Dogs in the Great War
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1916. 348, illus., color frontis illus., slight soiling ins bds, soiling fore-edge, bd corners & spine edges worn, some scuffing rear bd. More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1916. 348, illus., color frontis illus., slight soiling ins bds, soiling fore-edge, bd corners & spine edges worn, some scuffing rear bd. More
Philadelphia, PA: University of PA Press, 1939. 395, illus., endpaper maps, some soiling inside front flyleaf, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ soiled & small pieces missing. More
Roslyn, NY: Privately Printed, 1944. Second Printing. C. 40, illus., boards extremely scuffed and lettering faded. More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1963. 720, illus., notes, bibliography, index, small stains to fore-edge, DJ somewhat soiled & small chips missing, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: Hearst's Int'l Library Co., 1915. 314, illus., index, stamps ins fr flylf & to fore-edge, lib stamp ins fr flylf, binding somewhat shaken, spine faded & edge wear. More
Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute, 1941. Third Edition. 319, color illus., lg table in pocket at rear of vol., index, raised stamp on title pg, ink name & address ins fr bd, bds scuffed. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1971. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 22 cm. xxii, [2], 358, [2] pages. Endpaper Maps. A Note on Sources. Glossary. Illustrations. Footnotes. Appendices. Index. DJ has some wear and is in a plastic sleeve. DJ states "A documentary of the incidents in the Tonkin Gulf on August 2 and August 4, 1964 and their consequences. According to the biography provided on his publisher's website, in the 1960s Windchy was Assistant Science Adviser for the U. S. Information Agency. He left that job to "investigate" the Gulf of Tonkin incidents. Wikipedia (a naval confrontation which was the justification for an escalation of US involvement in the Vietnam War). The result of his investigation was his 1971 book, Tonkin Gulf. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [14], 327, [1] pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. Library stamp on front flyleaf and fore-edge. Library pocket inside rear flyleaf. Walter G. Winslow was a naval aviator who began his career in the U.S. Navy in 1938. In September 1941 he joined the heavy cruiser USS Houston, flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet. He saw action in all the fleet's battles until the ship was sunk at the Battle of Sunda Strait in 1942. Picked up in the Java Sea by the Japanese, Captain Winslow spent three and a half years as a prisoner-of-war. He retired from the Navy in 1958 and worked in the aerospace industry. The dramatic tale of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II received little attention prior to the publication of this book, when Winslow chronicled their short and tragic story of heroism and defeat. Greatly outnumbered by vastly superior forces. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [14], 327, [1] pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Minor edge soiling. Walter G. Winslow was a naval aviator who began his career in the U.S. Navy in 1938. In September 1941 he joined the heavy cruiser USS Houston, flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet. He saw action in all the fleet's battles until the ship was sunk at the Battle of Sunda Strait in 1942. Picked up in the Java Sea by the Japanese, Captain Winslow spent three and a half years as a prisoner-of-war. He retired from the Navy in 1958 and worked in the aerospace industry. The dramatic tale of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II received little attention prior to the publication of this book, when Winslow chronicled their short and tragic story of heroism and defeat. Greatly outnumbered by vastly superior forces. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1958. 301, illus., maps, bibliography, index, some soiling to top edge, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: small edge tears/chips. More
New York: Pocket Books, 1973. Twelfth Printing. Mass market paperback. pocket paperback, 1047, wraps, covers creased and small edge tears, text somewhat darkened, top corner front flyleaf cut off. A novel about an American naval family caught up in World War II. Herman Wouk (May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) which won the Pulitzer Prize. His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, historical novels about World War II, and nonfiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. His books have been translated into 27 languages. The Washington Post called Wouk, who cherished his privacy, "the reclusive dean of American historical novelists". Historians, novelists, publishers, and critics who gathered at the Library of Congress in 1995 to mark Wouk's 80th birthday described him as an American Tolstoy. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Wouk joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1942 and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, an experience he later characterized as educational: "I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans." The Caine Mutiny went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A bestseller, drawing from his wartime experiences aboard minesweepers during World War II, The Caine Mutiny was adapted into a Broadway play called The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial and Columbia Pictures released a film version with Humphrey Bogart portraying Lt. Commander Philip Queeg, captain of the fictional USS Caine. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. Book Club Edition. 468, illus., maps, endpaper maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, slight soiling fore-edge, DJ edges worn and small tears. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987. 468, illus., maps, endpaper maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Second Printing. 257, illus., maps, endpaper maps, glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, very slight wear to DJ edges. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. 217, library stamps & pocket, some foxing to text, discoloration ins bds & flylves, weakness fr bd, bds soiled, lib call # on spine. More
New York: Quadrangle, 1976. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 568 pages. Illus., maps, chronology, appendices, glossary, index, some soiling to fore-edge, DJ edges worn & sm tears, DJ slight soiled. More
New York: Quadrangle, 1976. First Edition. 568, illus., maps, chronology, appendices, glossary, index, foxing to fore-edge, DJ soiled & edges worn: tears along edges. More
New York: Quadrangle, 1976. 1st Paperback Edition. 568 pages. Wraps, illus., maps, chronology, appendices, glossary, index, some soiling to rear cover, some wear to cover edges. More
New York: Quadrangle, 1976. First Edition. Fourth Printing. 568, illus., maps, chronology, appendices, glossary, index, front DJ flap price clipped, slight creasing & wear to DJ edges. More
Arlington, VA: Admiral Zumwalt & Associates, Inc., 1976. Presumed first printing thus. Hardcover. xv, [1], 568 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chronology. Appendices. Glossary. Index. Inscribed by the author. On Watch is one of two books written by U.S. Navy admiral Elmo Zumwalt. It is largely a critical appraisal of the military policies of the Richard Nixon presidency during the Cold War. Though billed as a memoir, Zumwalt spends the first three chapters dealing with his early life, which included his time at the U.S. Naval Academy, service during World War II, and his family. Most of the volume addresses the years 1970 to 1974, when Zumwalt served as United States Chief of Naval Operations. In it, Zumwalt critically appraises the military policies of the Richard Nixon presidency with regard to Soviet containment at the height of the Cold War. In addition to Nixon and Kissinger, Zumwalt takes aim at the then-elderly Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. Zumwalt charged: Rickover continually worked to ingratiate himself with members of the United States Congress as a means of consolidating personal political power; underhandedly challenged the authority of the Chief of Naval Operations; and would "stop at nothing" to ensure the primacy of nuclear programs over conventional armaments. Zumwalt used his memoir to criticize the Nixon administration, which he felt was too accommodating to the Soviet Union. Other sections of On Watch are spent on Zumwalt's glowing recollections of Paul Nitze, under whom he started working as an aide when Nitze was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, as well as discussing the racial integration of the U.S. Navy, and the expanding role of women in military service. More
New York: Quadrangle, The New York Times Book Company, 1976. Second Printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 568 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chronology. Appendices. Glossary. Index. Lower corner of rear endpaper pasted inside rear board. Some wear and scratches to DJ. Inscribed by the author (signed "Bud Zumwalt"). Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. (November 29, 1920 – January 2, 2000) served as Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a major role in United States military history, especially during the Vietnam War. A decorated war veteran, Zumwalt reformed Navy personnel policies in an effort to improve enlisted life and ease racial tensions. In 1939, he was accepted to the United States Naval Academy. As a midshipman at the USNA, he was a Company Commander (1941) and Regimental Three Striper (1942). He graduated with distinction and was commissioned as an ensign on June 19, 1942. In January 1944, Zumwalt reported for duty on board USS Robinson. On this ship, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor device for "heroic service ... in action against enemy Japanese battleships during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, October 25, 1944". From December 1963 until June 21, 1965, he served as executive assistant and senior aide to the Honorable Paul H. Nitze, Secretary of the Navy. In September 1968, he became Commander Naval Forces Vietnam and Chief of the Naval Advisory Group, United States Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and was promoted to vice admiral in October 1968. Zumwalt was the Navy adviser to General Creighton Abrams, Commander, MACV. More
New York: Quadrangle, The New York Times Book Company, 1976. Presumed First Edition, First printing Interesting anomaly as verso states First paperbound edition. Hardcover. xv, [1], 568 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chronology. Appendices. Glossary. Index. DJ taped to boards. Some wear to DJ. Slightly cocked. Signed Bud Zumwalt on the half title page. . Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. (November 29, 1920 – January 2, 2000) served as Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a major role in United States military history, especially during the Vietnam War. A decorated war veteran, Zumwalt reformed Navy personnel policies in an effort to improve enlisted life and ease racial tensions. In 1939, he was accepted to the United States Naval Academy. As a midshipman at the USNA, he was a Company Commander (1941) and Regimental Three Striper (1942). He graduated with distinction and was commissioned as an ensign on June 19, 1942. In January 1944, Zumwalt reported for duty on board USS Robinson. On this ship, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor device for "heroic service ... in action against enemy Japanese battleships during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, October 25, 1944". From December 1963 until June 21, 1965, he served as executive assistant and senior aide to the Honorable Paul H. Nitze, Secretary of the Navy. In September 1968, he became Commander Naval Forces Vietnam and Chief of the Naval Advisory Group, United States Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) and was promoted to vice admiral in October 1968. Zumwalt was the Navy adviser to General Creighton Abrams, Commander, MACV. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. First Printing. 224, illus., map, index, raised stamp on front flyleaf, some soiling to DJ, some wear to DJ edges. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. First Printing. 224, illus., map, index, some soiling/creasing to DJ, some wear & sm tears DJ edges. Inscribed by the author (Admiral Zumwalt, Jr.). More