Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. x, [2], 489, [3] pages. Illustrations. Key to Line Drawings. Notes to Tables. Notes on Sources. Index. This fully illustrated series offers detailed descriptions of the evolution of all classes of the principle U.S. combatant types, as well as plans, profiles, and numerous detailed photographs. Norman Friedman, Ph.D., is an American author and naval analyst. He has written over 30 books on naval matters, and appeared on television programs on PBS and the Discovery Networks. Friedman holds a doctorate in theoretical physics, completing his dissertation “Additional Scattering of Bloch Electrons by Simultaneous Imputity and Lattice Interaction” in 1974 Columbia University. From 1973 to 1984, he was at the Hudson Institute, becoming Deputy Director for National Security Affairs. He worked for the United States Navy as in-house consultant. From 2002 to 2004, he served as a futurologist for the United States Marine Corps. A.D. Baker III is a highly regarded naval authority known for his work as an illustrator and writer. His line drawings appear in several books. He is the editor of The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World and a contributing editor to the journals Warship International and Proceedings. 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

Charlottesville: Thomasson, Grant & Howell, 1986. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 9.25 inches by 12 inches. 152 pages Illustrations (color). Foreword by Senator Jake Garn. Photos depict aircraft carrier activities and are accompanied by comments by crewmembers, and information about aircraft. When Navy fighter pilot C.J. "Heater" Heatley III took his camera into the cockpit of an F-14 and onto the deck of a carrier, he wanted to convey the unique sights and sensations that pilots experience: Russian bombers investigating the battle group, a crippled plane making an emergency landing, shock waves circling a supersonic aircraft, an F-14 TV camera targeting an airplane. Heater's keen photographic eye, his passion for aviation, and his access to the subject make THE CUTTING EDGE a truly unique collection of naval aviation images. A foreword by Senator Jake Garn, sets the stage for the dramatic photographic narrative. Heatley's introduction provides a more intimate view of the highly professional and dedicated Navy pilot. With the photographs are interviews with attack, fighter, antisubmarine, electronic countermeasure, and helicopter pilots. A TOPGUN instructor flying against his students in a mock dogfight, an SH-3 pilot matching his wits against a submarine CO, an air boss directing 400 men and 40 airplanes on the deck of a carrier - their candid accounts dramatize the precision and split second decisions demanded of naval aviators. The reference section contains three-view line drawings of the aircraft, their mission, specifications, and performance. Facts include nicknames, dimensions, weight, speed, range, ceiling, crew, power plant, and armament. More

New York: MetroBooks, 2000. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 10.25 inches by 10.25 inches. Suggested Reading. 128 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Selected Military and Ship Museums. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. This is one of the World War II Chronicles series. World War II was the defining conflict of the twentieth century. This illustrated series, written and edited by esteemed military historians, takes readers back in history to the years between 1939 and 1945, when land, sea, and sky were filled with the sounds of battle as Axis and Allied forces fought on every front. Covering both the details and significance of the events of the war, this series includes numerous illustrations, maps, and photographs. An insightful introduction to each volume by series editor Roger Cirillo places each aspect of the war in context. The authors are writers, researchers, and photographers who specialize in military, transportation, and law enforcement subjects, with more than fifty books to their credit. More

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. vii, [5], 496, [4] pages. Illustrations. Key to Line Drawings. Appendices: A. Cruiser Designations; B. Names and Dates Lies, and C. Cruiser Characteristics. Notes on Sources. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling and a small edge tear near bottom of spine. This fully illustrated series offers detailed descriptions of the evolution of all classes of the principle U.S. combatant types, as well as plans, profiles, and numerous detailed photographs. Norman Friedman, Ph.D., is an American author and naval analyst. He has written over 30 books on naval matters, and appeared on television programs on PBS and the Discovery Networks. Friedman holds a doctorate in theoretical physics, completing his dissertation “Additional Scattering of Bloch Electrons by Simultaneous Imputity and Lattice Interaction” in 1974 Columbia University. From 1973 to 1984, he was at the Hudson Institute, becoming Deputy Director for National Security Affairs. He worked for the United States Navy as in-house consultant. From 2002 to 2004, he served as a futurologist for the United States Marine Corps. A.D. Baker III is a highly regarded naval authority known for his work as an illustrator and writer. His line drawings appear in several books. He is the editor of The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World and a contributing editor to the journals Warship International and Proceedings. Alan Raven is a British-born naval historian, illustrator, and professional ship-model builder whose work frequently appears in modeling magazines. More

London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1983. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8 inches by 11 inches. 198, [2] pages. Illustrations (some in color). Citations. Technical & Performance Data. Index. This is one of the Osprey Air Combat series. Peter Kilduff is widely regarded as the leading expert on the life of Baron Manfred von Richthoven, the World War I German flying ace better known as the Red Baron. Also a general World War I aviation history expert, Kilduff has also been a magazine editor and, more recently, as director of university relations at Central Connecticut State University. All the while, his avocation has been aviation; he is a former president of the League of World War I Aviation Historians and has written several books on the Red Baron, as well as other military topics. Kilduff wrote books about the Navy, including US Carriers at War and Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. More

San Diego, California: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1977. First Harvest Edition [stated]. Trade paperback. 200 pages. Several ink notations by the previous owner inside the book. Some pages have light rippling. Includes Prologue and 10 chapters. The story of a wealthy, insular Jewish family in Fascist Italy just before the outbreak of World War II. The source of an acclaimed feature film directed by Vittorio De Sica. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. Giorgio Bassani (4 March 1916 – 13 April 2000) was an Italian novelist, poet, essayist, editor, and international intellectual. His works realistically document the Italian Jewish community under Fascism in a style that manifests the difficulties of searching for truth in the meanderings of memory and moral conscience. This book portrays a rich, insular Jewish family in the northern Italian city Ferrara just before the outbreak of World War II. The narrator, a young, middle-class Jew, has been intrigued by the Finzi-Continis from boyhood, and especially by the two children, Alberto and Micol. Not until he is twenty-two, in the autumn of 1938, is he invited to enter their private world, seemingly immune from the racial laws of Fascist Italy and the gathering war. The story traces his intricate relationship with the beautiful Micol and at the same time depicts the predicament of the Ferrarese Jews on the eve of their destruction. More

New York, N.Y. Schocken Books, 1982. First Paperback Edition, First Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xii, 362, [2] pages. Sticker residue on rear cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Weak at pages 78/9 and strengthened with glue. Acknowledgments, Footnotes, and Introduction. Includes chapters on The Problematics of Contemporary Jewish Thought: From Spinoza Beyond Rosenzweig; The Shibboleth of Revelation: From Spinoza Beyond Hegel; Historicity, Rupture, and Tikkun Olam ("Mending the World") from Rosenzweig Beyond Heidegger; Conclusion: Teshuva Today: Concerning Judaism After the Holocaust. Contains Notes, Abbreviations,and Index. In this book, Fackenheim points the way to Judaism's renewal in a world and an age in which all of our notions about God, humanity, and revelation have been severely challenged. He explores the rupture in Jewish thought caused by modernity and reflected in the philosophies of Spinoza and Rosenzweig. He analyzes the systems of Hegel and Heidegger and shows us where philosophy can learn from life. Finally, he tests the resources within Judaism for healing the breach between secularism and revelation. Emil Ludwig Fackenheim (1916 – 2003) was a Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi. Born in Germany, he was arrested by Nazis on Kristallnacht. He escaped to Great Britain. Fackenheim was sent to Canada in 1940, where he was interned. He later enrolled in the University of Toronto and received a Ph.D. and became Professor of Philosophy. He researched the relationship of the Jews with God, believing that the Holocaust must be understood as an imperative requiring Jews to carry on Jewish existence and the survival of the State of Israel. More

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1896. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [1], 513, [1] pages. Some cover wear. Includes Chapter 1--Navy Department, Chapter II-Rank, Command, and Duty; Chapter III-Honors and Distinctions; Chapter 4-Instructions for Officers in General; Chapter V.--A Commander in Chief; Chapter VI--Flag Officer Commodore Not in Chief Command; Chapter VII--The Senior Officer Present; Chapter VIII--The Staff of a Flag Officer; Chapter IX--The Captain; Chapter X--The Executive Officer; Chapter XI--The Navigator and Ordnance Officer; Chapter XII-Officers of the Deck, and of Gun, Torpedo, and Powder Divisions; Chapter XIII-Junior Officers of the Line; Chapter XIV-Medical Officers; Chapter XVI-Engineer Officers; XVII-Chaplains; Chapter XVIII-Naval Constructors; Chapter X1X-Warrant Officers; Chapter XX-Petty Officers and Crew; Chapter XXL-Enlistments, Discharges, etc.; Chapter XXII-Marines; Chapter XXIII-Naval Administration and Discipline; Chapter XXIV--Medical Instructions; Chapter XXV- Pay and Allowances; Chapter XXVI-Supplies; Chapter XXVII-Purchases; Chapter XXVIII-Surveys and Sales; Chapter XXIX-Money; Chapter XXX-Accounts and Returns; Chapter XXXI-Steam Instructions; Chapter XXXII-Preservation and Repairs of Ships; Chapter XXXIII-Quarantine--Pilotage; Chapter XXXIV-Transport Service; Chapter XXXV-Correspondence; Chapter XXXVI--Leave of Absence and Liberty; Chapter XXXVII---Shore Stations; Chapter XXXVIII-Appointments and Promotions; Chapter XXXIX-Boards; Chapter XL-Courts of Inquiry; Chapter XLI-Summary Courts-Martial; Chapter XLII-General Courts-Martial, Articles for the Government of the Navy. Index to Regulations. More

New York, N.Y. Pageant Press, Inc., 1957. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [12], 230, [12] pages. Citations at back of the book. Soiling and pencil erasure residue inside front and back covers and on fep. DJ is worn, torn, soiled, and chipped. Inscribed on the back of the dedication page by the author. Inscription reads: Mr. Wilson: I consider it a personal privilege to know you, personally. Warmest wishes, Ed. This biographical novel is the exciting story of the many forgotten heroic Hospital Corpsmen of the Navy. Chief Edelmann experienced the same nerve-wracking emotions, the same devotional communion with men described in Battle Cry and From Here to Eternity. But this book is more than just another war story. It is a revealing and detailed exploration of the forces that keep fear-ridden men going in the face of constant danger. This book is based on the premise that the true horror of war can never be fully understood except by those who have actually lived through holocaust, and felt the terrors of imminent death upon them. It is an effort to bring the lay reader closer to the point of understanding war than one has ever seen before. The author had permission to use the actual names of some of the heroes of the war. More

Boston, Mass. Ritter & Company, 1917. Presumed First U. S Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [14], frontis, 223, [3] pages. Illustrations. Maps. DJ worn, torn, soiled and chipped. Includes Translator's Preface and Foreword by Lieutenant J. H. Klein, Jr., U. S. Navy. Also includes chapters on Keeling Island; The "Ayesha"; On Board; A Fine Day on Board; An Uneasy Day; "Padang:"; "The Meeting with the "Choising"; The Passing of the "Ayesha"; From Perim to Hodeida; On to Sanaa; Shipwreck; The Attack; To the Railroad; and Homeward Bound. The story of the "Emden" ends where the adventure of the "Ayesha" begins. Hellmuth von Mücke (1881 – 1957) was an Officer of the Kaiserliche Marine, the navy of the German Empire, in the early 20th century and World War I. Mücke was born on 21 June 1881 in Zwickau, Saxony. At the age of 18, Mücke became a naval cadet and served on the schoolship Charlotte and later the battleship Kaiser Friedrich III. He became Leutnant zur See in September 1903 and was posted to the light cruiser Nymphe. In 1907, he became first officer of the 3rd Torpedo Boat Reserve Half-Flotilla and a year later a flag lieutenant to the Commander of Scouting Forces. He received command of the torpedo boat S.149 in 1910, while simultaneously acting as flag lieutenant for the First Torpedo Boat Flotilla. Mücke was the Executive Officer and First Lieutenant of the German Light Cruiser SMS Emden of the Imperial German Navy during her successful career as a commerce raider in the autumn of 1914. More

New York, N.Y. Picador USA, 1997. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. ix, [3], 308 pages. Includes List of Figures and Introduction; Commencing to Cut; Into Intimacies; From Cadaver to Carcuss to Reincorporation; and Acknowledgments. Also includes 29 black and white figures in the text. Albert Howard Carter is a professor of Comparative Literature and Humanities at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has written extensively on the interface of the humanities and medicine. Howard Carter (Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Iowa) writes about medicine and health from a humanistic perspective. He has been active in literature and medicine for over 20 years. Ever since his own father dedicated his body to medical research, the author has been intrigued by the fates of our bodies. This book is his account of the semester he spent watching first year medical students at Emory University in Atlanta dissect their cadavers. Nervous, uncertain, even fearful, the students begin the course by cutting open the back, and go on to discover details of the body's miraculous design, as well as some causes of its death. They finish with the puzzling key to the body--the brain--but also with a newfound reverence for the dead. More

New York, N.Y. British Information Services, 1942. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. 20 pages, including covers. Front edge curved a bit. Cover and pages show some wear and soiling. Illustrations. Includes articles on R.A.F. bombs dropped on Germany and Occupied Territory; The scale of Britain's striking power; Germany's striking bases against Russia bombed and blasted into impotence; 1130 British Bombers in a single night over Cologne. There can be but one end...the complete disruption of the German war machine. It may well become increasingly difficult for the Nazis to replace the finished products or the factories "rubbed out" by the growing British bombing offensive. Utterly weary, the German people may well slow down their efforts. Surely the Germans must begin to ponder the wisdom of their leaders who taught them to gloat over the bombing of their fellow men in other lands. Combined with offensive action of every kind, the bombing of Germany will have done its work. Original illustrated wraps with black lettering on covers. Content printed on inside covers. Covers with striking artwork of the bombing of London during The Blitz. An impressive collection of b/w photographs, photomontages and drawings depicting the German air strikes on London, Rotterdam and Warsaw as well as British air strikes on Germany from July 1940 through June 1942. Pamphlet with graphic depiction of raids with detailed information on volume of bombs dropped by each side. The last chapter's headline: There can be but one end... ...the complete disruption of the German war machine." Some light wear and creasing of wraps. More