Washington, DC: Office of Naval Research, 1972. 20 cm, 225, wraps, illus., maps, footnotes, notes, bibliographical references. More

New York, N.Y. Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 422, [6] pages. Includes listing of eight black and white Maps and Diagrams, Prologue, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Also contains 11 pages of color images of ships, American captains, and British admirals. Stephen Budiansky is an American writer, historian, and biographer. He is also the author of a number of scholarly publications about the history of cryptography, military and intelligence history. Budiansky joined the staff of the science journal Nature as Washington correspondent and later served as its Washington editor. In 1985–86 he was a Congressional Fellow at the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, where he co-authored a study of advanced conventional weapons technologies as a means for reducing NATO's reliance on nuclear deterrence. In 1986 Budiansky joined the staff of U.S. News & World Report, where he worked for twelve years in a variety of writing and editing positions, covering science and national security issues. He ultimately served as the magazine's deputy editor, the No. 3 editorial position. Since 1998 Budiansky has been a full-time author and free-lance contributor to publications including the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Economist. His writing has focused on intellectual biography and military history. From 2007 to 2008 he was the editor of World War II magazine, where he oversaw a complete redesign and brought in well-known writers and historians to contribute to the publication. He is also a member of the editorial board of Cryptologia, the scholarly journal of codes and codebreaking. More

Annapolis, MD: U.S. Naval Institute, 1957. Hardcover. Quarto, 555 pages, illus., maps, endpaper maps, appendices, notes, index, discoloration inside boards, board edges & spine scuffed. More

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [2], 370 pages. Illustrations. Index. Slight foxing to fore-edge. DJ edges worn and small tear. Signed by the author. The former first lady's memoir covers her small-town childhood, her life as a wife and mother, her role in the family business, her public and political efforts, and her years near the center of power. It is “a readable, lively and revealing account of the Carters and their remarkable journey from rural Georgia to the White House in a span of ten years” (The New York Times). Eleanor Rosalynn Carter (née Smith; born August 18, 1927) is an American writer and activist who served as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as the wife of President Jimmy Carter. For decades, she has been a leading advocate for numerous causes, including mental health. Carter was politically active during her White House years, sitting in on Cabinet meetings. She was her husband's closest adviser. She also served as an envoy abroad, particularly in Latin America. Like her husband, Rosalynn Carter is considered a key figure in the Habitat for Humanity charity. After Bess Truman, Carter is the second-longest lived First Lady of the White House. More

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 370 pages. Illus., index, some wear and small tears to DJ edges, small ding at top of front board. Signed by the author. More

Washington, DC: AIPAC, 1983. First Printing. 22 cm, 31, wraps, maps, footnotes. More

New York: William Morrow, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. 332, glossary, slight wear to DJ. More

New York: Bonanza Books, 1949. Hardcover. xxii, 3-558 pages. Color frontis. Illustrations. Appendix. Index. DJ has ink notation on DJ front flap. DJ has wear, tears, soiling, and chips. Minor endpaper soiling. Howard Irving Chapelle (February 1, 1901 – June 30, 1975) was an American naval architect, and curator of maritime history at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. In addition, he authored many books and articles on maritime history and marine architecture. During World War II, Chapelle served in the United States Army Transportation Corps ship and boatbuilding program, rising to lieutenant colonel. He was appointed Division of Transportation curator of the National Museum of History and Technology. Ten years later, in 1967, he stepped down as curator to assume the role of senior historian. He retired in 1971, accepting the title of historian emeritus. More

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1944]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 28 cm, 178, illus. (some color), map, ink notation inside front board, some discoloration to endpapers, corners sl bumped, marks on boards. More

Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc., 2002. First Edition. First Printing. 294, illus., maps, glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. 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

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. 237, index, tape stains on DJ flaps, ins bds, & ins flylfs, DJ scuffed, small pieces missing at DJ spine. More

Chicago, IL: American Inst. of Homeopathy, 1923. 447, illus. (1 fold-out), rosters, top corner fr flyleaf torn off, some soiling to fore-edge, boards weak, board & spine edges worn. More