Results for: Naval & Nautical History
Pocket Battleship : The Story of the Admiral Scheer.
Admiral Theodor Krancke and H. J. Brennecke.
New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1958.
Good octavo hardcover in good clipped dust jacket. Wear and light rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and upper corners of covers with slight hole in binding on upper corner of front cover. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with some tears, including small strip missing from head of spine and an inch long chip missing from upper edge of back cover, and some scuffing to covers. Page edges are lightly browned. Name and address of previous owner written large on front pastedown endpaper. 239 pages with illustrations. An account of the exploits of the Admiral Scheer during World War II as remembered by its commander, Admiral Krancke.
Price: $30.00
Mahan on Sea Power.
Livezey, William E.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has some light wear along edges with a small closed tear on lower edge of front cover and some minor scuffing to covers. Slight smudging to fore-edges of pages. 427 pages with illustrations, footnotes, list of books and articles by Mahan, selected bibliography, addenda for revised edition, and index. An updated edition of this work, which was originally published in 1947, dealing with the thought and influence of the American naval historian and strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan (d. 1914).
Price: $35.00
Guns at Sea.
Padfield, Peter.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1974.
Good quarto-sized (oversized) hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and some minor scuffing to covers. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with few small tears and minor chip missing from head of spine. Dj is also scuffed on covers and faded along spine. Name and address of previous owner written large on front pastedown endpaper. 320 pages with illustrations, glossary, notes, references, bibliography, and 2 indices. A history of naval gunnery from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century. Special shipping rates for this work due to its size.
Price: $60.00
The Age of Sail : Master Shipbuilders of the Maritimes.
Spicer, Stanley T.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Formac, 2001.
Oblong - slightly oversized. Small crease to cover and pages at top right. 144 p. w/index. many illustrations. A lavishly ilustrated history, organized by different builders, including Cunard, Miramichi, the Peakes, KIllam, and more. A well done work on an unusual subject, by perhaps the most knowledgable writer on this subject.
Price: $60.00
