Military History Navy (See also various biographies, wars, ships and aircraft)

[5062] Bailey, Ralph Edgar . Fighting Sailor, The Story of Nathaniel Fanning. NY: William Morrow, 1966. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial Hardcover. Ex-Library. Good / No Jacket. Heavy duty library binding, pictorial cover, library & discard stamps inside front and rear cover, pocket removed, 222pp. Junior high level story of American naval hero of Revolutionary War. $9.00 [7236] Blankenship, Michael (ed.). 2003 Blue Angels. 2003. Soft Cover. As New Mint, no marks or creases, 9x12 inches, 52pp., illus. 2003 Navy Flight Demonstration Team commemorative booklet with glossy photographs of the Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in action and squadron member photos. Contains complete listing of BA pilots and officer members of team 1946-2003 Forward Cdr. Russ Bartlett, USN, commanding officer/flight leader. $10.00 [7235] Blankenship, Michael (ed.). 2003 Blue Angels. 2003. Soft Cover. As New Mint, no marks or creases, 9x12 inches, 52pp., illus. 2003 Navy Flight Demonstration Team commemorative booklet with glossy photographs of the Blue Angel F/A-18 Hornet aircraft in action and squadron member photos. Contains complete listing of BA pilots and officer members of team 1946-2003 Forward Cdr. Russ Bartlett, USN, commanding officer/flight leader. $10.00 [5271] Bosworth, Allan R.. My Love Affair with the Navy. NY: W. W. Norton, 1969. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Dust jacket edge wear, book and jacket top front cover worn, dust jacket price clipped, 288pp. $6.00 [6196] Delaney, Michelle (ed.). The Cradle : Naval Air Station, Pensacola 75th Anniversary. Pensacola FL: Pensacola Engraving, 1989. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good Library pocket inside front cover, spine reinforced with clear library tape, 193pp., illus. Historic photographs and text surrounding 75 years of Naval aviation in Pensacola Florida. $15.00 [7221] Drury, Clifford Merrill. History of the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy, Volume 1, 1778-1939. Washington DC: GPO, 1949. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Clean, no markings or names, 273pp., illus. NAVPERS 15807. Church historian Clifford Drury was recalled to active duty to begin the first official history of the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps. $15.00 [6293] Drury, Clifford Merrill. History of the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy, Volume 5 . Washington DC: GPO, 1957. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket - As Issued. Clean, no marks, corners bumped, back cover sunned area, 142pp. NAVPERS15903. Volume 5 of series contains biographies of "United States Navy Chaplains 1953-1957." Inlaid, "Chapters in Chaplain Corps History: I. Education and Training," Samuel C. Pearson, Jr. 1967. $25.00 [7222] Drury, Clifford Merrill; Sanders, Paul S.; & Hoy, W. Ivan. History of the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy, Volume 6, 1950-1954. Washington DC: GPO, 1960. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket - As Issued. Clean, no text marking, corners bumped, several small water spots to cover, naval stamp inside front cover, 280pp., illus. NAVPERS15936. History of the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps serving Marines and Navy during the Korean War. $25.00 [6294] Drury, Clifford Merrill; Sanders, Paul S.; & Hoy, W. Ivan. History of the Chaplain Corps United States Navy, Volume 6, 1950-1954. Washington DC: GPO, 1960. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket - As Issued. Corners bumped, 280pp., illus. NAVPERS 15938. The history of U.S. Navy chaplains serving both Navy and Marine Corps in the Korean conflict. $25.00 [4620] Edwards, Bernard. Salvo! : Classic Naval Gun Actions. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1557507961. Label removed from inside front cover with light paper lift, 192pp., illus., maps. Naval warship engagements 1894-1944. $14.00 [6584] Edwards, Charles (ed.). USS Coronado: Always A Leader. Jostens, 1989. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket - As Issued. Clean, no names or marks, few light edge bumps, blue cover, gold ship's seal, 160pp, illus. Persian Gulf 1988 cruise book for USS Coronado (AGF-11), command ship for Joint Task Force Middle East (JTFME) in Bahrain. Coronado relieved the USS LaSalle in Bahrain for most of 1988 before returning to homeport, Pear Harbor to assume flagship duty forThird Fleet. $45.00 [1844] Engeman, Jack. Annapolis: The Life of a Midshipman. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shephard, 1965. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Dust jacket edge wear and yellowed spine, 119pp., over 400 b/w illus. $4.00 [6725] Ennes, James M. Jr.. Assault on the Liberty : The True Story of the Israeli Attack on an American Intelligence Ship. New York NY: Random House, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0394505123. Clean, no names or marks, 299pp., illus. Story of USS Liberty, communications intelligence ship attacked mid day off Gaza by Israel with the loss of 34 American sailors. Chronicles another Johnson/McNamara fiasco and subsequent cover-up. "Errors do occur, " Robert McNamara. $25.00 [7076] Ennes, James M. Jr.. Assault on the Liberty : The True Story of the Israeli Attack on an American Intelligence Ship. New York NY: Random House, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0394505123. Dust jacket top edge wear, name inside front cover, 299pp., illus. Story of USS Liberty, communications intelligence ship attacked mid day off Gaza by Israel with the loss of 34 American sailors. Chronicles another Johnson/McNamara fiasco and subsequent cover-up. "Errors do occur, " Robert McNamara. $20.00 [6724] Ennes, James M. Jr.. Assault on the Liberty : The True Story of the Israeli Attack on an American Intelligence Ship. New York NY: Random House, 1979. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0394505123. Clean, no names or marks, 299pp., illus. Story of USS Liberty, communications intelligence ship attacked mid day off Gaza by Israel with the loss of 34 American sailors. Chronicles another Johnson/McNamara fiasco and subsequent cover-up. "Errors do occur, " Robert McNamara. $25.00 [5772] Gillcrist, Paul T.. Feet Wet : Reflections of a Carrier Pilot. Novato, CA, U.S.A.: Presidio Press, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0891413669. 348pp., illus. $12.00 [4621] Gugliotta, Bobette. Pigboat 39 : An American Sub Goes to War. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 081310985x. Highlighting on several pages in middle of book, 224pp., illus. Ancient S-39 in the early days of WW2 in the Pacific Theater. $9.00 [5826] Hagan, Kenneth J.. This People's Navy : The Making of American Sea Power. New York, NY: Free Press, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0029134706. Some underlining, cover indentations, tight binding, 434pp., illus. $6.00 [4008] Hagan, Kenneth J.. In Peace and War: Interpretations of American Naval History, 1775 - 1978. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good Light water stain on page edges, 368pp. Contributions in Military History, Number Sixteen. $7.00 [2381] Hagan, Kenneth J.. In Peace and War : Interpretations of American Naval History, 1775 - 1978. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0313200394. 368pp. Contributions in Military History, Number Sixteen. $6.00 [7168] Kelly, Orr. Brave Men - Dark Waters : The Inside Story of the Navy SEALs. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1992. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0891414088. 288pp., illus. History of Navy SEAL teams including Marchinko scandal. Excellent bibliography. $9.00 [3678] Konn, Cathy (ed.). 1993 Blue Angels. 1993. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 48pp., illus. 1993 Navy Flight Demonstration Team with great glossy photographs of the aircraft in action and squadron member photos. Cdr. Bod Stumpf, CO. $9.00 [6571] Kurzman, Dan. Fatal Voyage : The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis. New York, NY: Athemeum, 1990. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Fine. ISBN: 0689120079. Mylar dust jacket protector, no marks, 331pp., illus., maps. Tragic event of July 30,1945 when the cxruiser Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk east of Guam. The unreported disaster leaves the men in the open sea for days. Only 316 survivors out of more than 1200 Indianapolis sailors survive. Later chapters deal with the trial of Captain McVey. $14.00 [5491] Maas, Peter. The Terrible Hours : The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History. New York NY: HarperCollins, 1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0060194804. 259pp. Commander "Swede" Momsen and the rescue attempt of the submarine Squalus in 1939. $7.00 [6333] Maas, Peter. The Terrible Hours : The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History. New York NY: HarperCollins, 1999. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0060194804. 259pp. Commander "Swede" Momsen and the rescue attempt of the submarine USS Squalus in 1939. $7.00 [3071] Maclay, Edgar Stanton. A History of the United States Navy from 1775 to 1898 (2 Volumes). NY: D. Appleton, 1898. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Edge wear, volume two upper spine leather has half inch split, 1284pp., illus., maps. "New edition, revised and enlarged in two volumes." Two volume set. $89.00 [7298] McFarland, Philip. Sea Dangers: The Affair of the Somers. New York NY: Schocken Books, 1985. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0805239901. Clean, tight binding, no marks or names, dust jacket (not price clipped) in mylar protector, 308pp., illus. True saga of mutiny and hanging of three US Navy sailors aboard the USS Somers in peace time. Commanding officer, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, is court martialed as one of those he hung was the son of the US Secretary of War Spencer. $12.50 [2564] Merrill, James M. (ed.). Quarter-Deck and Fo'c's'le. NY: Rand McNally, 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Name inside cover, dustjacket edge wear and nick on spine, price clipped, 509pp. $16.00 [6269] Messimer, Dwight R.. No Margin for Error : The U. S. Navy's Transpacific Flight of 1925. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0870214977. Name and date on front free end paper, mylar jacket protector, 167pp., illus., maps. Navy's attempted transpacific flight of 1925 in the PN9 aircraft. $15.00 [1757] Miller, Nathan. The U.S. Navy : A History, 3rd Ed. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1977. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 1557505950. Price tag residue on cover o/w appears unopened, reprint 1997, 324pp. A concise history of the United States Navy. $10.00 [5482] Montross, Lynn. The United States Marines: A Pictorial History. New York: Bramhall House, 1959. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1131293053. Dust jacket edge wear, closed tear, pp edges lightly soiled, 242pp, illus. b/w. $9.00 [4807] Naval Advisory Group, Air University. Employment of Navy and Marine Forces. Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1990. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 141pp., illus. Air Force orientation to U.S. naval forces. $8.00 [2783] Ponko, Vincent Jr.. Ships, Seas, and Scientists : U.S. Naval Exploration and Discovery in the Nineteenth Century. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1974. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 112110214x. Navy recruiting paste on "provided by..." inside front cover, 283pp. Peacetime pursuits of the 19th century Navy including exploration, mapping and charting of the oceans. $24.00 [3848] Potter, E. B.. The Naval Academy Illustrated History of the United States Navy. NY: Galahad Books, 1971. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Light top edge wear to dust jacket, 299pp., illus., maps. $14.00 [4478] Pratt, Fletcher. The Compact History of the United States Navy, 3rd Edition. ill. Priscilla, Louis. NY: Hawthorn, 1967. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. 363pp., illus., maps. $8.00 [4499] Pratt, Fletcher. The Navy A History: The Story of a Service in Action. Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing, 1941. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Vendor stamp on ffep, 496pp., illus. $8.00 [3594] Roscoe, Theodore and Freeman, Fred. Picture History of the U.S. Navy. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Corner wear, front hinge paper torn but tight, 1011 illus. $15.00 [6650] Smith, Richard K.. First Across! : The U. S. Navy's Transatlantic Flight of 1919. Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1973. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0870211846. Clean, no marks or names, mylar jacket protector, 279pp., illus., end maps. Flight of the Navy Curtiss NC-4,"Nancy Boat," piloted by 3rd LT. Elmer Stone, USCG, across the Atlantic and into history. See the real a/c at National Museum Naval Aviation in Pensacola. $21.00 [6301] Sontag, Sherry; Drew, Christopher; Drew, Annette Lawrence. Blind Man's Bluff : The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. New York, NY, U.S.A.: PublicAffairs, LLC, 1998. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 1891620088. Clean and tight copy sans jacket, 352pp., illus., maps. $5.00 [6188] Sontag, Sherry; Drew, Christopher; Drew, Annette Lawrence. Blind Man's Bluff : The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. New York, NY, U.S.A.: PublicAffairs, LLC, 1998. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1891620088. 352pp., illus., maps. $7.00 [6326] Sontag, Sherry; Drew, Christopher; Drew, Annette Lawrence. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage. New York, NY, U.S.A.: PublicAffairs, LLC, 1998. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1891620088. 352pp., illus., maps. $7.00 [4460] Spears, John R.. The History of Our Navy From Its Origin to the Present Day 1775-1897. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Five volumes. Page ends lighty soiled, blue cloth with silver titles, vol 5 with name stamp of ffep. Originally planned for 4 volumes however volume 5 added to cover Spanish American War. $125.00 [5089] Spector, Ronald H.. At War, At Sea: Sailors and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century. New York NY: Viking, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-670-86085-9. 463pp., illus. $15.00 [7284] Sterner, Captain Doris M. In & Out of Harm's Way: A Navy Nurse Corps History. Seattle WA: Peanut Butter Publishing, 1997. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0897167067. No names or marking of text. Lower front corner curl, quarter size water stain first 12 pages. 390pp., illus. Copyright, Navy Nurse Corps Association (NNCA), Oak Harbor, WA. Inlaid, newspaper article on author and book. $25.00 [4498] Sternlicht, Sanford. McKinley's Bulldog: The Battleship Oregon. Chicago IL: Nelson-Hall, 1977. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0882292633. Dust jacket corner wear, 161pp., illus. USS Oregon (BB-3) history. $10.00 [3631] Stevens, William Oliver and Westcott, Allan. A History of Sea Power. Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1947. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Name inside front cover, 467pp., illus., maps. Naval Academy text book 1949-50 with inlaid one page USNA course syllabus. $7.00 [6719] Trumbull, Robert. The Raft. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 1557508275. Cover crease, 213pp., illus. Reprint of WW2 epic of survival of three Navy enlisted men flying a patrol in a TBD Devastator who are downed in the South Pacific in February 1942, $6.00 [6595] U.S. Navy. United States Ship Carl Vinson CVN-70, Vol. IV, 1985-1987. Walsworth, 1987. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket - As Issued. Clean, no marks, previous owner's name embossed lower right cover, gray cover with silver ship's logo, 496pp., illus. 1985-1987 ship's company, Carrier Air Wing 15, VF-51, VF-111, VA-27, VA-97, VA-52, VS-29, VAQ-134, VAW-114, HS-4, VQ-1 & VRC-50. $85.00 [5984] U.S. Navy. United States Naval Aviation 1910-60 (NAVWEPS 00-80P-1). Washington DC: GPO, 1962. Ring Binder. Very Good Black post binder gold embossed title, 239pp., illus. b/w photographs, 6 appendices. A history of U.S. Naval Air. Appendices includes first naval aviators to #250, listing of aviation ships, aircraft types and yearly inventories. "Prepared at the direction of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (AIR) and Chief of The Bureau of Naval Weapons." $21.00 [5599] Valle, James E.. Rocks and Shoals : Order and Discipline in the Old Navy, 1800-1861. Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1980. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0870215388. 341pp., illus. $15.00 [6828] Van Deurs, George. Wings for the Fleet a Narrative of Naval Aviation's Early Development, 1910-1916. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1966. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Untorn dust jacket marred by small spots on the jacket front, light corner wear to book, trace of former book plate on front end paper, clean contents, 175pp., illus. An excellent history of U.S. Naval aviation beginnings. $17.00 [7194] Vistica, Gregory L.. Fall from Glory: The Men Who Sank the U.S. Navy. Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0684811502. Clean, no marks or names, 447pp., illus. Expose of the Navy - all the rumors and cover-ups real and imagined of the Regan era Navy. $5.00 [5712] Wilson, George C.. Flying the Edge : The Making of Navy Test Pilots. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1557509255. Gift inscription ffep, 271pp., illus. $8.00 [4607] York, Thomas. U. S. Navy Today. New York, NY: Smithmark Publishers, 1986. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0831790784. 96pp., illus. Photo essay of U.S. Navy. $7.00

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