Captain Robert Bulkley (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Many (illustrator). 1st Edition. On offer here: "At Close Quarters- PT Boats in the United States Navy" by Captain Robert J. Bulkley, Jr. USNR (retired). This book includes a Foreword by President John F. Kennedy and an Introduction by Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller, USN retired, Director of Naval History. The book is very well illustrated throughout. Condition: THis book is in very good condition. The hard covers are clean and bright with minimal bumping. Inside, the book is clean and bright and unmarked without toning or foxing. Both hinges are intact and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.

Condition: Good. Hardcover without dust jacket. Blue cloth cover with gold design to front cover and lettering and design to spine. Mild bumping noted to few corners with some scratching noted to covers. Pages yellowing with age but very readable and clean. Forward by John F. Kennedy. This book tells how PT boats carried out necessary duties as their crews, mostly "citizen sailors," rose to the desperate challenge to freedom in the highest traditions of patriotism, skill and courage that have served America well at sea from her earliest struggles. It is hoped that readers will find in this book fuller appreciation of this stirring tradition of sacrifice and service without which our nation cannot endure as the leader of the hopes of men.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Foreword by John Kennedy. PT Boats in the United States Navy. Reunion sticker on copyreght page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st 1962, scarce. Vg hardback copy. Blue buckram binding. HEAVY! OVERSEAS SHIPPING WILL EXCEED DEFAULT RATES. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Boards heavily mottled. Stamp to the first blank. PT Boat Museum sticker to the verso of the title page. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; Hardback. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 10" x 6¾" (1.6 kg); pp (xxiv) 574; Index; Preface by Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller; Includes: Errata (type-written) slip laid in; Black & white photographs; Maps; List of sources; Frontispiece; Appendices (4); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191451 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover with blue boards, no dust jacket, first edition, 1230gms, 574 pages. Book is in good condition with moderate general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. There is a bookplate from a previous owner (W. H. Gibbins) is on the inside front endpaper. Boards are in fair to good condition with moderate shelf wear and scuffing to corners and edges. Boards also show rubbing particularly to spine where gold stamping is barely visible. Front board shows a small white sticker, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs over 1kg and may incur additional postage.