Stevens Reeve (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Blue boards with blue tape binding; blue foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; some yellowing to edges of dj. "As the sun sets on a lonely Connecticut farmhouse, the shadows come, gliding through windows, slid…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First printing. NY, Popular Publications, 1943 First Edition 130-page Pulp magazine edited by Rogers Terrill with Stories by Clifford Dowdey, Joel Reeve, Tom Roan and others. A very good pulp with small edge tears, text lightly toned, Small hole to front cover at spine…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Southern Trident examines the influences on the rise of Australian naval power and discusses current international and strategic issue in te light of history. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Australian history, of navel issu…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With its ancestry in the Royal Navy and the former colony-based navies, the Australian Navy was established in 1901. Since that time it has helped Australia enter the international community as a modern, self-reliant nation and has been indispensable in protecting Australia's sovere…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 363pp with b/w photos and illustrations - blue cloth - previous owner's inscription to first blank page - SIGNATURE OF EDITOR DAVID STEVENS TO TITLE PAGE - minor wear to edges of dustwrapper - Strategy History and the Rise of Australian Naval Power.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Despite the navy being one of Australia's oldest and most important institutions, the links between nation-building and the Navy have never before received detailed study. Bringing together scholars from Australia and overseas, The Navy and the Natio…

1st Ed. XX, 363 PP with 4 maps, 4 tables and 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 15. Collection of 19 essays: The rise of modern Naval Strategy c.1580-1880 by John Reeve. Imperial Naval Defence, a Canadian perspective by Nicholas Tracy. A strategy for the lower deck of the early Royal Australi…

8vo Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. 363p. Signed by David Stevens on title page. Bookplate affixed on front endpaper with unknown signature. Contains full number line. Interior is unmarked. Binding is firm with securely attached hinges. Dark blue boards are pointed with gilt lettering o…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Trafalgar, Tsushima, Midway, and other epic blue-water fleet actions are not likely to have their counterparts in the early twenty-first century. Since the end of the Cold War there has been an increased interest instead in the way that navies direct…

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condition: FINE. The development of Australia's navy has been a vital factor in its history and evolution as a nation in the century since Federation. Australia has a maritime environment and its national interests stretch far beyond its coastline.Southern Trident examines the influences on the rise of A…

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo xxvi + 438pp., b/w plates, notes, index, Collection of 18 essays: Inc. The RN in the Pacific: sea power and Imperial endeavour by Geoffrey Till. The search for a strategic sea-base and the founding of Australia, by Tom Frame. The long triangulation: naval hydrography and the Great Barrier…

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo xx + 363pp., b/w plates, notes, index, Contains 17 essays that examine the role that humans have played in the naval conflicts of the late 19th- 20th century. Essays include Western Advisors and Chinese sailors in the Sino-Japanese War; the Commander in Crisis: Graf Spee and the German Ea…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 320 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Leading historians look back over more than one hundred years to show how navies have often made a critical difference to the fighting ashore and the contest for mastery in the…

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. "Ranging from lively accounts of individual acts of heroism through to critical studies of the problems of command at sea, this text highlights the multi-dimensional nature of maritime warfare. Illustrated with manu previously unpublished photographs, thi…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, xxvi/438pp, b&w photos. Light wear on card edges; a very good copy. This collection of contributions from key naval and military commentators examines the extent of the Navy's contribution to our national development and shows how the Navy had played a vital role in defining our…

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xx + 363pp., b/w plates, notes, index, collection of essays examines the influences of the rise of Australian naval power and discuss international and strategic issues at the time of publication in the light of history. It covers two major themes: concepts and approached to maritime strateg…

Card Cover. Condition: Very Good. None issued. Examining how naval warfare has developed and unfolded during the past century, this collection of essays blends the importance of individual acts of maritime valor and ingenuity with concise explanations of pivotal naval battles to arrive at a vivid picture of how naval war has tak…

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xx + 363pp., b/w plates, notes, index, collection of essays examines the influences of the rise of Australian naval power and discuss international and strategic issues at the time of publication in the light of history. It covers two major themes: concepts and approached to maritime strateg…