United States Naval Institute Proceedings, First Edition (32 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good Only. Original Edition. Vol. 82, No. 4 issue of this US Navy publication "for the advancement of professional, literary, and scientific knowledge in the Navy". Contains articles on sea power and the struggle for Asia, duty in Washington, the Fleet Reserve Association, the Odenwald Incident, America's iron ore needs, the Isthmian Canal policy, the retired officer in education, the American Merchant Marine and WWII, Joe Fyffe, and the Swiss Merchant Navy on the high seas. Filled with advertisements as well. Front cover is detached (but present); and the cover has moderate wear/marks. Interior has faint stains along the side edges of some pages. Book.

Softcover Periodical. First Printing. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. Very Good to Near Fine Condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. B&w Illus (illustrator). 1st. contents: Universal Military Training in guam; Solution of Zigzags; Notes on Boiler Testing; Naval Campaign of 1805; Navy and Filibustering in the 1850s;

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b&w (illustrator). 1st. contents:.The Destroyer Navy--the Real Silent Service; Hawaiian Retrospect; the Gorges of the Uangtze Kiang; Oil in Trouble Waters, the Byzantine Invasion of Horth Africe, Sicily and Italy; the Education of a Naval Officer; Bougainville; Japan's Pearl Harbor4, Ogasawara Jima; Medical Battle bills; Fighter Planes Vs. Gunboats; Damage Control is Fun; Detached Command--multiple Duties of Armed Guard Officers; Military Government in the Navy; Etc; Illustrated by full color frontis.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b&w (illustrator). 1st. Contents: contents: Junior Naval Reserve Officer and Military Command;soldier's Relations to Foreign policy; Johnston Island; Naking, Navy's History Program; Those not-so-litte-ships--The DE's; Small Boat experience; American Shiping in the Post-war Era; Navy Powder goes on a Journey, Etc. Illustrated by full color frontis,

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b&w (illustrator). 1st. contents: Executing National Policy; Battle of the Java Sea; When Japan's Relapse Began; Interrelated Methods for Distribution of Materials and Fabricated Parts; the Navy Waves the Rules; Some Early Experiences with iron and Steam at Sea; a department of War; Time of Sunrise and Sunset; How Cleopatra's Needle Was Brought to America; Etc Illustrated by full color frontis,

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b&w (illustrator). 1st. contents: Alaska and the Aleutians: cockpit of the North pacific; Some Ship-Handling Doctrices for Converted yachtsmen; "Play Ball, Navy"; Colonial Administration By US Naval Officers; Blmimps Blast subs; Japanese Espionage, Foundatin for War; Integrated War Effort; Simple Method Fof Supply for Small ships; Recreational Development at Pearl Harbor; Etc.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b&w (illustrator). 1st. Contents: Development of Naval Gunfire Support of Amphibious Operations; the price of Victory; Battle Stations submerged; Naval Academy and Naval Aviation; the Navy Advances in Business Management; Saga of a YMS; Soviet Sea Power; Method of Using the Stars Listed Under "Additional Stars"; when Yhe Nevy Was Host to Hawaii's King, EtcIllustrated by full color frontis,

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Color & b&w (illustrator). 1st. contents: Post-war Problems and the Navy; They Wanted to Rescue Napoleon; the Norwegian Navy in Ction; Battle at Bali; Women's Royal Naval Service; Forgotten island--An episode of the Philippines; the microphone is Yours; the Siling Ship is Not Yet Extinct; the Task Before us; Our Navy Inthe Pacific and the Far East Long Ago; Etc. Illustrated by full color frontis,

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 38100 shelf. With ads. Solid, clean. With b/w photos, maps. near fine, no dj, gold-stamped navy cloth, oversized 280+ pgs. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good minus. Paper back Book. Slightly rubbed and faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 101, Number 10/872. Quarto. 126 [2] pp. Bound without wrappers into black buckram with spine gilt. Binding soil and light mustiness, very good. Interior is clean. Naval bicentennial issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 173pp. Light binding wear, edges lightly foxed, near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Some tears and scuffing. Good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Secure yet slightly shaken binding with an inch tear at spine head and mild surface cover creases. Rear page (SECRETARY'S NOTES) has bottom third half cut away. 9-3/4 x 6-3/4 with 168 pages. Illustrated. Scarce! Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Magazine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Two soft cover magazines hard bound with leather spine and raised bands over marbled boards. Original covers bound in. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Marbled endpapers. Printed monthly. Lightly rubbed edges. Military, U. S. Naval Institute. ; Photographs; 8vo; 494 pages.

Condition: Good. Menasha, Wisconsin. 1930 first edition. Naval Institute. royal octavo wraps. Bryant article pp. 834-842 with 8 fullpage photo illustrations of people of Samoa and US sailors there. Good, cover soiled. light wear; text clean and bright. no owner marks.

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Edition. 336pp, illus, photos, the annual forum for the Sea Services. Incl articles on the Gulf War, attack on the Stark, Navy manning, Triad, and reviews of each part of the service. As new condition, no jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. 913-1820pp. With full markings and pocket. Annual index included, Individual indexes not included. "The Future Fleet", "The Philippine Question", "Peru", "Pan-Americanism and Naval Policy", "The Earliest Explorer-Traders of the Northwest Coast", "Torpedo planes in World War II", and other articles. Library Rebound. Size: 8vo. Journal.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Monthly Pagination. "Oil and the New Japan", "The Gulf of Aqaba - Trigger for Conflict", "Tito's Navy", "Wargaming the Cold War", "The Building of the USS Saratoga", "The Story of Coast Guard Aviation" , "The New Fleet Marine Force", and other articles. Has all standard Library markings, pocket, labels, stamps, wear and soil to covers. CLEAN TEXT. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. Will not fit in Flat Rate Priority Mail envelope. USPS Variable Rate applies for Domestic or International Priority mail. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! Library Rebound Size: 8vo. Ex-Library.

Wraps. Condition: Fair. Pages xxiii, 1356-1588, [1-46]. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tabular Data. The issue has moisture damage and the spine is torn with pieces missing at top and bottom. Cover has other wear and soiling. An unappealing looking item whose value remains its content. This professional journal was published For The Advancement of Professional, Literary And Scientific Knowledge In The Navy. Among the topics covered are The Founding of the Naval Academy by Bancroft and Buchanan, Colonial Government of Maryland, a Description of the United States Naval Academy, Entrance Requirements, Officers and Gentlemen in the Making, Athletic Training, A Midshipman's Day, Plebe Summer, and Annapolis, Mother of Navy Men. Among the authors was Arthur Ageton. Proceedings is a 96-page monthly magazine published by the U.S. Naval Institute. Launched in 1874, it is one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States. Proceedings covers topics concerning global security and includes articles from military professionals and civilian experts, historical essays, book reviews, full-color photography, and reader commentary. Roughly a third are written by active-duty personnel, a third by retired military, and a third by civilians. Proceedings also frequently carries feature articles by Secretaries of Defense, Secretaries of the Navy, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and top leaders of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Over the decades many notable names have contributed articles to Proceedings either early in their careers or when they reached the upper echelons of leadership, and in many cases, both: Tom Clancy, best-selling author of techno-thrillers such as The Hunt for Red October; George Dewey, only officer in U.S. history to attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy; Ernest King, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II; Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S. Navy flag officer, geostrategist and historian; Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II; Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States; James G. Stavridis, NATO's 16th Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Yates Stirling Jr., U.S. Navy flag officer, author, submarine pioneer and first commander of Naval Submarine Base New London and Submarine School. Ninetieth Anniversary Issue presumed first printing thus.

FIRST. VG+. Deep red blind embossed boards, gold titled spine. ex-lib w/ minimal markings. After the US Civil War the US Navy fell into a deep depression of limited dated equipment, vessels and arms. Investment was monitored by aseparate Advisory Boards. This changed 1881-1884. Appropriations were initiated for a new generation of "ironclads" including a new series for coastal defence called "torpedo boats". In fact, detailed here for the first time is a description of torpedoes, no long the title of land-mines, but now a 'movable torpedo' to be shot from speeding 'torpedo boats' directed at enemy boats, the Whitehead torpedo being 'state of the art' in 1886. An obituary section at the rear lists severalnaval officers, theri military history. Notably one listing reports the death of GEN ULYSSES S. GRANT, U.S. Army - honorary member of the institute (1880), July 22m 1885. PROVENANCE : Book plate "Estate of Wm Letts Oliver". Letts was California Bay Area industrialilst (1844-1918) founder of California Cap Co. (mining explosives) and amateur photographer (his collection now housed in the Bancroft Library. An special historic collectible edition in the long and noble history of the Naval Institute. [B177-234].

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Fourteen Folding Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. 595 -631, + 14 Folding Plates A End. Brown Pebbled Cloth, Gilt. Interesting Descriptions And Assessments Of Then-New Cruisers, Armored, But Powered By Both Steam And Sail. Ownership Signature Of Engineer George F Kutz (See Journal Of The American Society Of Naval Engineers, February 1921, For His Obituary]; Also Ownership Signature Of "M. Fletcher" On Title Page.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 160 pages. Features include: USS Perry; Communist China and the Arab-African area; The Naval Academy of Today and its Mission; Collective Security in the Pacific: 9 years of the ANZUS pact; The US Navy's Hurricane Hunters; The Development of Nuclear Propulsion of the Navy; Bellingshausen Sea Operation; and more. Above-average wear, particularly to spine. Unmarked. Worthy reference copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. Issue Pagination. W/full markings and pocket. Indexes at rear of volume included. "A New U. S. Military Philosophy", "Project Poseidon", "The Weapon That Came Too Late", "Disarmament--Is It Possible", "The Future of The Seaplane", "Did We Lose The Korean War?", "The Case Against Pre-Emptive Attack", and other articles. Library Rebound, Ex-Library. Will not fit in Flat Rate Priority Envelope. Must go Variable Rate for Domestic and International. Extra Postage may be required depending upon destination and size/weight of volume(s). Size: 8vo. Journal.

Menasha, WI. Very Good with no dust jacket; Soft Cover; United States Naval Institute; . 1935; First Edition. Editor: Commander A.B. Anderson, U.S.N. United States Naval Institute Proceedings. Menasha, WI: United States Naval Institute, 1206-1353 pp. Vol. 61 September, 1935 No. 391. Cream softcover wrappers with black titles to spine and front wrap. Light toning, edges rubbed, previous owner's name. This volume includes pages 1206-1353, includes articles naval officers on a varity of topics including one entitled The Japanese Situation, of course we would not declare war against Japan for another 6 years. Illustrated thru out with black & photographs and illustrations.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Very Good with no dust jacket; Soft Cover; United States Naval Institute; 1935; First Edition.

Wraps. Condition: Good. [6], 120, [8] pages. Illustrations. A major article is on The Astronaut Corps: Above and Beyond by R. P. Wiggen, Jr. which addressed the fact that the U.S. Navy had played a major role in pushing bade earth's frontiers and that a select team of Naval and Marine officers were playing such an important part in the opening up of space. At the time of this publication, more than half of the 73 astronauts had an association with the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps. In addition, this issue has an article by Vice Admiral Stansfield Turner on the United States and a Strategic Crossroads and articles on Indonesia's Archipelago doctrine, Modern Management, Battle-mindedness, the Merchant Marine, and a historical work, "Yankees in China Ports". Proceedings is a monthly magazine published by the United States Naval Institute since 1874. The 96-page publication features articles about naval and military matters. It is the third longest, continuously-published magazine in the United States after Scientific American and Harper's Magazine. The United States Naval Institute (USNI), based in Annapolis, Maryland, is a private, non-profit, professional military association that seeks to offer independent, nonpartisan forums for debate of national defense and security issues. In addition to publishing magazines and books, the Naval Institute holds several annual conferences. Established in 1873, the Naval Institute currently has about 50, 000 members. The organization also has members in over 90 countries. The Naval Institute's mission is to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense. Presumed first edition/first printing thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st. Issue Pagination. W/full markings and pocket. Indexes at rear of volume included. "We Are All Americans", "A Naval Battle At Gilbraltar 25 April 1607", "The Unique and Vital DER", "404 Days! The War Patrol Life of The German U-505", "The Freshwater Cruise of USS Macon", "Sea, Land, Air, and Missile Power", "The Destruction of Zeppelin L.53", and other articles. Library Rebound, Ex-Library. Will not fit in Flat Rate Priority Envelope. Must go Variable Rate for Domestic and International. Extra Postage may be required depending upon destination and size/weight of volume(s). Size: 8vo. Journal.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Hardback copy in cream cloth boards and black cloth spine, pasted-on titles to front board. No dustjacket as issued. Charts throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. Few marks to boards. (36/5).