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THE GIRL WITH THE OCELOT and Other Poems.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Bruce Humphries, (1964.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes a long dramatic monologue, 'Black Boat,' on the death of 200 African American seamen in the Port Chicago disaster during World War II. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper - "For a long-standing much admired friend, Fred Carpenter, in the hope that he may be interested in the chiaroscura of the last poem in this book." 150 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (tanning to spine of dj and to back cover,.)
Book ID: 76084More details Price: $31.50 -
DAVE DARRIN'S THIRD YEAR AT ANNAPOLIS or Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., n.d. (ca 1925, c 1911) dj. Hardcover - Third book in this series following the adventures of Dave Darrin and his friend Don Dalzell. Illustrated. 250 pp.
Condition: Good overall in white illustrated boards in a very good dust jacket (both hinges starting, usual rather severe toning to the pages. prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 64030More details Price: $17.50 -
DAVE DARRIN'S THIRD YEAR AT ANNAPOLIS or Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., n.d. (ca 1925, c 1911) dj. Hardcover - Third book in this series following the adventures of Dave Darrin and his friend Don Dalzell. Illustrated. 250 pp.
Condition: Good overall in pale blue illustrated boards in a good only dust jacket (sunning to the covers, usual rather severe toning to the pages. prev owner's name, chipping and edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 70679More details Price: $15.00 -
DAVE DARRIN'S FIRST YEAR AT ANNAPOLIS or Two Plebe Midshipmen At The United States Naval Academy #1.
Edition: Reprint.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., n.d. (ca 1925, c 1910) dj. Hardcover - First book in this series following the adventures of Dave Darrin and his friend Don Dalzell. Illustrated. 250 pp.
Condition: Good overall in gray illustrated boards in a good dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, gift inscription in pencil, rear hinge cracking, edgewear to the dj - dj was designed for a smaller book.)
Book ID: 74636More details Price: $18.50 -
HORATIO NELSON.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of one of the best known figures in British history, based in part on previously unpublished diaries and other materials. This covers his life from boyhood adventures in the Arctic, to being a captain in Nicaraguan jungle, his first love affair with a married woman, to his scandalous relationship with Emma Hamilton and his death at Trafalgar at the height of his fame. Maps, 55 illustrations, chronology, bibliography, notes on sources and Nelsonian sites. xx, 367 pp. ISBN: 0-394-570561.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 34750More details Price: $20.00 -
THE BATTLESHIP BOYS IN FOREIGN SERVICE or, Earning New Ratings in European Seas (Battleship boys series #3).
Edition: Reprint.
New York & Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., (c 1911.) dj. Hardcover - "Dan Davis and Sam Hickey are two young boys who have joined the Navy and are ambitious to work their way upwards. Dan is the leader, and wins promotion through his hard work, courage, honor, resourcefulness, and skill; as he rises, he carries his best friend, temperamental red-haired orphan-with-a-heart-of-gold Sam, along with him." Frontispiece. 212 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated tan covers in a very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, but covers are bright and attractive, some rubbing and edgewear to the dj, peeled spot on front cover)
Book ID: 66406More details Price: $16.50 -
SCUTTLEBUTT: The Adventures of Robert K. Reed.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (a few corners creased).
Book ID: 62392More details Price: $16.50
