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SAILOR: Vintage Photographs of a Masculine Icon.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco / Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Includes over 150 images of sailors mostly from snapshots in private collections - although some are more formal and a few are large double page pictures - and never before reproduced. Many are early and mid twentieth century, US Navy sailors. Selected and with an introduction by editor. SIGNED by Bentley on the title pages. Square format. 109 pp. Photographic endsheets. ISBN: 1-571780947.
Condition: Fine in light green cloth with silver lettering on the spine in a fine dust jacket (as new)
Book ID: 78277More details Price: $35.00 -
THE NINETY AND NINE.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1966. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about the US Navy during World War II - set aboard a U.S. Navy vessel in the Mediterranean, making the dangerous run from Naples to Anzio through submarine infested waters - by the author of 'Don't Go Near the Water.' Brinkley himself spent 4 years during the war in the Navy, mostly in the Mediterranean and Pacific. 393 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of wear to the dj at the top of the spine. original price of $5.95 still present on dj flap)
Book ID: 83311More details Price: $17.50 -
AMERICA'S U-BOATS: Terror Trophies of World War I.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 62393More details Price: $18.00 -
AMERICAN NAVAL SONGS AND BALLADS.
Edition: First printing.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1938. dj. Hardcover first edition - A chronologically arranged collection of the best songs and ballads recounting American naval history from the time of the Revolution - the taking of the British armed schooner Margaretta at Machias in 1775- to 1882 (to the grim fate of Lieutenant De Long's Arctic Expedition) - the years of ships under sail. Includes halftone reproductions of twenty original broadsides. Bibliography, index of first lines, of proper names and of ship's names. xvii, 372 pp.
Condition: Near fine in navy blue cloth (what else?) with gilt lettering in a good dust jacket - an interesting copy with the stamp of "Columbia Broadcasting System" in it - the rather fragile dust wrapper has several chips, especially on the upper edge of the back cover, but still includes the original price of $2.50. Uncommon, especially in dust jacket.
Book ID: 37695More details Price: $75.00 -
AIR WARRIORS: The Inside Story Of The Making Of A Navy Pilot.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An acount of what this grueling two year training program involves, based on interviews with hundreds of trainees and the author's own experiences when he was given permission to participate in the program. Photographs, source notes, index. 416 pp. ISBN: 0-684814307.
Condition: Very good in very good silver foil dust jacket.
Book ID: 38152More details Price: $15.00