Search Results: NAVY from Texas Star Books

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Press, 1990. Reprint Ed. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean copy with light spine end bumping. Dust jacket is also crisp and clean with minor edgewear and rubbing which shows on dark background.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Stein and Day, 1982. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book club copy is tight and bright with very slight right lean. A little edgewear - corner and spine end bumping. Dust jacket has light chipping on corners and spine ends with a little tearing at top spine end and on top front edge.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Pepys Press, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Personal narratives of 24 servicemen from WWII, those who served on land, on the sea, in the air and as POW's. This copy is signed & inscribed, "To ___ with God's blessings and best wishes", on half title page by one of those POW's whose story is told, Mike Harkovich. Bright orange boards with bright gilt title on spine. Slight bumping on corners and spine ends. Small ink mark on Contents page - else clean interior. No dust jacket.

New York: The Viking Press, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crisp, bright and tight copy with very slight smudging on page ends. Dust jacket has a little edge wear -- hardly noticeable, as is the page end smudging. Very nice copy.

New York, NY: Random House, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled, "Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea". 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 865 pp. Crisp, and tight copy with minor bumping on spine ends and on bottom of front board. Dust jacket is bright with light edge creasing. Rear panel has a little scratching/rubbing. Appears unread.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. 368 pp. Tight and bright copy with minor edgewear. Bottom page edge has light spotting. Clean interior. Dust jacket has minor edgewear and light rubbing shows on black glossy background.

Self-Published, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 276 pp. Dark blue cloth boards with bright gilt graphics and print. Crisp and tight book with clean interior. Forward edge of front board has faint white-"ish" marking. Light corner and spine end bumping.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Newmarket Pr, 1995. Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 341pp Trade paperback is tight with light rubbing to wrapper. Clean interior.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lieut. Bob Berry's Story of the Navy's Armed Guard - as told to Lloyd Wendt" - from the dust jacket. 293 pp. Book has slight right lean and light bumping on corners and spine ends. Previous owner's bookplate on front pasted down paper. Pages are tanned with age. Dust jacket is tattered with creasing, tearing and chipping loss. Missing pieces on front lower corner, 1 1/2" X 1 1/2"; front hinge, 1 3/4" X 1/2"; bottom of spine from rear hinge across to front panel, 2 3/4" X 3/4". Light background of rear panel shows rubbing with light smudging/spotting. Now in protective cover.

U.S.A.: Casemate, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bright, crisp and clean copy with a little spine end and corner bumping. Dust jacket is also bright and clean with very minor edge creasing. 274 pp.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240 pp. Red cloth boards with bright gilt print and design. Rear board has large damp stain the length of the book and there are two spots of red on the bottom page edge where the red bled a little onto the last few pages. Else interior is clean and bright. Rear board is slight cupped. Corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Very bottom edge of spine is a little faded. Dust jacket has light wear and spine is slightly sunned. Red graphics on front and rear. Inside of rear of dust jacket has large red damp stain which shows through to outside.

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1939. 3rd Ed. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 404 [[. Tight copy with clean text block. Spine and rear board have spots of damage to cloth through to board. Else light corner and spine end wear. Gift message on front free end paper.

London: Faber & Faber, 1940. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Look at pre-WWII British navy. 280 pp. Green boards show edgewear and slight corner and spine end bumping. Previous owner's name and address in pencil on front free end paper - else clean interior. Clipped dust jacket is intact, though rear is missing a large section from top, approx. 3"W X 3 1/4"H. Other pieces missing on front top edge, about 1 1/2" X 3/4" and at spine bottom - 1 1/2" X 1/2" Now in protective covering.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good++/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 322 pp. Crisp and bright copy - edges of dark red cloth boards have some wear and spotting - light wear to corners and spine ends. Page edges have a little spotting/discoloration. Clean interior. Very nice copy.

Not Stated: Naval Recruiting Bureau, 1936. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 23 pp. in this recruiting pamphlet with a brief history of the U.S. Navy. Trade paperback is stapled binding that is tight. Substantial spotting on wraps. Edges have light wear and some creasing. Rear panel has a paperclip-shaped rustmark and discoloration on edges. 1" damp stain on bottom edge affects about 1/2" into pages at spine. Does not affect text. Title page has small hole near bottom edge.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the dust jacket: "Inside the Toughest and Most Deadly Unit in Vietnam by a Founding Member of the Elite Navy Seals". Watson was chief of Seal Team Two's sixth platoon. 1st Ed., 1st Ptg. Clean and crisp copy with blue boards slightly fading at edges. Slight bumping to corners and spine ends. Slight right lean and very faint spotting on bottom page ends. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and shows a little creasing along edges.

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1981. 1st Am. Edn., 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 292 pp. Crisp, tight and bright copy with previous owner's bookplate on front pasted down paper - else clean interior. Appears unread. Dust jacket is bright and crisp with minimum wear. In protective cover.

New York: The Viking Press, 1981. 1st Am. Edn., 1st Ptg. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crisp and bright book with clean interior. Gray boards are slightly faded at edges with light bumping and edgewear. Red mark on top page ends; black mark on bottom page edges. Dust jacket has a little creasing along edges and some slight chipping at corners and top spine end.

Philadelphia: Dufour Editions, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pp. EX-LIB with usual library stamps, markings and card pocket. Book has a right lean and wear on edges. Dust jacket is in library mylar cover taped to boards. Good reading/reference copy.

New York: Atheneum, 1974. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tight and bright copy with a manufacturing defect, that being the flaps of the dust jacket glued to boards where the front and back pasted down paper is glued. The front flap has been pulled loose, but the back flap is firmly attached. Dust jacket front is clean and bright -- a few smudges on top of spine and on on back where it is darkened up and down the hinge and out about 2 1/2" toward middle of book. Also slight creasing and tearing on back edges.