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9875pamphlet. 26 pages. Slim 8vo unopened uncut stitched. Washington 1850.<br/><br/> A response to the House's earlier resolution "to inquire and ascertain the most favorable terms on which suitable sites can be obtained for marine hospitals at."<br/><br/> unknown books
185590811Washington D.C. 1855. Paperback. Good. 4 503 24p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27 cm. Cover soiling and wear. Back cover also has extensive old staining.Edges ends of backstrip and corners chipped. Backcover and edge of front cover dampstained. Bookplate David Todd. <br/><br/> paperback books
1943016126Washingon DC: U.S. Department of the Navy 1943. Quarto. 218p. Fold-out plates of mounts. Over a thousand pictures of the most minute parts. Cross-index. Essential for mechanics aboard ship on repair and for the homefront to send the exact replacements. A very nice copy bound in gray stiff paper wraps printed in black light soiling on rear cover. U.S. Department of the Navy unknown books
195546142Dallas: Armed Forces Publications 1955. 1st Edition. Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding embossed with ship bow & anchor gold & white lettering. Color photographic eps depicting the base. Modest wear VG. Unpaginated though ~ 100 pp. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w. 4to. 12-5/8" x 9-5/8" <br/><br/> Armed Forces Publications hardcover books
44154various various. Ca. 1918 - 1936. Most items loose disbound. PARTIAL COLLECTION with at least one element a 1919 diary known to be elsewhere. Two letters quite toned and brittle; evidence of photo album removal to verso of postcards and occasional other items including 6 RPPCs affixed to full leaf; slight mustiness. Some photographs poorly developed and/or lightly soiled. Overall text is clean legible and images are sharp. About Very Good. Total of 83 manuscript and 2 typescript letters plus 1 V-mail comprising 250 pp; of these 54 are from Arthur to various friends etc. 155 pp and 29 are from Arthur's parents and 3 are from others 97 pp. "Notes" folder: 64 ruled leaves 1 blank manuscript text to recto only. Scrapbook album: 46 tan construction paper leaves several blank and/or noticeably missing items. Numerous loose ephemera. Over 250 b/w photographs ranging in size from ~2-1/4" x 1-1/4" to 8" x 10" including many official Navy photos. Also 8 b/w RPPCs 2 half-tones and various negatives color printed certificates postcards etc. Most text on 10-1/2" x 8" leaves. <br/><br/>A collection of material detailing career sailor and struggling writer Arthur Gordon’s attempts to find work in the Merchant Marine during the height of the Great Depression as well as his considerable efforts to set aside time for writing and honing his craft. Gordon served as a lieutenant in the Navy during WWI as Chief Writer on the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Oceanographer during the early 1930s and again as an officer in the U.S. Navy during WWII eventually attaining the rank of commander; his stories of sea life were published in various popular magazines primarily during the 1940s. Gordon is an introspective writer with a good if sometimes uneven sense of how to turn his experiences and thoughts into an often humorous and lightly self-mocking story particularly in "Notes upon leaving the Coast Survey and looking for employment as a Merchant Mate Jan 5 - June 14 1935" a 63 pp autobiography of these experiences written in the third person. "Notes" offers a highly detailed account of Gordon's experiences as an unemployed seaman during the Depression and life aboard an oil tanker when his attempt to gain a position as a 3rd Mate didn't work out: "Las Piedras is an oil tank town with a single narrow dock extending from the shore providing bollards for tying up the ships and supports for the pipe lines. The town is small and I think exists only because of the oil tanks for the location has no charm otherwise. The white oil men live as colonials in an impoverished outpost. They take what stores they need from the steward's supplies aboard ship. Loading is done by gravity since the storage tanks ashore are on the cliff." The letters roughly divided between copies of correspondence sent from Arthur to his friends and letters sent to Arthur from his parents show Gordon to be an enthusiastic and encouraging friend to multiple young men and a few women as well as a dutiful son whose unemployed parents relied heavily on his earnings. Of some note as well are a handful of thoughtful if conflicted references to homosexuality with at least one of Gordon's male friends appearing to have a crush on him and hints that Gordon may have been in gay relationships himself and/or struggled with his sexuality: "…. I quite fully agree with you concerning the chemical make-up of man and the push and pull of attraction or dislike. I have had occasion to study what it is that draws me to which I react most noticeably and I am continually dismayed that usually it is the ‘wrong’ thing. . I’m skeptical of any kind of relation that presupposes permanency. Knowing myself I feel that ‘vows’ would soon be broken. I cannot stand constant association. Routine maddens me. The merest suggestion of ‘chain’ of compulsory anything and I’m off. I don’t think hetero marriages are particularly successful and I don’t think homo are either for almost the same reasons. I don’t mind the companionate idea with women. With men I fight shy. I am getting to the age where in others I condemn homo as degeneracy. I mean that among young people it seems almost natural as a manifestation of excess love as an overflow which can be handled without social consequences. At 45 it’s greasy and quite awful. Consider the advanced homos you know . . . Am I right I am not dictating here; nor dogmatizing. I hope to start a discussion. Homos are interesting to me because I find that along with it is usually an unidentified awareness and an understanding of life unequalled in the stolid conventionites. I do not think they are God’s elected but I don’t think that about any one….” All-in-all in interesting multilayered primary source account of one man's experiences at sea during the Depression and his deep engagement with his correspondents with heavy overtones of a writer's bildungsroman traveling seeking new experiences etc. unknown books
1944190039GPO 1944 1944-01-01. Paperback. Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Minor wear. 138 pages. GPO, 1944 paperback books
1946182271n.p c. 1946 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Boards have minor wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. n.p, c. 1946 hardcover books
1970182916Naval Institute 1970-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Brown boards. Clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. Light wear. Naval Institute hardcover books
1968297597Marceline: Walsworth 1968. First. hardcover. very good. Profusely illustrated with thousands of photographs depicting life on the aircraft carrier some in color. 364 pages. 4to black pebbled boards with embossed gilt emblem on cover. Marceline MO: Walsworth 1968. One page with photo of 3rd division crew is intentionally torn at corner otherwise a very good copy. Includes a loose Holiday card with image of the carrier.<br/><br/> Ownership information in red ink on preliminary page "Robert Bermudez 3rd Div. 67-68 Med. Deployment" and names and home addresses of 8 other crewmen on rear page.<br/><br/> Walsworth unknown books
1979007847Soviet Union 1979. Dated 1979-1982 a unique and RARE Soviet sailor's photo album 13 1/2" w x 9" h in string-tied brown velvet over heavy cardboard. Containing 40 pp. of thick cardboard with 140 black and white and 4 color photographs pasted in and 4 B & W photos and 1 negative laid in. The album rendered unique and amazing by the addition of 15 exquisitely detailed SIGNED pen and ink drawings of warships 11 modern Soviet Navy warships and 4 tall ships on rice paper with each drawing interspersed between the photography pages. Very Good small tears to the edges of some of the rice paper sheets. RARE Soviet Navy photographs from the height of the Cold War taken by an incredibly talented sailor/ artist. . Photograph Album. Very Good. 13 1/2" w x 9" h. Hardcover books
1858285462Washington: William A. Harris 1858. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair binding. The Navy Register of the United States for the year 1858 with the official status of U.S. Navy personnel vessels shipyards general orders and laws. Soiling to the publisher's paper wrappers. Green tape repair to the spine. Blue paper wrappers with lettering and illustration printed in black. Eicher 20. . Fair binding. William A. Harris unknown books
1856285461Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson 1856. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair binding. The Navy Register of the United States for the year 1856 with the official status of U.S. Navy personnel vessels shipyards general orders and laws. Soiling to the publisher's paper wrappers and loss to the bottom front corner; small chips and tears. Green tape repair to the spine. Blue paper wrappers with lettering and illustration printed in black. Eicher 20. . Fair binding. A. O. P. Nicholson unknown books
1857285459Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson 1857. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair binding. The Navy Register of the United States for the year 1857 with the official status of U.S. Navy personnel vessels shipyards general orders and laws. Soiling and marks in pencil to the publisher's paper wrappers. Green tape repair to the spine. Blue paper wrappers with lettering and illustration printed in black. Eicher 20. . Fair binding. A. O. P. Nicholson unknown books
026064Lederer Street and Zeus Printers; Berkeley California; 1946. Oblong Quarto. Construction battalion detachment was the one assigned to the Solomon Islands where they performed major tasks to create a major docking facility while fighting malaria and insects. This remarkable volume has hundreds of photographs that document the 1008th which was one of the larger battalions some on smaller islands had as few as sixty men. Laid in are papers of how the Association funds were spent on the printing engravings editing and other task in producing one of the most thorough Seabee volumes at the cost of $9480.50 in 1946. Only two copies are found on OCLC. Also laid in is a mimeographed list of the men and where they were located in the photographs of the entire battalion. A handsome copy near fine bound in brown and blue cloth lettered in brown and blue Owner's subscriber name stamped in gilt to upper board. [Lederer, Street and Zeus, Printers; Berkeley, California; 1946] unknown books
1946186338Air Group 86 Publishing Committee 1946-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated cloth boards have mild wear. Has a good binding no marks or notations. Air Group 86 Publishing Committee hardcover books
185411315Washington: Pr. by Robert Armstrong 1854. 8vo. 131 pp. <br><br>Contains much service information including date of present commission or warrant date of original entry into service duty or station duration of service at sea ashore and total when last at sea how long unemployed and state of birth citizenship and state of appointment. Also includes laws general orders pay tables and an index; the organization of the Navy Department and Naval Academy; lists and tables of vessels of war squadrons Navy yards and shore stations; and lists of resignations deaths and dismissals. Original wrappers; spine chipped wrappers soiled wrapper edges slightly toned. Signed by previous owner at top of front wrapper. Pamphlet with lengthwise fold marks as to fit in an envelope or pocket. Spots of foxing on blank pages at rear. Pr. by Robert Armstrong unknown books
181027966Washington D. C.: A. &. G. Way Printers 1810. First edition. Removed. A very good copy small chips where binding was lightly browned on last page. 4pp. 8vo. Consists of covering letter addressed to the Speaker of the House and dated January 5th 1810 and two exhibits which give the names of clerks and their salaries in the office of the Secretary of the Navy and in the office of the Accountant of the Navy. OCLC shows only 3 copies; Naval Hist. Ctr UVA and Hist. Soc. Penn. Shaw & Shoemaker 21687. A. &. G. Way, Printers unknown books
182613113Washington: Pr. by Gales & Seaton 1826. 8vo. 11 pp. <br><br>Consists of a letter from the Navy Department pp. 34 signed in type: "Sam'l. L. Southard" and a list of officers and seamen who assisted in destroying the frigate Philadelphia pp. 56. Other letters and lists contain information on those of the crew who were still alive at the time of publication as well as the names of widows and numbers of children of those who have died.<br>Â Â Â Â In October 1803 the U.S.S. Philadelphia was captured by the Tripolitans during the blockade of the Barbary coast a great blow to the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean force. Leaving Syracuse on 3 February 1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur and his crew aboard the ketch Intrepid volunteers from the Enterprise and flagship Constitution were assigned the mission of destroying the Philadelphia in Tripoli's well-fortified harbor. The daring mission succeeded brilliantly with none of the crew killed. Government document: 19th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 4. Ho. of Reps. Navy Dept. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shoemaker 26888. Removed from a nonce volume; four small holes in inner margin not touching text. Ink numeral in one corner of title-page. Foxed. Pr. by Gales & Seaton unknown books
181613097Washington: Pr. By William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 12 i.e. 14 pp. <br><br>Navy Secretary B. W. Crowninshield's report to the Senate transmitting a list of all the ships and vessels of the United States Navy showing the names rates and stations for each vessel. Pp. 1314 misnumbered 1112. Government document: Senate document United States. Congress. Senate; 14th Congress 1st session. Unnumbered Senate document. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39364. Removed from a nonce volume; outer margin darkened. First leaf lightly chipped in fore-margin not touching text. Pr. By William A. Davis unknown books
183118909Washington 1831. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>January 10 1831. Read and laid upon the table." Government document: 21st Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 38. Ho. of Reps. Navy Dept. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral in top margin of p. 1. Foxing. Very good. unknown books
183118912Washington 1831. 8vo. 21 pp. <br><br>January 5 1831. Read and laid upon the table." Government document: 21st Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 28. Ho. of Reps. Navy Dept. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral in top margin of p. 1. Very good. unknown books
184018134Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1840. 8vo. 7 pp. <br><br>Consists of the letter of J. K. Paulding Secretary of the Navy to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and eight other letters and reports including from Commodore John Rodgers and the Commissioners of the Navy. "Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs." Government document: 26th Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 200. Ho. of Reps. Navy Dept. Removed from a nonce volume; two stitch holes at inner margin without touching text. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Light spotting. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
181625687Washington D.C.: Printed by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 10 pp. <br><br>From the AAA OPAC: "Letter from the Navy Department signed by B.W. Crowninshield transmitting estimates of the annual expenses of a 74 gun ship a 44 gun ship and a first class sloop of war. Presumably printed by William A. Davis printer to the Senate during the first session of the Fourteenth Congress. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39388. Removed from nonce volume. Darkened with light foxing. First few pages lose. Printed by William A. Davis unknown books
181713094Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 53 pp. <br><br>Navy Secretary B. W. Crowninshield's letter to the president of the Senate enclosing documents relating to the defense of the Chesapeake Bay and the selection of a docks and naval depot within the Chesapake. Documents includes the separate opinions of the three officers of the Board of Navy Commissioners charged with providing the Navy Secretary with technical assistance.<br>Â Â Â Â P. 19 misnumbered 18. Government document: Senate document United States. Congress. Senate; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 72. "72" printed at head of title. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42512. Removed from a nonce volume; outer margin darkened. Rubber-stamp of the War Department Library on the first page; light age-toning a few spots. William A. Davis unknown books
181625686Washington D.C.: Printed by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 49 pp. <br><br>From the AAS OPAC: "Concerning negotiations for the purchase of the captured ship Cyane and the sale of other prizes captured during the War of 1812. Presumably printed by William A. Davis printer to the Senate during the first session of the Fourteenth Congress. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39413. Removed from nonce volume. Foxed copy. Printed by William A. Davis unknown books
