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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Trade Paperback - Good - Book is clean and tight with light wear - Index - 374 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Printing. B&W Photographs and Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean, but have noticeable toning. "Before 1902, the Navy had at least two books for training young men in naval procedure. Seamanship, by Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, was the primary textbook about seamanship at the United States Naval Academy but was not used by enlisted men; many sailors at the time were still illiterate and in any case, the oral traditions and procedures of petty officers were the basis of enlisted sailors' education. The Seaman's Handbook by LCDR Stephen B. Luce, saw general use in the Merchant Marine, but less in the Navy. 1902 saw the first publication of The Bluejacket's Manual, written by Lieutenant Ridley McLean, as well as the Recruit's Handy Book. Every enlistee received the latter, and by World War I, both were being issued to every recruit. The Handy Book was discontinued in the 1920s. " (from Wikipedia).

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Deluxe Edition. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket . Published Indianapolis: Military Publishing Institute / Bobbs Merrill, 1960, first printing. 8vo., 351 pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Very good in very good dust jacket with a chip at the heel and some edge fraying.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Cover of Volume I is browned with slight edge wear. Pages are also browned, while half title page, title page, "Table of Contents" page, "Acknowledgements" page, "Dedication" page, and some photograph pages are stained. Volume II has slight wear and browning at spine, with a few small stains on title page. ; Volume I is softcover and a special edition for the Teen Age and Campus Book Clubs. Volume II is hardcover and a deluxe edition by The Bobbs-Merrill Co. ; Photographs.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Former Library book. Volume 1. Stamped on the inside on several pages and on page edges. Bookplate inside. Hinges cracked. (military history, politics, missions) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Photographs (Black & White) (illustrator). New York, NY: Military Pub. Institute, Inc. Good plus condition: upper margins water-stained, yellowing/No Dustjacket. 1960. 12mo., 350 pp. . Good plus condition: upper margins water-stained, yellowing/No Dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Deluxe. DJ shows some wear, short tears at extremities small tape stain on spine, prlce clipped. Front free end paper excised, corners a little bumped, tape stains on back end papers and boards. Library stamp on page edges. Some yellowing of pages ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar. ; Ex-Lib; The Army Blue Book; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 pages; A US Army Yearbook. Many articles by various authors including: General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Cornelius Ryan, Dr. Wernher von Braun, General Maxwell Taylor and a 4 page article about life in the Army by Elvis Presley.