Hall Commander J J (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Full black cloth binding with gilt spine title, no inscriptions and price-clipped DJ. A clean, tight copy of 308pp. incl. b/w photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ix, 245 pages, illustrated throughout with archive, black and white photographs with detailed captions. A graphic view of life in British submarines. Foreword by Rear Admiral J. F. Perowne OBE, Flag Officer Submarines.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper ( priceclipped ), pp. xii, 308. Illustrated. Written as the Trident programme was just about to be launched, the book assesses the capabilities of the Soviet Union and NATO. Wrapper price clipped, clean and bright but with some light creasing to rear cover. Binding and contents very bright and sound but covers just very slightly bowed. VG / VG.…

Wraps. Condition: Fair. Pages xxiii, 1356-1588, [1-46]. Footnotes. Illustrations. Tabular Data. The issue has moisture damage and the spine is torn with pieces missing at top and bottom. Cover has other wear and soiling. An unappealing looking item whose value remains its content. This professional journal was published For The Advancement of Professional, Literary And Scientific Knowledge In The Navy. Among the topics covered are The Founding of the Naval Academy by Bancroft and Buchanan, Colonial Government of Maryland, a Description of the United States Naval Academy, Entrance Requirements, Officers and Gentlemen in the Making, Athletic Training, A Midshipman's Day, Plebe Summer, and Annapolis, Mother of Navy Men. Among the authors was Arthur Ageton. Proceedings is a 96-page monthly magazine published by the U.S. Naval Institute. Launched in 1874, it is one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States. Proceedings covers topics concerning global security and includes articles from military professionals and civilian experts, historical essays, book reviews, full-color photography, and reader commentary. Roughly a third are written by active-duty personnel, a third by retired military, and a third by civilians. Proceedings also frequently carries feature articles by Secretaries of Defense, Secretaries of the Navy, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and top leaders of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Over the decades many notable names have contributed articles to Proceedings either early in their careers or when they reached the upper echelons of leadership, and in many cases, both: Tom Clancy, best-selling author of techno-thrillers such as The Hunt for Red October; George Dewey, only officer in U.S. history to attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy; Ernest King, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II; Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S. Navy flag officer, geostrategist and historian; Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II; Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States; James G. Stavridis, NATO's 16th Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Yates Stirling Jr., U.S. Navy flag officer, author, submarine pioneer and first commander of Naval Submarine Base New London and Submarine School. Ninetieth Anniversary Issue presumed first printing thus.…

Fine in a VG price-clipped dust-wrapper, rubbed at the head and foot of the spine and at the corners, mild crease-wear. An excellent copy of this Cold War-era assessment of the Soviet nuclear submarine threat and how and if Britain could compete. 308 pages; well illustrated with b/w photographs.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 52 pages. Features: We're fumbling victory - Allied bickereing and indecision is wrecking Europe and sewing the seeds of another world conflict; Tell Them the Truth - a very philosophical and interesting piece by G. Brock Chisholm, M.D.; Romance in the Dark; Disease Killer from the Soil - Dr. Selman A. Waksman and streptomycin; CCF Show Window - after 18 months of socialist government, Saskatchewan is a small-scale display of what the CCF Party would like to do with the rest of Canada - article with photo of Saskatchewan's CCF Cabinet at work; Fish 'n' Ships (fiction); Prodigy at Sixty - author Tom Costain - article with photo; House that Sun Built - article (with photos) on passive solar construction; They Make Money - The Canadian Mint - article with photos; Keep 'Em Happy (fiction); fantastic full-page colour ad for White trucks shows a highway full of their products; 3/4 centerfold ad for Firestone Champion tires; Nice Carling's beer ad inside back cover shows winter horse-logging scene; Coke ad on back cover shows friends at a soda fountain; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Moisture staining to top edge of most pages. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, January 15, 1946 Tommy Douglas Allied bickereing and indecision is wrecking Europe and sewing the seeds of another world conflict; Tell Them the Truth - a very philosophical and interesting piece by G. Brock Chishol. Illustrated by Lambert, Harold M.; Parkhouse, Stan; Jousset, Albert;Eldridge, Harold (illustrator).…