Forests Sea Power Timber Problem (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Classics Of Naval Literature. Blue Cloth With Title In Gold On Frontt Cover And Spine. Blue Ribbon Sewn In. 485 Pages Including Appendices, Bibliography And Intensive Index. The Only Mar Is The Previous Owners' Name And Date On Top Of Half-Title Page. The Result Of An Exhaustive, International Research Effort, The Book Also Has Been Acknowledged By Naval Historians To Be One Of The Very Early Attempts To Broaden Naval History Into A Serious Study Of Logistics And Supply And Of Technology And Operations. In A Delightfully Absorbing Prose Rare For Such Studies, Robert Albion Relates These Pivotal Issues Throughout The Two-Hundred-Year Period That Saw Most Of The Greatest Naval Wars Of The Age Of Sail, From The First Dutch War Of 1652 To The Introduction Of The Ironclad Early In The American Civil War. The Author Explores How The Timber Supply Problem Affected Other European Maritime Powers And Their Far-Flung Colonies, Explains How It Was Driven By The Conservatism And Corruption Of Official Bureaus And Rapacious Landowners Conducting The Business, And Offers A Fascinating Portrait Of The Contemporary Logging And Timber Transport Industries. An Introductory Essay Has Been Written For This New Classics Edition By Timothy Bean, A Lecturer At The Department Of War Studies At The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst And A Specialist In Early Eighteenth-Century Naval History. His Essay Examines Albion's Unique Contributions To The Understanding Of The Relationship Between The Military And Commerce And Applies Navy Timber Supply Issues To Twentieth-Century Problems With Oil Supplies. …

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:1557500215.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good; Hardcover; Stated First Printing; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.7 lbs; Dark gray & blue covers with title in gold lettering; 1999, US Naval Institute Press; 512 pages; "Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy, 1652-1862 (Classics of Naval Literature)," by Robert Greenhalgh Albion. …

Hardcover. Octavo, xv, 485 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is brown with gold print. In clear plastic sleeve. Boards in brown cloth; slight shelf wear. Illustrated: b&w maps. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. 1415339. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in dust jacket. Important work. Gilt-stamped red cloth binding. Attractive bookplate to front pastedown. Previously owned by Donald V. Reardon, formerly a Coast Guard reserve officer and senior naval architect at American President Lines, whose collection of vessel documents is maintained by the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. Ex-library copy stamped "released" bearing remnants of stickers and pockets to rear endpapers. Withdrawn from the J. Porter Shaw Maritime Library. Dust jacket is edgeworn, chipped, and price-clipped.…

Hardback. [Author], [Publisher]. Author: Robert Greenhalgh AlbionBinding: HardbackPublished: Naval Institute Press, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the critical timber supply issues faced by the Royal Navy from 1652 to 1862, detailing how the demand for timber impacted naval shipbuilding and maritime strategy. Albion presents a historical analysis of the interplay between natural resources and naval power. Hardback.…