To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy 1775 - 1998 (Signed)
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999.
Fifth Printing. Paperback.
Presentation inscription signed by the author on half-title. A narrative history of the United States Navy detailing the first engagements of the tiny Continental Navy, the fight against the Barbary pirates, the clash of the Monitor and the Merrimack, the development - from blueprint to battleship - of the U.S. Navy's first modern capital ships and submarines, the great battles of World War II in the Pacific, and the navy's deployment in Vietnam and in the Persian Gulf. For this edition, Howarth also provides a new chapter discussing more recent developments.
Item #901956ISBN: 9780806130262
6 x 9-1/4", pictorial wrappers, xvii, 630pp, source notes, bibliography, index, illustrated.
Bump top-edge and related short tear to top-edge of rear wrapper and last few leaves, else very good+ - a virtually unread, clean, tight, square example.
Price: $30.00