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10376 . Barone, Cynthia Laraway with William D. Barone. Navy's Joe Bellino, 27: With Intimate Glimpses of Annapolis Life and Informative Sketches of National Sports Awards .
Winchester, MA: Winchester Publishers, 1961; First printing. Quarto, Full cloth , black and white photographs , 118 pages. Condition: Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector. Story of the Naval Academy's multi-sport hero, Heisman Trophy-winner Joe Bellino, who turned down Major League recruiters to finish his studies at the Academy. Well illustrated with photographs and drawings. Some fading to binding at bottom edges of boards, a few minor extremity rubs. Jacket has a few chips and edge tears.
Book #10376
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9411 . [Berg, Vernon E., J. R. McAliley, and Carter Sawtell]. Paint 'N' Powder [U.S. Naval Academy, Natronlant 1971] .
[Annapolis]: [U. S. Naval Academy], [1971]. Quarto, Hardcover , black and white photographs, drawings , [98 pages]. Condition: Fine. This is the cruise book from the Naval Academy's 1971 summer training cruise to northern Europe for third class midshipmen (NATRONLANT 1971). The vessels taking part in the cruise were the amphibious transport dock ships USS Shreveport (LPD-12) and the USS Raleigh (LPD-1). Content of the book consists primarily of photographs. "A ship is always referred to as 'She' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder" -- Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. Bound in red textured paper over boards with black title and illustration on upper board.
Book #9411
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7810 . [Brown, Wesley A.]. The First Negro Graduate of Annapolis Tells His Story [in: The Saturday Evening Post, June 25, 1949, Vol. 221, No. 52] .
(Philadelphia): (Curtis Publishing Company), 1949. Folio, Magazine , color photographs , pp. 26-27, 111-114. Condition: Near Fine. Complete original issue of the Saturday Evening Post containing Ensign Brown's account of his four years at the Naval Academy as its first black midshipman. Brown was from Washington and had graduated from Dunbar High School. Lots of vintage advertising inside. A few minor rubs to magazine covers. Original subscriber's address label on front cover.
Book #7810
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7516 . Bruce, George. Navy Blue and Gold: A Story of the Naval Academy .
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishsers, (1936); Early reprint. Octavo, Full cloth , 311 pages. Condition: Near Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector. Scenes of Naval Academy life and Annapolis in this novel of the football rivalry between Army and Navy. Was made into a film starring a 29-year-old Jimmy Stewart. Wartime edition, bound in blue maroon cloth over boards with orange-stamped spine and upper board, dark gray topstain. Shallow bumps along spine ends, browning to textblock. Jacket has a cleanly closed 1" edge tear at top fore corner of front panel, otherwise only a few shallow edge chips and rubs. A clean and crisp copy overall.
Book #7516
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7931 . [Committee on Naval Affairs, U.S. Congress]. Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on the Subject of Hazing at the Naval Academy .
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1906; First printing. Octavo, Full leather , [ii], 452 pages. Condition: Near Fine. Edward B. Vreeland chaired a House subcommittee that was sent to investigate an outbreak of hazing at the Naval Academy that occurred in the fall of 1905 after the upper classmen returned from their summer practice cruise. This testimony and report are the result. Includes an index of witnesses who testified. Bound in full leather over boards with gilt-stamped titles on black and red spine labels. Boards lightly scuffed. There is a 3/4" high numeral at head of spine.
Book #7931
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9440 . [King, Margaret C. and Randolph W. King]. The United States Naval Academy Chapel, "…for those in peril on the sea" [cover title] .
[Annapolis]: [U. S. Naval Academy], [1994]. Quarto, Wrappers , color and black & white photographs , 32 pages. Condition: Very Good.
Nicely illustrated booklet on the history and functions of the Naval Academy Chapel. Printed card covers, saddle-stapled binding. A few short horizontal creases along spine, tiny extremity rubs.
Book #9440
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7313 . Naval Academy Auxiliary, Navy Relief Society. Sea Legs (Navy Relief Show of 1943) .
[Annapolis]: [Capital Gazette Press], [1943]. Folio, Wrappers , black & white photographs, ads , 64 pages. Condition: Good. Large magazine format program for the Naval Academy branch of the Navy Relief Society's 1943 show, entitled "Sea Legs." The show featured the song "One Stripe Blues," by Herman Wauk and Larry Ackard, sung by Lieut. Charles Sedgwick, as well as songs, dances and skits by the likes of Kathryn Campbell, Regis Michaud, Grace Clark, Art Lund, Lieut. Elmer B. Potter, Ben F. Perry, and many others. Includes many interesting advertisements for Annapolis businesses of the era. Humorous cartoon illustrates front cover. Some light soil to and edge wear to covers.
Book #7313
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9744 . [Naval Academy]. A Guide Book to the United States Naval Academy, Showing Buildings, Roads, Athletic Fields, Drill Grounds, and Historic Monuments .
[New York]: [U. S. Navy Records Bureau], 1924. Quarto, Wrappers , black and white photographs , [16 pages]. Condition: Fine. Uncommon guide to the Naval Academy produced during the superintendency of Admiral Henry ("Uncle Henry") B. Wilson. It was Superintendent Wilson who dismissed the commercial guides serving the academy and instead formed details of academy watchmen and officers to take visitors through the yard. He knew the importance of good public relations and wanted to be sure visitors got a friendly welcome (see Sweetman, p. 181). The narrative portion of this guide book, with many interesting anecdotes, is arranged such that it could be used on a self-guided walking tour. The book measures about 9 x 12 inches and contains many interesting photographs, including an aerial view from 1922. There is also a map of the buildings, grounds, and locations of monuments. A smaller book with half the pages was issued in 1923. Bound in textured paper covers over a saddle-stapled binding with a view of the Naval Academy Chapel on front cover. Other than a few tiny rubs at tips, no significant wear.
Book #9744
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10060 . [Naval Academy]. Seamanship Department Notes, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, November, 1917 .
Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1918; First printing. Octavo, Cloth over flexible boards , drawings, diagrams , 165 pages. Condition: Good +. Includes such items as instructions for cutter drill, notes on ground tackle, notes on writing the deck log, hints to young officers taking the deck, rules of the road pertaining to lights, moorings of a ship alongside a dock, Morse code, and much more. Prior ownership inscription of one Harry L. Edwards, U.S.M.C. aboard the USS Montana, 1914-1918 is on front pastedown. Bound in dark blue cloth over flexible boards, spine and upper board lettered in gilt. Bump to heel of spine, rubs and light wear to extremities, endpapers splitting along hinges but still holding snugly. Both boards have a vertical crease.
Book #10060
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10171 . [Naval Academy]. United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland .
Baltimore: Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroa [1920s]. Oblong octavo, Wrappers , black and white photographs , [16] pages. Condition: Fair. Illustrated guide book to the Naval Academy, issued by the WB&A Railroad. Text gives a narrative tour of the grounds illustrated with photographs of the buildings, grounds, etc. Illustrated front cover depicts four midshipmen with flags and rifles in dark blue and gilt. Covers are soiled, worn and chipped though still attached. Lower fore corner of textblock is chipped and mildly browned, some light foxing to title page, and a patch of soil at top inner margin of title page.
Book #10171
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10223 . [Naval Academy]. Telephone Directory, Severn River Naval Command and United States Naval Academy, Annapolis 2611, Corrected to 1 November 1949 .
[Annapolis]: [U. S. Naval Academy Press], 1949. Octavo, Wrappers , [iv], 53 pages. Condition: Good. Original telephone directory from late 1949. Includes instructions on the use of the telephone, locations and box numbers of fire alarm boxes, and listings by individuals' name and also by departments. Unobtrusive prior owner marginalia throughout. Bound in yellow printed paper covers over a stapled binding. Some light soil to exterior, rubs and a few corner creases to covers.
Book #10223
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7693 . Stevens, William Oliver and Allan Westcott. A History of Sea Power .
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1940; Revised edition. Octavo, Full cloth , Maps and diagrams , xiv, 434 pages. Condition: Good. No dust jacket.
An early attempt by Naval Academy professors to examine the evolution and influence of sea power beyond the sequence of battles of traditional naval history. Originally published in 1920, this revised edition appeared in 1937 with expanded and more accurate information on World War I, and the Battle of Jutland in particular. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt spine title and blind-stamped upper board title. Minor extremity rubs and wear, browning to endpapers, prior owner name pencilled on front free endpaper, occasional underlining.
Book #7693
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7610 . Stewart, Charles W. (compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing). John Paul Jones: Commemoration at Annapolis, April 24, 1906 .
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907; First printing. Quarto, Full cloth , Black and white tissue-guarded plates , 210 pages. Condition: Near Fine. Detailed account of the discovery, identification, and transfer to Annapolis of the body of John Paul Jones, along with the transcripts of addresses by Theodore Roosevelt and other dignitaries on the occasion of the commemoration at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Also includes tissue-guarded facsimiles of letters written by Jones, plans of the cemetery in which Jones was found, the house in which Jones died, the frontispiece of his 1798 "Memoires de Paul Jones," and much more. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board, decorated endpapers, top edge gilt, lower and fore edges untrimmed. A few slight edge rubs to boards. Clean and sound overall. Nice copy.
Book #7610
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9429 . Stewart, Robert (Foreword by William P. Lawrence). The Brigade in Review: A Year at the U. S. Naval Academy .
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1993); First printing. Folio, Full cloth , color photographs , xiv, 119 pages. Condition: Good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector. Stewart spent 16 months at the Naval Academy creating this photo-documentary of the experience of being a midshipman. Bound in light blue cloth over boards with spine titled in white, pale blue endpapers. Several pages toward rear have a bit of rippling at top margin as if from slight dampness exposure. Bottom edge of lower board shows some faint dampstaining to cloth. Half title page has a slight manufacturing flaw along fore edge. Underside of rear jacket panel shows some color offset from lower board. Description sounds worse than it is. An attractive book over all.
Book #9429
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10035 . Stillwell, Paul (Editor); Graham E. Martin, Paul D. Richmond, Samuel E. Barnes, George C. Cooper, et al. (Foreword by Co. The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers (Signed) .
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1993); First printing. Octavo, Quarter cloth , black and white photographs , xxviii, 304 pages. Condition: Near Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector. A look at the history of African Americans in the U. S. Navy and its steps toward integration as seen through the eyes of members of the first black enlisted men trained as officers at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois in 1944. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on front free endpaper by editor Paul Stillwell. The inscription is dated in the year of publication. Bound in black cloth over boards with brown paper sides, spine titled in gilt.
Book #10035
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5681 . Sweetman, Jack. The U. S. Naval Academy: an Illustrated History (Signed) .
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1979); First printing. Quarto, Full cloth , Black & White photographs, illustrations , xiv, 289 pages. Condition: Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Jacket in Mylar protector. A full history of the Academy from its founding 1845 to the admission of female midshipmen into the class of 1980, superbly illustrated with many historic photographs, prints, drawings, etc. Excellent bibliography. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Sweetman on half title page. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped spine lettering, light gray endpapers. A bit of very faint foxing shows at top edge of textblock. Jacket has a few minor edge wrinkles, rubs, and a tiny chip at top edge of front panel.
Book #5681
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10880 . Trumpy, Sigrid (Compiled and edited by), Introduction and Essays by Sari Hornstein. Naval Prints from the Beverley R. Robinson Collection, 1514-1791 .
Annapolis: United States Naval Academy Museum, (1991); First printing. Oblong quarto, Full cloth , Color and black & white illustrations , 419 pages. Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket, slipcased. Jacket in Mylar protector. A stunning catalogue of the exceptional collection of naval prints collected by Mr. Beverley Randolph Robinson (1876-1951) and bequeathed to the United States Naval Academy Museum. Not only is the collection an invaluable source on the naval history of Europe and the New World in the 16th to 18th centuries, but also offers outstanding examples of the art of printmaking from the 16th through 19th centuries in woodcuts, etchings, line engravings, mezzotints, aquatints, and lithographs. This fully illustrated catalogue of 268 prints is arranged chronologically and includes titles and detailed descriptive notes for each entry. A second volume was anticipated but has never yet been published. This copy bears the inscriptions and signatures of several people who worked at the Naval Academy Museum and Library at the time of publication. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine and upper board stamped in silver, matching slipcase.
Book #10880
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11266 . [U. S. Naval Academy]. Plan and Regulations of the Naval School at Annapolis .
Washington: C. Alexander, Printer, 1847. Duodecimo, Wrappers , 39 pages. Condition: Fine. Original 1874 booklet on the establishment of the United States Naval Academy on grounds of Fort Severn at Annapolis. Includes correspondence between Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft and the school's first superintendent, Franklin Buchanan. This little handbook also lays out the rules and regulations governing the school and the taking of examinations. There is a list of clothing items which candidates were required to have for admission to the school. The booklet is in pristine condition.
Book #11266
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10911 . [U. S. Naval Academy]. The Farewell Ball in honor of the Class of 1949, June 2, 1949, Dahlgren Hall .
[Annapolis]: (s.n.), 1949. 48mo, Stiff card covers , [viii] pages. Condition: Fine. This is a small booklet giving the brief program for the ball, crediting the Naval Academy Dance Band under the direction of Lieutenant Alexander C. Morris. Receiving by Mrs. James L. Holloway, Jr. Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Isaac Foote Dortch, Mrs. Douglas L. Howard, and Mrs. H. Gates Sickle. There are two pages to record dances, followed by rosters of the Hop Committees of the classes of 1949 and 1950. Bound in dark blue covers with gilt embossed ornament on front cover, spine tied with blue and gold silk cord.
Book #10911
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10834 . [U. S. Navy]. Regulations Governing the Admission of Candidates into the U. S. Naval Academy as Naval Cadets. 1885-'86 [binder's title] .
[Washington, D.C.]: (s.n.), [1886]. Octavo, Wrappers , 7 pages. Condition: Very Good. Interesting booklet summarizing regulations as of 1886, such as that students at the Naval Academy be styled "Naval Cadets," that their course of study be six years, etc. Also includes sample admission examination, list of clothing and accessory articles required, course of instruction for First Year, Fourth Class, etc. Bound in light blue paper covers with printed title on front cover. Small chips at corners. Contemporary prior ownership stamp on front cover.
Book #10834
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