Search Results: the russians at sea by david woodward

London: Kimber. VG/Fair only (see notes). 1965. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 254pp . 10-12 pp have some pencil underlining & marginalia. Huge chip (about 2" deep, 3" wide) top rear of o/w decent DJ. Couple blacked out boxes on verso. Why do the UK publishers do that sometimes?? .

New York: Praeger, 1966. hardcover. very good(-). 8vo, original blue cloth, ex-lib with usual markings, pencil annotations in margins. New York: Praeger, (1966).<br/><br/>

New York and Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, 1965. First American edition, 1965. Royal blue blindstamp bordered cloth, gilt spine lettering, 254 pages with index, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in generally good condition, with minor adhesive tape residue at top and bottom edges of each cover, front free endpaper missing, lightly rubbed spine ends and corners, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and in very good condition with lightly rubbed spine ends.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing [Advance reading copy/review slip laid in]. Hardcover. Good. 254, [2] pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. Spine printing faded. This book is a historical survey of the Russian Navy, from 1703 through 1965. Includes Maps, Introduction, Acknowledgments and Index. Chapters include Into the Baltic (1703-1725), Into the Black Sea (1695-1738, The Battle for the Baltic (1725-1761), The First Russian Armada (1796-1774), Wars on Two Fronts: The Black Sea and the Baltic (1787-1791); War against--and for--Napoleon, Part 1: The Baltic (1795-1814); Wars against--and for--Napoleon;, Part 2: The Mediterranean (1798-1808); Navarino (1827); The Crimean War (1853-1856); The First Torpedo War (1876-1877); Course for Port Arthur (1904); Course for Vladivostock (1905); Tsushima (1905); "The Old Corruptive Influences" (1905-1914); The Baltic and the Black Sea (1914-1917); The Revolution (1917-1921); Launching the Red Fleet… Read More

William Kimber. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1965.

London: William Kimber (1965), 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [6], 7-254, [1] (page of publisher's advertisement), [1] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine; grey topstain. Price of 45s net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with three maps. Woodward's history of how Russia built their navy and modernized their naval fleet. Woodward explains that their naval capabilities proved important in the Crimean War, in the conflict between Japan and Russia, and in both the world wars, even though Russia has no great stretch of coastline. A nice copy. A Near Fine book with a bit of bumping to the bottom corners; jacket is close to Fine.