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[004028] . Report of the Third Annual Reunion of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf Held at Newport, R. I., July 7th, 1871. New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co, 1872. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Stiff Covers. Military. Good Contents include: A Poem "Gulf-Weed" by Henry Howard Brownell; Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Admiral D.G.Farragut by Rev. Henry E. Montgomery; Remarks by General McDowell, Alexander Hamilton Rice, Dr. Foltz, Gen. Sheridan, and others; List of Vessels in the Gulf Squadron Commanded by Admiral D.G.Farragut and Roster of Troops (19th Corps) Department of Gulf. 80 pp. Blue stiff covers. Faint gilt lettering on front cover. Front bottom corner tip missing.Tears at spine joints. Back cover's top corner creased. 1/2" spine paper missing at base. Overall covers are Good. Still intact. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good + condition. Mildly brown-tone to pages, age? related. $80.00

[003749] . CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN THE NAVY. Report From The Secretary of the Navy. 1845.. Blair & Rives, Printers, 1845. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U. S.Government Document. Very Good- 28th Congress. 2d Session. Doc. No.157. House of Representatives.Navy Dept. "A resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 11th of January last, as to what substitute, if any, can be made for the present mode of corporal punishment in the navy, without endangering the discipline of the service." 2 pages. "browning" to pages otherwise document is Very Good. $25.00

[003418] . AIR FORCE MANUAL SEARCH AND RESCUE SURVIVAL. ill. Figures (drawings), Map. Department of the Air Force, 1969. Soft Cover. Very Good to Very Good+ AFM64-5. $10.00

[003154] . SCIENCE, January 16, 1885. Vol. V. No. 102. ill. Sketches. Cambridge, MA,: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good- Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE "Recent advances in electrical science"; J. W. POWELL "The administration of the scientific work of the general government"; J. R. BARTLETT "Some recent experiments with oil in stopping breakers"; ADOLPH F. BANDELIER "Bandelier's Archeological Tour in Mexico" with illustration of " The Great Mound at Cholula"; and BENJAMIN GOULD "The Argentine Zone Catalogue" with 2 illustrations of " Dr. Gould's Observatory at Cordoba" and "View of Corboba from Dr. Gould's Observatory" also in Letters to the Editor-J. S. DILLER " Coal in the Chico group of California"; HENRY W. HAYNES "Man in the stone age"; and B. G. WILDER " The use of slips in scientific correspondence". Includes other scientific articles. pp41-62. Covers detached. Top front corner torn-have "detached" piece, 3"x2". ex. mus. stamp on front cover. 3" tear and small chippings around edges. Mildly soiled. Good- exterior. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $42.50

[003151] . SCIENCE, A Weekly Newspaper of All the Arts and Sciences, January 24, 1890. ill. Maps, Figures (line drawings). New York: N. D. C. Hodges, 1890. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Newsprint. Science. Good+ Some Articles: A Steel Pressure-Blower with illustration of one; The Tobacco-Plant; What Stanley Has Done For The Map of Africa with 2 maps: Central Africa, Before Stanley, and Central Africa, After Stanley; Useful Plants in Guatemala; and The Fiske Range-Finder with 6 illustrations. Under Industrial Notes: The Hulin Diary Calendar with an illustration of one." This unique memorandum calendar, manufactured by John S. Hulin, stationer, combines a diary and a calendar in one". 2 sets of ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Slight soiling and chipping around bottom edge, otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. $35.00

[000746] Editors of Time-Life Books. SPECIAL FORCES AND MISSIONS, The New Face of War. ill. Photographs, Maps, Drawings. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life, 1991. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pict. Paper Over Boards. Military. Near Fine / No Jacket. One of the Time-Life series. Incredible photography depicting the Special Forces of the U.S. Military. Chapters on Special Operations and the training given, Special Missions and rescue effort, A Supercopter for Rigorous Missions and others. 176 pp. Bibliography and Index. $7.00

[004733] House of Representatives. SUBMARINE TELESCOPE 1844. ill. Drawing. Blair & Rives, Printers, 1844. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Self Covers. Invention. Very Good- 28th Congress, 1st Session. Rep. No. 481. Ho. of Reps. "The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sarah P. Mather, asking Congress to take from her the right to make and use a submarine telescope invented by her, beg leave to submit the following report: The invention to which the petition refers is composed of two long water-tight tubes, each aided by two smaller ones. One of the tubes, called a submarine lamp, has a glass globe containing a lamp suspended at one end, which may be plunged in the water to any given depth, and the two smaller tubes being fastened to the larger, and running into a reservoir below the lamp, supply it with fresh air;...The invention is supposed to be susceptible of great utility in examining the sides and bottoms of ships and steamboats, to ascertain whether they are defective or not, without docking them: in discovering wrecks, obstructions, and all other objects at the bottoms of bays, harbors, lakes, and rivers, ..." 4 pp. Opinions given by Famous Americans in the document include: Francis Grice, U.S. naval constructor; Thos. W. Freelon, Commander U.S. navy; Aaron Clark, Ex. mayor of New York; William P.S. Sanger, Civil Engineer; Wm L. Hudson, Commander U.S. navy; Denison Olmsted, Professor of natural philosophy and astronomy in Yale College; Samuel H. Cox, D.D, Pastor of the first Presbyterian church of "this city"; A. D. Bache (Superintendent U.S. Coast Survey) and A.P. Upshur, (Secretary of the Navy). Plus a full page illustration of the Submarine Lamp and Telescope with explanations of the different parts. Document is disbound but in gray stiff self wraps with a paper label on the front cover.Self wrap covers are Fine. Light dampstain on document at upper edge, down 2 1/2" affecting some of the text but text very legible. Not on illustration. Illustration's paper is brown-toned. Otherwise interior is clean and Very Good. Scarce. $170.00

[004341] House of Representatives. FLOATING DRY DOCKS. Message from the President of the United States (James K. Polk). ill. Tables, Drawings. 1847. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Pennsylvania. Good to Good+ Thirtieth Congress. First Session. Ex. Doc. No. 11. Transmitting A report from the Secretary of the Navy in relation to the construction of Floating Dry Docks at Pensacola, Philadelphia, and Kittery. December 22, 1847. 152 pp. Famous Americans in document: James K. Polk, President of the United States; J. Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy; Nathan Clifford, Attorney General; David Henshaw; William P.S. Sanger, Engineer; Lawrence Kearney, Senior Officer of the board; TW Wyman, Captain; Samuel Humphreys, Architect; S. M. Pook, Naval Constructor; and George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy. 2 illustrations showing positions of "Basin", "Pier", and "Dock". Foxing-heavy on some pages and others none. Text legible. Otherwise document is tight and Very Good. $65.00

[004878] Library of Congress. CLASSIFICATION. Class V. NAVAL SCIENCE. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Library of Congress. Very Good Printed As Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Naval Science (General); Naval Organization and Distribution; Naval Administration; Naval Maintenance; Naval Seamen; Marines; Naval Ordnance; Minor Services of Navies; Navigation. Merchant Marine; Naval Architecture, Ship-Building and Marine Engineering. Contents also include: Table I: Country subdivisions; Countries in one alphabet, and States and territories of the United States. 106 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Slightly soiled. Otherwise Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[004581] Senate. PETITION OF WILLIAM C. BRYANT, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, HORACE GREELEY, JOHN A. DIX, U.S. GRANT, AND OTHERS, Citizens of the United States...for a National Home for Totally Disabled Soldiers and Sailors of the Army and Navy of the United States. 1864. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good- An appropriation for the founding and support of a National Home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors of the army and navy of the United States. 38th Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 3. Petition lists many Famous Americans: William C. Bryant; Parke Godwin; Henry W. Longfellow; Ira Moore Barton; John A. Dix; Horace Greeley; Joseph Henry; Clara Barton; Fred P. Stanton; George Bancroft; U.S. Grant; George Ripley; and numerous others. 3 pp. Disbound. Mild foxing. Otherwise Very Good. $45.00

[003943] Senate. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 1852...SITE FOR A NAVY YARD AND DEPOT AT NEW ORLEANS (with diagrams). ill. Diagrams. 1852. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Disbound. Louisana. Very Good 32d Congress. 2d Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 2. The result of an examination made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the property offered by R. B. Sumner and others as a site for a navy yard and depot at New Orleans. December 6, 1852. 24 pp. 10 full pages of diagrams (plans) for a naval yard-4 double spread pages. "The whole property is offered to the government for $374,000...". Includes Description of Belleville Foundry. Mildly foxed, but no interference with text or diagrams. First page of document has numbers in the bottom margin, but not on text. Otherwise document is Very Good +. Disbound but intact. $100.00

[001186] Visscher, J. Paul. NATURE AND EXTENT OF FOULING OF SHIPS' BOTTOMS. ill. Figures & Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1928. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 11". Green Wraps. Biology. Very Good For the Bureau of Construction and Repair, U.S. Navy Department. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 1031. From the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol.XLIII, 1927, Part II. Fouling of ship's bottoms is an accumulation of plant and animal organisms, which attach and grow on both wooden and metal ships. 40 Figures/graphs. photographs and drawings. 11 Tables. Bibliography. pp.193-252. ex. mus. stamp on front cover and title p. Small faint spot on front cover, otherwise wraps are Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. $45.00