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United States Naval Institute Proceedings Magazines, 17 Issues from 1954-1960. $25 for all......List of United States Naval Insitute Proceedings Magazines

Vendor SKU Author Title Publisher Condition Description Keywords(s) Price Image
13166 Anon Two pictures of U.S.N.S. General E. D. Patrick Anon Good. Light creasing on the large picture, tip edges show tape removal marks. 8 x 10 photo by Allied Photographers of the U.S.N.S. General Patrick. Also a folding note card with a 4 x 2.5 inch image of the ship. Photograph, United States Navy, USN, U.S.N.S. General E. D. Patrick $20
16689 Bucke, Richard Maurice, M.D. Cosmic Consciousness A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind E. P. Dutton and Company Good. Light shelfwear. Lettering on the cover faded away. A lot of ink notes inside the front cover and on the front free endpaper. Moderate, "skinny" underlining through out. no dust wrapper. A Canadian psychiastrist. Psychiatry, cosmic consciousness $40
15000 Cracknell, William H. Commander, US Navy Profile Warship 36 United States Navy Monitors of the Civil War Profile Publishing Very good. 7.5 x 10 inches, United States Navy ;Monitors of the Civil War, with many b&w photos. USN, United States Navy, The Civil War, Navy Monitors $20
15029 Cracknell, William, Commander, USN USS Tennessee (BB 43) / Battleship 1920-1959 Profile Publishers Good. Scrape mark on the front cover. The USN Battleship USS Tennesse (BB43) with many b&w photos. USN, USS Tennessee, WW2 $20
11844 D'Argenio, Raymond, LTJG, editor Midway Mediterranean Cruise 1954 Hanson Enterprises Good. Faint spotting on the covers. 9.5 x 10 inches with many b&w photos and illustrations. The1954 "cruise book" for the USN Aircraft carrier, USS Midway, CVA 41. Included is a copy of the ship's paper, "The Midway Current," for July, 1955. USN, United States Navy, CVA 41, USS Midway $75
14949 Doll, Thomas E. USN/USMC Over Korea U. S. Navy/Marine Corps Air Operations Over Korea 1950-53 Squadron/Signal Publications Very good. 8.5 x 11 inches with many photos of USN and USMC planes in the Korean war. Aviation, USN, USMC, Korea $40
4976 Erickson, Arnold I Didn't Know It Was Mine Self Very good. 1996 oversized paperback with 302 pages. Signed by the author. , author was a USN pilot, Korea, etc. ISBN 1886698058 Korea, USN, United States $18
15087 Fisher, Dale E. The Odyssey Self-published Very good. Autobiography of Dale E. Fisher. An officer in the USN during WW2 in the Pacific. The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Picker X-Ray and Minneapolis Honeywell Corporation. There are pictures and maps. USN, WW2, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Picker X-Ray, Minneapolis Honeywell Corporation $20
12513 Forrestal, James James Forrestal letter to George E. Outland with the Secretary Of the Navy letterhead. self Good to very good. Note in red pencil, paper clip mark, a little wear on the edges. 8 x 10.5 inches, a thank you to congressman George Outland for sending a copy of Outland's recent article in the Reader's Digest.. Autograph, James Forrestal, United States Secretary of the Navy, California, USN, United States Navy $150
15592 Goebel, Ronald, LTJG, Editor USS Suribachi (AE 21) USN Very good. 8 x 10.75 inch Cruise book for the USS Suribachi (AE 21) a navy supply ship in the Mediterranean in 1966-1967. There are many b&w photos. USN, USS Suribachi (AE 21), cruise book $50
16879 Greeting Card Authors Six WW2 Christmas Cards To A Soldier Multiple Very good. All cards have written messages to "Bob" in ink. Six WW2 Christmas cards to a soldier, including a USN themed greeting in color by New Yorker cartoonist, Barney Tobey. WW2, Christmas, USN, Barney Tobey, ephemera $25
12833 Hataway, Shirley, Director The Naval Air Station Norfolk 36th International Azalea Festival Air Show United States Navy Good. Covers have light shelf wear. 8.5 x 11 inches with many color, b&w photos and ads. Many of the ads are signed by company reps. United States Navy, USN, Blue Angels, Norfolk, Virginia $30
13159 Haugland, Robert Oliver My Record Of Friends In Service Autograph Book from WW2 Self published. Good. Spine and edges of cover are worn. 10 x 6.5 inches, a WW2 US Navy autograph book with names, home address, service address, date, place we met and comments, approximately 40 pages filled out from 1943 to 1945. WW2, United States Navy, Autograph book, ephemera, USN $25
17188 Maxwell, Tom Grandfather's Journal WestBow Press Very good. "A Grandson's Journey into His Grandfather's Life." A USN pilot in the Vietnam War. Inscribed and signed on the title page. Vietnam, Vietnam War, Aviation, USN $20
7372 McClintock, James A., M.D. Clint Vantage Press 1991 with 75 pages. Fine. In a fine dust wrapper. Autobiography. A medical doctor who served in WW2, a combat surgeon in the Pacific. Autobiography, WW2, medicine, USN, United States Navy $30 No Image
12750 Naval Education and Training Command Aviation Maintenance Ratings 1 & C Naval Education and Training Command Good. Covers and spine have some wear and soiling. Some pencil marks inside. owner's name in ink. 8.25 x 10.75 inches with many charts and tables. NAVEDTRA 10343, United States Navy training manual. USN, United States Navy, Aviation $25
12751 Naval Education and Training Command Aviation Maintenance Ratings 1 & C Naval Education and Training Command Good. Light wear, creasing on the cover edges. 8.25 x 10.75 inches with many charts and tables. NAVEDTRA 10343-1, United States Navy training manual. USN, United States Navy, Aviation $25
16611 Naval Training Center Orlando Rudder Company C002 Naval Training Center Orlando Good. Some soiling on the covers. Missing a small piece in the middle of the back gutter. 9 x 12 inches with many photos, Naval Trailing Command in Orlando, Florida USN, United States Navy, Naval Trailing Center, Orlando, Florida $25
11612 Russell, Allard Will Buy All Green Coconuts And Other Tales of an American Life The Bayside Press Very good. Allard G. Russell continued autobiography. Russell was a USN Captain. Autobiography, Allard G. Russell, United States Navy, USN $20
16034 Smetheran, H. E., LTJG Editor U.S.S. Roanoke CL 145 Far East Cruise 1957-58 USN Good. Covers are faintly bent. 8 x 12 inches, with many b&w as well as color pictures - a very expensively produced USN cruise book for the USS Roanoke, CL-145 USN, U.S.S. Roanoke, Japan, Philippines, Okinawa, Korea, Australia and Hawaii $250
15409 Staff The Keel United States Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois Company 416 1950 Albert Love Enterprises Good. Covers have some stains and soiling. Spine has wear on the top and bottom 9 x 12 inches boot camp annual for Company 416, Great Lakes Illinois, in 1950 USN, recruit yearbook, Great Lakes, Illinois $30
16182 Staff U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 131 U.S. Naval Institute Very good. 8 x 11 inches with many photo illustrations and advertisments. The United States Navy. United States Navy, USN $20
16183 Staff U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 132 U.S. Naval Institute Very good. 8 x 11 inches with many photo illustrations and advertisments. The United States Navy. United States Navy, USN $25
16527 The United States Navy The Bluejackets' Manual Fourteenth Edition The United States Naval Institute Good. Some shelf wear and soiling. Lettering faded. Bluejackets' Manual. There are many illustrations, photos, an appendix, glossary and an index. United States Navy, USN $25
16307 Thirteenth Naval District General Information Course for Destroyer Escort Officers U.S. Navy Good. Some sun fading. 8 x 10 inches, course assignments with questions. USN, Destroyer Escort Officers $20

Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price	Image
13166	Anon	Two pictures of U.S.N.S. General E. D. Patrick	Anon	Good. Light creasing on the large picture, tip edges show tape removal marks.	8 x 10 photo by Allied Photographers of the U.S.N.S. General Patrick. Also a folding note card with a 4 x 2.5 inch image of the ship.	Photograph, United States Navy, USN, U.S.N.S. General E. D. Patrick	$20
16689	Bucke, Richard Maurice, M.D.	Cosmic Consciousness A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind	E. P. Dutton and Company	Good. Light shelfwear. Lettering on the cover faded away. A lot of ink notes inside the front cover and on the front free endpaper. Moderate, "skinny" underlining through out. no dust wrapper.	A Canadian psychiastrist.	Psychiatry, cosmic consciousness	$40
15000	Cracknell, William H. Commander, US Navy	Profile Warship 36 United States Navy Monitors of the Civil War	Profile Publishing	Very good.	7.5 x 10 inches, United States Navy ;Monitors of the Civil War, with many b&w photos.	USN, United States Navy, The Civil War, Navy Monitors	$20
15029	Cracknell, William, Commander, USN	USS Tennessee (BB 43) / Battleship 1920-1959	Profile Publishers	Good. Scrape mark on the front cover.	The USN Battleship USS Tennesse (BB43) with many b&w photos.	USN, USS Tennessee, WW2	$20
11844	D'Argenio, Raymond, LTJG, editor	Midway Mediterranean Cruise 1954	Hanson Enterprises	Good. Faint spotting on the covers.	9.5 x 10 inches with many b&w photos and illustrations. The1954 "cruise book" for the USN Aircraft carrier, USS Midway, CVA 41. Included is a copy of the ship's paper, "The Midway Current," for July, 1955.	USN, United States Navy, CVA 41, USS Midway	$75
14949	Doll, Thomas E.	USN/USMC Over Korea U. S. Navy/Marine Corps Air Operations Over Korea 1950-53	Squadron/Signal Publications	Very good.	8.5 x 11 inches with many photos of USN and USMC planes in the Korean war.	Aviation, USN, USMC, Korea	$40
4976	Erickson, Arnold	I Didn't Know It Was Mine	Self	Very good.	1996 oversized paperback with 302 pages. Signed by the author. , author was a USN pilot, Korea, etc. ISBN 1886698058	Korea, USN, United States	$18
15087	Fisher, Dale E.	The Odyssey	Self-published	Very good.	Autobiography of Dale E. Fisher. An officer in the USN during WW2 in the Pacific. The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Picker X-Ray and Minneapolis Honeywell Corporation. There are pictures and maps.	USN, WW2, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Picker X-Ray, Minneapolis Honeywell Corporation	$20
12513	Forrestal, James	James Forrestal letter to George E. Outland with the Secretary Of the Navy letterhead.	self	Good to very good. Note in red pencil, paper clip mark, a little wear on the edges.	8 x 10.5 inches, a thank you to congressman George Outland for sending a copy of Outland's recent article in the Reader's Digest..	Autograph, James Forrestal, United States Secretary of the Navy, California, USN, United States Navy	$150
15592	Goebel, Ronald, LTJG, Editor	USS Suribachi (AE 21)	USN	Very good.	8 x 10.75 inch Cruise book for the USS Suribachi (AE 21) a navy supply ship in the Mediterranean in 1966-1967. There are many b&w photos.	USN, USS Suribachi (AE 21), cruise book	$50
16879	Greeting Card Authors	Six WW2 Christmas Cards To A Soldier	Multiple	Very good. All cards have written messages to "Bob" in ink.	Six WW2 Christmas cards to a soldier, including a USN themed greeting in color by New Yorker cartoonist, Barney Tobey.	WW2, Christmas, USN, Barney Tobey, ephemera	$25
12833	Hataway, Shirley, Director	The Naval Air Station Norfolk 36th International Azalea Festival Air Show	United States Navy	Good. Covers have light shelf wear.	8.5 x 11 inches with many color, b&w photos and ads. Many of the ads are signed by company reps.	United States Navy, USN, Blue Angels, Norfolk, Virginia	$30
13159	Haugland, Robert Oliver	My Record Of Friends In Service Autograph Book from WW2	Self published.	Good. Spine and edges of cover are worn.	10 x 6.5 inches, a WW2 US Navy autograph book with names, home address, service address, date, place we met and comments, approximately 40 pages filled out from 1943 to 1945.	WW2, United States Navy, Autograph book, ephemera, USN	$25
17188	Maxwell, Tom	Grandfather's Journal	WestBow Press	Very good.	"A Grandson's Journey into His Grandfather's Life." A USN pilot in the Vietnam War. Inscribed and signed on the title page.	Vietnam, Vietnam War, Aviation, USN	$20
7372	McClintock, James A., M.D.	Clint	Vantage Press 1991 with 75 pages.	Fine. In a fine dust wrapper.	Autobiography. A medical doctor who served in WW2, a combat surgeon in the Pacific.	Autobiography, WW2, medicine, USN, United States Navy	$30	No Image
12750	Naval Education and Training Command	Aviation Maintenance Ratings 1 & C	Naval Education and Training Command	Good. Covers and spine have some wear and soiling. Some pencil marks inside. owner's name in ink.	8.25 x 10.75 inches with many charts and tables. NAVEDTRA 10343, United States Navy training manual.	USN, United States Navy, Aviation	$25
12751	Naval Education and Training Command	Aviation Maintenance Ratings 1 & C	Naval Education and Training Command	Good. Light wear, creasing on the cover edges.	8.25 x 10.75 inches with many charts and tables. NAVEDTRA 10343-1, United States Navy training manual.	USN, United States Navy, Aviation	$25
16611	Naval Training Center Orlando	Rudder Company C002	Naval Training Center Orlando	Good. Some soiling on the covers. Missing a small piece in the middle of the back gutter.	9 x 12 inches with many photos, Naval Trailing Command in Orlando, Florida	USN, United States Navy, Naval Trailing Center, Orlando, Florida	$25
11612	Russell, Allard	Will Buy All Green Coconuts And Other Tales of an American Life	The Bayside Press	Very good.	Allard G. Russell continued autobiography. Russell was a USN Captain.	Autobiography, Allard G. Russell, United States Navy, USN	$20
16034	Smetheran, H. E., LTJG Editor	U.S.S. Roanoke CL 145 Far East Cruise 1957-58	USN	Good. Covers are faintly bent.	8 x 12 inches, with many b&w as well as color pictures - a very expensively produced USN cruise book for the USS Roanoke, CL-145	USN, U.S.S. Roanoke, Japan, Philippines, Okinawa, Korea, Australia and Hawaii	$250
15409	Staff	The Keel United States Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois Company 416 1950	Albert Love Enterprises	Good. Covers have some stains and soiling. Spine has wear on the top and bottom	9 x 12 inches boot camp annual for Company 416, Great Lakes Illinois, in 1950	USN, recruit yearbook, Great Lakes, Illinois	$30
16182	Staff	U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 131	U.S. Naval Institute	Very good.	8 x 11 inches with many photo illustrations and advertisments. The United States Navy.	United States Navy, USN	$20
16183	Staff	U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Vol. 132	U.S. Naval Institute	Very good.	8 x 11 inches with many photo illustrations and advertisments. The United States Navy.	United States Navy, USN	$25
16527	The United States Navy	The Bluejackets' Manual Fourteenth Edition	The United States Naval Institute	Good. Some shelf wear and soiling. Lettering faded.	Bluejackets' Manual. There are many illustrations, photos, an appendix, glossary and an index.	United States Navy, USN	$25
16307	Thirteenth Naval District	General Information Course for Destroyer Escort Officers	U.S. Navy	Good. Some sun fading.	8 x 10 inches, course assignments with questions.	USN, Destroyer Escort Officers	$20

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Vendor SKU Author Title Publisher Condition Description Keywords(s) Price Image
16307 Thirteenth Naval District General Information Course for Destroyer Escort Officers U.S. Navy Good. Some sun fading. 8 x 10 inches, course assignments with questions. USN, Destroyer Escort Officers $20
13588 U.S. Naval Institute U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Collection Catalog Of Transcripts 1987-1988 U.S. Naval Institute Very good. Faint shelf wear 8.5 x 11 inches, a list of interviews, interviewees and a short synopsis of the interview and subject matter. United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, USN, USMC $25
12334 U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268) staff United States Navy U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268) Welcome On Board United States Navy Good. One vertical and one horizontal crease with two punch marks on top. 8.5 x 11 handout for visitors to the Submarine U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268). The sub's history is mentioned, WW2 patrols, what to ask the tour leaders and what not to ask. Ephemera, WW2, Submarine, USN, United States Navy, U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268) $20
11353 United States Navy U.S. Naval Air Station San Diego, California Army and navy Publishing Company of Louisiana Good. All four corners are bumped. Has light shelf wear and soiling. No dust wrapper This 9 x 12 inch hardback has many b&w photos. Truman is pictured as president but the war isn't over yet. Naval Aviation WW2, USN, United States Navy, Naval Aviation $50
16612 United States Navy The Bluejackets' Manual 1943 eleventh Edition United States Navy Good. Some shelf wear and soiling on the covers and spine. Lettering on spine and covers faded. There are many b&w photos , illustrations and an index. USN, United States Navy, WW2 $25
10309 United States Navy Department H. O. No. 162 Sailing Directioins For Malacca Strait And Sumatra 1932 United States Navy Department Fair. Front cover partially detached, back cover missing. Spine worn, rubber stamp on the front cover, the last 30 pages have sharp fold marks, the rear free endpaper is torn. Some discoloration on the top edges of the pages. Contents and the two folding maps are good. 1932 paperback with 612 pages, 2 fold-out maps and an index. H. O. No. 162 , Malacca Strait , Sumatra, Indonesia, USN $25
10920 United States Navy Department Navy Training Courses Instructions for Use in Preparation for the Rating of Gunner's Mate 3c United States Government Printing Office Fair to good. Covers have some wear, soiling and creasing. There is a small chip missing from the lower right corner of the front cover. "DIV.2 10" is stamped on the front cover. "10" is lightly crossed out with ink. "#8" is also in ink on the front cover once and title page 2 times. Pages have light soiling creasing. Front cover and endpaper have a small chip missing in the upper right corner. 1939 paperback with 274 pages and b&w illustrations. US Navy, Gunner's Mate, Firearms, Pistols, etc. USN, United States Navy, Gunner's Mate, Firearms, Pistols, USN $30
16838 United States Navy Department Coxwain United States Navy Good. Shelf wear and soiling, rusty staple. 1942 USN training course for Coxwain. A warning on top of the book: "Caution! Not to be intrusted to the care of enlisted men." USN, WW2, Coxwain $25
15402 USS Shangri-LA News Horizon Vol . V NO. XVI Friday, October 2, 1959 USS Shangri-LA Good. Uneven folding. 10 x 14 inches with b&w photos and illustrations, a 1959 home-coming newspaper for the USS Shangri-LA, CV-38, CVA-38 with articles about the past westpac cruise. USN, United States Navy, CV-38, USS Shangri-La $30
15494 Wotring, Frank C. Ten Minutes Later... The U.S.S. Helm In WWII Eileen Wotring Keen Very good. One bumped corner. No dust wrapper. The author's experience on the destroyer U.S.S. Helm in WW2. He experienced both the Pearl Harbor attack and the battle of Savo Island. There are b&w photos, the author's cartoons and much more. Signed by the author and inscribed by his sister, the publisher. A newspaper clipping is included. WW2, USN, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Savo Island $30
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Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price
16307	Thirteenth Naval District	General Information Course for Destroyer Escort Officers	U.S. Navy	Good. Some sun fading.	8 x 10 inches, course assignments with questions.	USN, Destroyer Escort Officers	$20
13588	U.S. Naval Institute	U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Collection Catalog Of Transcripts 1987-1988	U.S. Naval Institute	Very good. Faint shelf wear	8.5 x 11 inches, a list of interviews, interviewees and a short synopsis of the interview and subject matter.	United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, USN, USMC	$25
12334	U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268) staff	United States Navy U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268) Welcome On Board	United States Navy	Good. One vertical and one horizontal crease with two punch marks on top.	8.5 x 11 handout for visitors to the Submarine U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268). The sub's history is mentioned, WW2 patrols, what to ask the tour leaders and what not to ask.	Ephemera, WW2, Submarine, USN, United States Navy, U.S.S. Puffer (SS-268)	$20
11353	United States Navy	U.S. Naval Air Station San Diego, California	Army and navy Publishing Company of Louisiana	Good. All four corners are bumped. Has light shelf wear and soiling. No dust wrapper	This 9 x 12 inch hardback has many b&w photos. Truman is pictured as president but the war isn't over yet. Naval Aviation	WW2, USN, United States Navy, Naval Aviation	$50
16612	United States Navy	The Bluejackets' Manual 1943 eleventh Edition	United States Navy	Good. Some shelf wear and soiling on the covers and spine. Lettering on spine and covers faded.	There are many b&w photos , illustrations and an index.	USN, United States Navy, WW2	$25
10309	United States Navy Department	H. O. No. 162 Sailing Directioins For Malacca Strait And Sumatra 1932	United States Navy Department	Fair. Front cover partially detached, back cover missing. Spine worn, rubber stamp on the front cover, the last 30 pages have sharp fold marks, the rear free endpaper is torn. Some discoloration on the top edges of the pages. Contents and the two folding maps are good.	1932 paperback with 612 pages, 2 fold-out maps and an index.	H. O. No. 162 , Malacca Strait , Sumatra, Indonesia, USN	$25
10920	United States Navy Department	Navy Training Courses Instructions for Use in Preparation for the Rating of Gunner's Mate 3c	United States Government Printing Office	Fair to good. Covers have some wear, soiling and creasing. There is a small chip missing from the lower right corner of the front cover. "DIV.2 10" is stamped on the front cover. "10" is lightly crossed out with ink. "#8" is also in ink on the front cover once and title page 2 times. Pages have light soiling creasing. Front cover and endpaper have a small chip missing in the upper right corner.	1939 paperback with 274 pages and b&w illustrations. US Navy, Gunner's Mate, Firearms, Pistols, etc.	USN, United States Navy, Gunner's Mate, Firearms, Pistols, USN	$30
16838	United States Navy Department	Coxwain	United States Navy	Good. Shelf wear and soiling, rusty staple.	1942 USN training course for Coxwain. A warning on top of the book: "Caution! Not to be intrusted to the care of enlisted men."	USN, WW2, Coxwain	$25
15402	USS Shangri-LA	News Horizon Vol . V NO. XVI Friday, October 2, 1959	USS Shangri-LA	Good. Uneven folding.	10 x 14 inches with b&w photos and illustrations, a 1959 home-coming newspaper for the USS Shangri-LA, CV-38, CVA-38 with articles about the past westpac cruise.	USN, United States Navy, CV-38, USS Shangri-La	$30
15494	Wotring, Frank C.	Ten Minutes Later... The U.S.S. Helm In WWII	Eileen Wotring Keen	Very good. One bumped corner. No dust wrapper.	The author's experience on the destroyer U.S.S. Helm in WW2. He experienced both the Pearl Harbor attack and the battle of Savo Island. There are b&w photos, the author's cartoons and much more. Signed by the author and inscribed by his sister, the publisher. A newspaper clipping is included.	WW2, USN, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Savo Island	$30

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