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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Blue boards with blue tape binding; blue foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; some yellowing to edges of dj. "As the sun sets on a lonely Connecticut farmhouse, the shadows come, gliding through windows, sliding up walls, enveloping Sarah Gilmour as she searches frantically for her missing child. Then the shadows, with their dark, inhuman eyes, are everywhere, surrounding her as she sobs silently, realizing with horror that they have taken her daughter, once again. And somehow Sarah knows that now they have come back -- for her." -- from the dj.

Single Issue Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. Cover art by Peter Stevens (illustratore). First Edition, First printing. NY, Popular Publications, 1943 First Edition 130-page Pulp magazine edited by Rogers Terrill with Stories by Clifford Dowdey, Joel Reeve, Tom Roan and others. A very good pulp with small edge tears, text lightly toned, Small hole to front cover at spine edge. See Photos pulp bx 4/E, 801.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 320 pages. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Southern Trident examines the influences on the rise of Australian naval power and discusses current international and strategic issue in te light of history. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Australian history, of navel issues and of international and strategic studies as well as to the general reader.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. With its ancestry in the Royal Navy and the former colony-based navies, the Australian Navy was established in 1901. Since that time it has helped Australia enter the international community as a modern, self-reliant nation and has been indispensable in protecting Australia's sovereignty and national interests.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Book is in very nice order.Uninscribed book plate inside front cover.Outlines the rise of Australian Naval Power. None.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression 2001 SIGNED dedication by David Stevens fine hardback in fine dust wrapper. Protected by clear removable archival covering. No inscription. 363 pages. Maps. Tables. Illustrations. Notes. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 384 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 363pp with b/w photos and illustrations - blue cloth - previous owner's inscription to first blank page - SIGNATURE OF EDITOR DAVID STEVENS TO TITLE PAGE - minor wear to edges of dustwrapper - Strategy History and the Rise of Australian Naval Power. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Despite the navy being one of Australia's oldest and most important institutions, the links between nation-building and the Navy have never before received detailed study. Bringing together scholars from Australia and overseas, The Navy and the Nation examines the extent of the Navy's contribution to our national development and shows how the Navy has played a vital role in defining our independent national identity.

1st Ed. XX, 363 PP with 4 maps, 4 tables and 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 15. Collection of 19 essays: The rise of modern Naval Strategy c.1580-1880 by John Reeve. Imperial Naval Defence, a Canadian perspective by Nicholas Tracy. A strategy for the lower deck of the early Royal Australian Navy, by Kathryn Spurling.

8vo Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Signed. 363p. Signed by David Stevens on title page. Bookplate affixed on front endpaper with unknown signature. Contains full number line. Interior is unmarked. Binding is firm with securely attached hinges. Dark blue boards are pointed with gilt lettering on spine. Jacket is glossy and unclipped with light edge wear and sticker on backside.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Trafalgar, Tsushima, Midway, and other epic blue-water fleet actions are not likely to have their counterparts in the early twenty-first century. Since the end of the Cold War there has been an increased interest instead in the way that navies directly influence events where sea, air and land interact. Yet, in the broad sweep of military history this is nothing new. In Sea Power Ashore and in the Air leading historians look back over more than a hundred years, to show how navies have often made a critical difference to the fighting ashore and the contest for mastery in the air.

Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condizione: FINE. The development of Australia's navy has been a vital factor in its history and evolution as a nation in the century since Federation. Australia has a maritime environment and its national interests stretch far beyond its coastline.Southern Trident examines the influences on the rise of Australian naval power and discusses current international and strategic issues in the light of history. The authors show how the creation of the Australian navy was no simple display of nationalism, but rather the culmination of various complex and often revolutionary developments in such areas as politics, diplomacy, strategy, economic relations and technology in the Asia-Pacific region and far beyond.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Australian history, of naval issues and of international and strategic studies as well as to the general reader. xix, 363 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.First Edition #0520/090724 Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History Sea-power -- Australia -- History Australia -- History, Naval Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. illustrated edition. 464 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo xxvi + 438pp., b/w plates, notes, index, Collection of 18 essays: Inc. The RN in the Pacific: sea power and Imperial endeavour by Geoffrey Till. The search for a strategic sea-base and the founding of Australia, by Tom Frame. The long triangulation: naval hydrography and the Great Barrier Reef, by Colin Jones.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo xx + 363pp., b/w plates, notes, index, Contains 17 essays that examine the role that humans have played in the naval conflicts of the late 19th- 20th century. Essays include Western Advisors and Chinese sailors in the Sino-Japanese War; the Commander in Crisis: Graf Spee and the German East Asian Cruiser Squadron in 1914; the treatment of casualties from the Sydney-Emden action; discussion of the role of the aircraft carrier; Gordon Johnson's experience about HMAS Hobart in the Java Sea area in 1942; the WWII diaries of Commander AFC Layard; and Guy Griffiths' personal experiences of HMS Repulse and HMAS Shropshire and during WWII, HMAS Sydney and HMAS Anzac during the Korean War and HMAS Hobart during the Vietnam War.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.63-130. Publisher's card wraps lettered in dark blue, stapled, printed price of fifty cents to upper. Toned to edges, covers bruised to extremities, some soiling. Very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 320 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. "Leading historians look back over more than one hundred years to show how navies have often made a critical difference to the fighting ashore and the contest for mastery in the air. Topics treated in detail include: The naval air war over Galipoli, Japan's joint operation in China in 1895, Air defence of naval and amphibious forces in the Falklands, Australian naval pilots and air mobile helicopter operations in Vietnam, German Navy land campaigns of WWII, THe US Navy in the capture of Okinawa, Submarine operations in the Arctic, Naval peacekeeping in Somalia, Maritime blockades in Post-War China, and many others. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket preserved in mylar. An excellent copy.

Hard Cover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. "Ranging from lively accounts of individual acts of heroism through to critical studies of the problems of command at sea, this text highlights the multi-dimensional nature of maritime warfare. Illustrated with manu previously unpublished photographs, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of naval, military and strategic affairs, as well as to the general reader." Size: 21cm. Heavy Book Over 500gms.

Condizione: New.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, xxvi/438pp, b&w photos. Light wear on card edges; a very good copy. This collection of contributions from key naval and military commentators examines the extent of the Navy's contribution to our national development and shows how the Navy had played a vital role in defining our independent national identity. Major themes are: concepts and contexts; the navy and the nation; ships, industry and technology; and naval people and the nation. Essays include seapower and imperial endeavour (Geoffrey Till); naval medicine and European settlement of Australia (Neil Westphalen); naval hydrography and the Great Barrier Reef (Colin Jones); popular depictions of naval imagery in the press 1908-18 (Robert Crawford); the navy and Diplomacy (Peter Edwards); HMAS Australia (David Stevens); HMAS Sydney III (David Hobbs); naval men and Australia from 1788-1914 (Bob Nicholls); Vice Admiral Sir William Clarkson (Chris Clark); and Admiral Sir Francis Hyde (James Goldrick).

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xx + 363pp., b/w plates, notes, index, collection of essays examines the influences of the rise of Australian naval power and discuss international and strategic issues at the time of publication in the light of history. It covers two major themes: concepts and approached to maritime strategy and perspectives on Imperial and Australian naval defence.

Card Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: None issued. Examining how naval warfare has developed and unfolded during the past century, this collection of essays blends the importance of individual acts of maritime valor and ingenuity with concise explanations of pivotal naval battles to arrive at a vivid picture of how naval war has taken its current shape. Emphasizing the multidimensional nature of modern nautical combat, this book investigates the ways in which technological advances have changed the wartime experience of sailors as well as the shape that navies will likely take in the 21st century. The experiences of sailors in a number of important 20th-century conflicts are taken into consideration, with special attention given to individual accounts of fighting in World War II, the Korean War, and the Gulf War. 363pp bw illus throughout Size: 21cm. Book.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo xx + 363pp., b/w plates, notes, index, collection of essays examines the influences of the rise of Australian naval power and discuss international and strategic issues at the time of publication in the light of history. It covers two major themes: concepts and approached to maritime strategy and perspectives on Imperial and Australian naval defence.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin 2001. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. xx 364pp. With num. b/w plates text-illusts. and maps of which 1 full-page. 1st ed.