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1940s Books on the United States Navy and Naval Weapons
Item Details
A pairing of two books on the United States Navy and naval weapons. Our Flying Navy features eighty full-color reproductions of paintings by various artists, an introduction by former Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and a preface by former Acting Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Arthur W. Radford. Each book is missing its dust jacket.
| Title and Author/Editor | Naval Weapons and Their Uses (Department of Ordnance and Gunnery at the U.S. NavalAcademy), Our Flying Navy (text prepared with assistance of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations) |
| Genre | Military, History, War |
| Illustrator | Ordananceman F. T. Gessner, Howard Baer, Adolf Dehn and others |
| Type of Illustration | Diagrams, Offset Lithograph |
| Binding | Softcover, Cloth on board |
| Dust Jacket | No |
| Publisher or Printer | United States Naval Institute, The Macmillan Company |
| Publication Year | 1943, 1944 |
| Place of Publication | Annapolis, Maryland, New York |
| Edition Statement | First printing of Our Flying Navy |
| Signed | No |
| Number of Books | 2 |
Condition
- wear to covers and writing to endpapers.
Dimensions
1.0" W x 12.75" H x 10.0" D
- books grouped together.
Item #
ITMG072525
