Search Results: Naval History from Sweet Beagle Books

San Diego. San Diego: Recruit Training Company 215, U. S. Navy. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Corner bump and a little rubbing to boards, else Fine. . This is the "yearbook" for Company 90-215 recruiting class, U. S. Navy. No date in book, but should be approximately 1976, based on internal evidence in the text. Text and photos, b/w and color, of the recruits and what they went through in training. . 4to 11" - 13" tall. 105 pages. J5 .

Washington DC. Washington DC: A. Boyd Hamilton. Good with no dust jacket. 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth covers are heavily embossed with decoration on front, back and spine; gilt on spine is dulled. Covers are lightly soiled, worn and chipped at a few spots on extremities, bumped corners, lightly gnawed for an inch at bottom edge of front cover. Bookplate inside front cover identifies this book as having been presented to the Athenian Society Library by Col. French, as as being copy No. 538 in that library's collection. Front hinge is starting to crack, otherwise binding is tight and solid. A few pages in the book are heavily foxed, most only lightly, all are quite readable. . The first 415 pages of this book consists of the Report of the Secretary of the Navy to President Millard Fillmore, and presents a wealth of highly detailed information on the state of the U. S. Navy and Marines ten years before the American Civil War. Also bound into the book are the annual… Read More