From bouquets to boutonnieres, aisle garlands to table arrangements, bridal flowers have always been an essential part of the festive event. Though flowers represent a substantial portion of the total wedding budget, a bride usually sees them for the first time on her wedding day, having left the choice and organization to a florist that she may ...
Navies have always been technologically sophisticated, from the ancient world's trireme galleys and the Age of Sail's ships-of-the-line to the dreadnoughts of World War I and today's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines. Yet each large technical innovation has been met with resistance and even hostility from those officers who, ...
From the time when he joined the US destroyer "Howorth" during the Pacific War in April 1944 until his death a year later in a kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Yeoman Second Class Orvill Raines wrote a series of letters to his young bride. Due to Raines's special relationship with the officer responsible for censoring, the correspondence was ...
From the time when he joined the US destroyer "Howorth" during the Pacific War in April 1944 until his death a year later in a kamikaze attack off Okinawa, Yeoman Second Class Orvill Raines wrote a series of letters to his young bride. Due to Raines's special relationship with the officer responsible for censoring, the correspondence was ...
The Moluccas Islands; the invasions of Leyte, Mindoro and Luzon; Iwo Jima; Okinawa - these and other important naval actions of World War II are recounted in this work by an enlisted sailor and former journalist, Orvill Raines, in poignant and graphic letters to his wife.
Held every two years at the U.S. Naval Academy, the Naval History Symposium draws together top naval historians and analysts from around the world to exchange research and theories about far-reaching topics in naval history. These volumes contain the best papers presented at the symposiums.
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tennessee Historical Society
Date Published: 1965
Description: Photos. DW clipped, minor chipping. Book good but some red underlining. 321, Description of historical sites in Tennessee; 15 sites such as Andrew Johnson home, Chickamauga, and Shiloh. read more
Description: Stated First Edition; small 4to., 487 pages; cloth covered boards; a very good clean tight copy with no apparent flaws in a lightly sunned dustjacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover Cloth
Publisher: The Herald-News
Date Published: 1945
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. NF in VG dj with few small dj edge chips and tears; back flap small V chip at top and closed tear on front edge. Clean and tight. Main Title: Anybody here from Jersey? The collected stories of the Herald-news war correspondents: William M. McBride, Carl Ek [and] Rodney L. Odell. Contents: The European theater: Rodney Odell. --The Mediterranean theater: William McBride. --The Pacific theater: Carl Ek. viii p., 1 l., 274 pages; frontis, ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover Cloth
Publisher: The Herald-News
Date Published: 1945
Description: Near Fine in Very Good + jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. NF in VG+ dj with few small dj edge chips and tears; closed V tear and crimp in middle of back panel; closed tear on back edge. Clean and tight. Main Title: Anybody here from Jersey? The collected stories of the Herald-news war correspondents: William M. McBride, Carl Ek [and] Rodney L. Odell. Contents: The European theater: Rodney Odell. --The Mediterranean theater: William McBride. --The Pacific theater: Carl Ek. viii p., 1 l., 274 p. ... read more
Binding: RING-BOUND
Publisher: McDougal Little
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780618530243ISBN:061853024X
Description: Fine. 061853024X Pub date: 2007. Condition: Fine. We are a tested and proven company with over 400, 000 satisfied customers since 1997. Choose expedited shipping for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders. read more
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