[Rarebooks] fs: Early Bluejacket's Manuals (1917 & 1918)

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(No. 9084 )  [McLean, Ridley] revised by Norman R[eeve]. Van der Veer. THE 
BLUEJACKET'S MANUAL, UNITED STATES NAVY 1917, FIFTH EDITION.
New York: M. B. Brown Printing & Binding Co., 1916. Fifth edition, Original 
cloth, Sixteenmo, [xviii], [27]-835 pages, drawings, diagrams, some color. 
Good.
      Handbook for sailors in the U.S. Navy. Chapters on such topics as 
Discipline and Duty; Regulations in Regard to Uniform and Clothing; 
Enlistments, Discharges, Courts-Martial; Pay and Accounts; Deck Seamanship; 
Compass, Log and Lead; Small Arms; Ordnance and Gunnery; Artillery; and much 
more. Well illustrated, some color, some fold-outs. Bound in dark blue cloth 
over boards with faded gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Mild 
extremity rubs, some exterior stains, slight foxing to endpapers. Hinges 
sound, prior owner name pencilled at top of front free endpaper.    $50.00
See photo: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/bookphotos/9084.jpg
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(No. 9085 )  [McLean, Ridley] revised by Norman R[eeve]. Van der Veer. THE 
BLUEJACKET'S MANUAL, UNITED STATES NAVY 1918, SIXTH EDITION.
New York: Edwin N. Appleton, Inc., (1918). sixth edition, Original cloth, 
Sixteenmo, 807, [ii], 10 pages + ads, drawings, diagrams, some color. Fine.
      Basic handbook for sailors in the U.S. Navy, originally compiled by 
Ridley McLean in 1902. Chapters on such topics as Discipline and Duty; 
Regulations in Regard to Uniform and Clothing; Enlistments, Discharges, 
Courts-Martial; Pay and Accounts; Deck Seamanship; Compass, Log and Lead; 
Small Arms; Ordnance and Gunnery; Artillery; and much more. Well 
illustrated, some color, some fold-outs. Index prepared for this edition and 
copyrighted 1918 by the publisher, plus 3 pages of ads for other Appleton 
publications at rear. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with faded gilt 
lettering to spine and upper board. Slight extremity rubs, otherwise 
particularly clean and sound.    $75.00
See photo: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/bookphotos/9085.jpg

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