Naval Customs: Traditions and Usage por Lovette, Lieutenant Commander Leland P - 1942

Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute, 1939. Very good without dust jacket. Remarkably detailed, numerous illustrations, naval history, 404 pages. The "Laws of the Navy," a long poem is included in the appendix, ends, "Now these are the Laws of the Navy / And many and mighty are they. / But the hull and the deck and the keel / And the truck of the law is -- OBEY." The history of this particular book is in itself engaging, as revealed by the ownership stamps on the first free endpaper: starting off at the US Naval Training School at Northampton, Mass; thence to the Ship's Library of the USS Sevier, and finally to the library of the secret US Naval base at the Old Milano Hotel in Gualala, California. Great fun to browse: check out "keelhauling." . Hard Cover. Illus. by Sketches (black and white), photographs.

Annapolis MD: United States Naval Institute, 1939. Jacket is rubbed on all edges, chipped. Blue boards have several bleached dampstains. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Pencil notation on fep.. Hard Cover. Good -/Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United States Naval Institute, 1939. Later printing. Inked name to ffep, bump to lower edge of rear panel, else near fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover..