Yangtze Patrol: U.S. Navy in China. by Tolley, R. Adm. Kemp - 1984

Naval Institute Press, 1984. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Naval Institute Press, January 1984. Hardcover. VG-/Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

EB: Naval Institute Press. Very Good. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1971. Xvi, 330 pgs. Illustrated with photos, maps and map on endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The U. S. Navy's patrol of the Yangtze River began in 1854 when the USS Susquehanna was sent to China to safeguard increasing American commerce in the region. As Kemp Tolley explains in this entertaining history of the patrol in which he was to later serve, the presence of gunboats along the river greatly benefited the integrity of the shoreline factories. Tolley was a young naval officer in the 1930s when assigned gunboat duty, first in the Mindanao, then in the Tutuila, and finally the Wake in August 1941. His colorful description of life as a… Read More

Naval Institute Press. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy Collectible - Good. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on dedication page. Owner's name on endpage. Highlighting inside.

Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1984, 1984. 329 pages notes, appendices, selected bibliography, index, map front endpaper, graphic chart of rapids back endpaper, Story of the offshoot of the old U.S. Asiatic Fleet, between, 1784 and 1949. Clean. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

* * * * * : NAVAL INST PRESS , 1987. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. B00K: Fine/ 1987 . B00K: Fine/ $145.12 0870217984 YANGTZE PATROL: the U.S. NAVY in CHINA; Inscribed by Author. * TOLLEY, Kemp NAVAL INST PRESS 1987 1st Edition, 4th Printing Yellow And Black Pictorial Spine With Title In White Letters, Dust Jacket: Fine/ Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Hard Cover BooK: Fine/, Almost As New/, 343 Numbered Pages That Are In As New/ Condition, And Appear To Be Lightly Read Or Not Read At All, And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine, Slight Shelf, And Corner Wear. Gift Inscription, Signed By The Author In Black Ink, Page After The Copyright Page, As Follows, 'To a very special dragon Kip Tolley'. Printed On Off White Paper. Bottom Corners Are Lightly Bumped. Acquired From The Estate Of Patrick Shannon. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping… Read More

Naval Institute Press, 1984. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!