MAHAN Captain A.T. — NAVAL STRATEGY Compared and Contrasted with the Principles and Practice of Military Operations on Land Lectures Delivered at the U.S. Naval War College Newport R.I. Between the Years 1887 and 1911

Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1918 1st edn. 8vo (9 x 6¼ ins). Original gilt decorated blue cloth, top edges gilt (rather scuffed and bumped at head and tail of spine and corners - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xxii + 474, illus with b&w maps and plans (some pages uncut; splits at gutter at front endpapers; previous owners' bookplate on front paste-down, gift inscription on front free endpaper and extensive pencil annotations in margins throughout).