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Very good(+) in very good jacket. Illustrated sparingly with black and white photographs. vii, 329 pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (edgeworn). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (1971). Internally clean and tight. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0870217976. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, 3/4" tear at bottom front of DJ, light edge; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 329 pages; "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 "river rat" is filled with anecdotes about the resourceful and high-spirited sailors who manned the old riverboats in that distant land."
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Very Good- in Good jacket. Signed by Previous Owner. Very slight curl to front cover. Edge wear, small tears and an 'x' on spine dust jacket. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
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Book. Octavo, 329 pages; VG-/VG-; spine yellow and black pictorial, with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild age-toning to jacket spine; price uncut '$10.00'; boards bowed; mild age-toning to textblock; contains black and white photographs; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. 1350625. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Good in Good jacket. ISBN stated on verso is 0-87021-797-6. vii, [9], 329, [1] pages. Endpaper map in front. Endpaper Illustration in back. Notes. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Bibliography. Index. Front board weak and restrengthened with glue. Illustrations. Rear Admiral Kemp Tolley (29 April 1908-28 October 2000) was an officer in the U.S. Navy and is the author of three books and numerous articles on the history of U.S. Navy activities in the Pacific, China, and the Soviet Union. Tolley left Hankou, China on 27 November 1941 aboard USS Wake (PR-3). The gunboat sailed down the Yangtze River to Shanghai, where Tolley boarded USS Oahu (PR-6), bound for Manila, Philippines. On 5 December 1941 Tolley was given command of the sailing schooner Lanikai and given orders to sail in waters off the Philippines and report any sightings of Japanese warships. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Tolley, and the Lanikai, was assigned to the Inshore Patrol. In 1992, he was inducted into the Defense Attache Hall of Fame in Washington. 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 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 "river rat" is filled with anecdotes about the resourceful and high-spirited sailors who manned the old riverboats. In the process of telling their story he covers a century of Chinese history, replete with warlords and mandarins, bandits and kidnappers, missionaries and mercenaries, riots and revolution. He presents a knowledgeable summary of the political situation in China up to World War II, including the bombing of the Panay, the siege of Shanghai, and the Nanking incident.
