Earlier today, in A Trip To The Thrift Stores, I mentioned buying seven books published by the Naval Institute Press.
The Naval Institute Press is the book-publishing arm of the U.S. Naval Institute and is one of the most respected publishers in the military non-fiction genre. They publish more than 70 titles a year and, with nearly 800 titles in print, provide the reader interested in the fields of naval, military, and maritime history, plenty to sink their teeth into.
Many of their current and out of print titles sell for $50 or more on both eBay and Amazon. Even their more recent available titles will often readily bring $15 - $20 on Amazon so the Press is a publisher worth keeping an eye out for.
While most books published by the Naval Institute Press are non-fiction, they do occasionally publish military or naval related fiction, the most well-known of which is Tom Clancy’s first novel - The Hunt For Red October.
Below is a sampling of some Naval Institute Press titles that should do well on either eBay or Amazon.
- The U-Boat: The Revolution & Technical History Of German Submarines - Eberhard Rossler - 1981 hardcover
- Hybrid Warship: The Amalgamation Of Big Guns & Warcraft - R.D. Layman & Stephen McGlaughlin - 1991 hardcover
- Battleships: Allied Battleships Of World War II - Robert O. Dulin Jr., William H. Garzke Jr., and Thomas G. Webb - 1980 hardcover
- British Battleships of World War Two: The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy’s Battleships and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946 - Alan Raven and John Roberts - 2003 hardcover
- Bold Endeavors : Lessons from Polar and Space Exploration - Jack Stuster - 1996 hardcover
- The Buccaneers of America - A. O. Exquemelin and Robert C. Ritchie - 1993 hardcover
- American & British Aircraft Carrier Development, 1919-1941 - Thomas Hone, Norman Friedman, and Mark D. Mandeles - 1999 hardcover
- Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War - Rene J. Francillon - 1987 hardcover
- Pocket Battleships of the Deutschland Class - Gerhard Koop, Klaus-Peter Schmolke, and Geoffrey Brooks 2000 hardcover
- The Old Steam Navy: Frigates, Sloops, and Gunboats, 1815-1885 - Donald L. Canney - 1990 - 2005 hardcover
- U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History - Norman Friedman - 1984 hardcover
- Piloting & Dead Reckoning - H. H. Shufeldt, G. D. Dunlap, and Bruce Allan Bauer - 1999 soft cover
- Katyn: Stalin’s Massacre and the Seeds of Polish Resurrection - Allen Paul - 1996 soft cover
- Soviet Naval Tactics - Milan Vego - 1992 - hardcover
The above list should give you some idea of the kind of titles the Naval Institute Press publishes.
If you run across a somewhat lengthy and/or technical military or naval title bottom of the spine. If you see Naval Institute Press, it would probably be worthwhile grabbing it.
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