NAVAL CUSTOMS TRADITIONS AND USAGE - Hardback book with Dust Jacket by LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LELAND P. LOVETTE, U.S. NAVY
- Over 400 pages
- Third edition published May 1939; Reprinted December, 1942
- COPYRIGHT 1934, 1936, and 1939 BY U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE
" " Lieutenant Commander Lovette has contributed to the literature of the service, in this unusual and entertaining book, a work of permanent value. It should be in the library of every naval officer. This information it contains will be indispensable to every student of naval subjects. The author is to be congratulated on his masterly exploration of a field which hitherto has escaped the attention of naval writers. A study of Commander Lovette's book will go far toward correcting imperfect technique and will be a fair wind to a knowledge of the history and meaning of its customs. "
ALBERT GLEAVES Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired) " " " Nothing of the sort, at least upon the same scale, has been published in the United States in the past, and nothing was more sorely needed ... The author has got together material, some of it coming from obscure and half-forgotten sources, and put it together with skill. "
H.L. MENCKEN in Baltimore Sun " " " I have been so fortunate in being given the opportunity to read Lieutenant Commander Lovette's book in advance of its publication. I cannot resist the urge to recommend to all naval personnel and to all civilians who are in any way interested in the Navy that they read the book throughout-not a single page should be passed over. I can guarantee that the readers will be fully repaid by the pleasure and information and knowledge that they will gain thereby. "
J.K. TAUSSIG Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy " " " Of the books I have read recently, this has been the most consistently absorbing. "
CAPTAIN FELIX RIESENBERG in Nautical Gazette " " " This book is certainly a valuable addition to our great library of the sea and deserves to be widely read. "
Nautical Magazine (British) " " The range of this book is as sweeping as the sea itself. Pre-eminently a book for the Navy and those who love the Navy, it is nevertheless a volume so varied in its subject matter, so interesting in its treatment, that no one who has left the surge of the blue water can afford to be without it. "
HANSON W. BALDWIN in New York Herald Tribune " Contents includes: " PREFACE PART I TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, AND LAWS OF THE SEA CHAPTER I. TRADITIONS, CEREMONIES, AND LAWS OF THE SEA CHAPTER II. SOME TRADITIONS, CEREMONIES, AND CUSTOMS OF THE SERVICE CHAPTER III. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAWS OF THE SERVICE PART II SEA MANNERS AND SHORE MANNERS CHAPTER IV. HONORS, SALUTES, AND CEREMONIES CHAPTER V. "LEST WE FORGET" CHAPTER VI. SOCIAL USAGE PRESCRIBED AND PROSCRIBED PART III SYMBOLS OF GREAT TRADITION CHAPTER VII. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER VIII. THE GOLDEN AGE PART VI THE SEA CHAPTER IX. NAUTICAL WORDS AND NAVAL EXPRESSIONS APPENDIXED APPENDIX A. LUCKY BAG OF FACTS AND TRADITION APPENDIX B. NOTES ON PRECEDENCE APPENDIX C. NAVAL REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO OFFICIAL RELATIONS OF NAVAL OFFICERS WITH FOREIGN SERVICES AND FOREIGN STATES APPENDIX D. TOASTS AT OFFICIAL DINNERS APPENDIX E. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICERS' REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO CONTACT WITH THE NAVY APPENDIX F. ARMY REGULATIONS, CUSTOMS, AND COURTESIES APPENDIX G. REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR BOARDING OFFICERS APPENDIX H. SOCIAL FORMS AFLOAT AND ASHORE APPENDIX I. NAVAL WEDDINGS APPENDIX J. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE APPENDIX K. JOHN PAUL JONE'S LETTER APPENDIX L. UNIFORM AND PAY FOR FIRST OFFICERS OF THE NAVY APPENDIX M. THE YACHT ENSIGN APPENDIX N. "THE LAWS OF THE NAVY," CAPTAIN HOPWOOD, R.N. APPENDIX O. "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" APPENDIX P. "ANCHORS AWEIGH" APPENDIX Q. "THE MARINE'S HYMN" BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX " The book is in pretty good condition with normal wear to the cover. Also, the side edges of the pages are dirty, mostly visible from the side view. The dust jacket is very worn with several tears along the edges and is yellowed & stained. No torn or ripped pages. No other markings or writing. |