Sea Power in Ancient History: The Story of the Navies of Classic Greece and Rome
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Item #2323840
First edition. Multiple small chips and tears to jacket edges, jacket price-clipped. Spine soiled and leans to the left.
xxx, 286 pp. With illustrations, maps and plans. Foreword by Rear Admiral William A. Moffett. From the writings of Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius and other ancient historians who understood the meaning of the sea power, there exhales in passages a breath as from the great deep, a salty tang, bringing down from the past the vital freshness of the ancient sea life. Here we have accounts of the Battle of Salamis, the First Punic War and other decisive episodes in naval history, presented in their true relationship to general history.--jacket
Price: $125.00