1894, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783 by Captain Mahan, HB 7th

Description: First published in 1890, this is the stated Seventh Edition published in 1894 by Little, Brown, and Company. Overall in GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION. Clean blue cloth with gilt decoration and titling front board and spine, lightly rubbed but clear on spine and front board. Few light soil marks, moderate corner and top/bottom spine wear, light edge wear, lightly bumped corners. Black endpapers with some cracking at the spine, front and back. Black bookbinding tape was used to solidify the binding in these cracks - see listing photo. This photo also shows the only marking in the book - looks to be a previous owner name pencil-written on black endpaper behind front board. 557 clean and solidly bound pages, gilt page tops, no interior marks, LOTS OF MAPS, PLANS, AND B&W ILLUSTRATION PLATES. On this book from Wikipedia: "The Influence of Sea Power upon History: 1660–1783 is a history of naval warfare published in 1890 by the American naval officer and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role of sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and discussed the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet. Scholars considered it the single most influential book in naval strategy. Its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies, ultimately leading to the World War I naval arms race. It is also cited as one of the contributing factors of the United States becoming a great power. It was followed by The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 1793–1812, published in 1892." B144

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