it is a first edition, robert louis stevenson. when you open the cover, there rightittle watercolor there, glued into the front page, with robert louis stevenson's signature. naval history. he had a truly world-class collection of naval history books. firstlected ship's logs, person many scripts -- manuscripts. he loves collecting these. his collection of naval books is quite extraordinary, and if there is one book in his collection that had the biggest impact on his presidency, it is a book by a.t. mahon. it was published in the late 19th century. he has three volumes of it. one was his older brothers, one was given to him by his uncle, and this book was influential in how the russians developed their navy in world war i, how the japanese developed their navy in the news or japanese world, and in world war ii. navalabout how large fleets can influence military conflict. it was very influential. he was assistant secretary to the navy in world war i. he helped rebuild the american navy. he helped prepare for world war ii. the book r