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Smith, Peter Charles
The Great Ships Pass: British Battleships at War 1939-1945
544 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "...Provides a worthy monument to the last days of Britain's battlefleet." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket. A sound copy. Book
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STERN Robert C.
US Battleships in Action. Part 1. [THIS PART ONLY.]. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with photographs and coloured line drawings in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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SWEETMAN John
Tirpitz. Hunting the Beast. Air Attacks on the German Battleship 1940-44. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TARRANT V. E.
King George V Class Battleships. FINE COPY OF THE PAPERBACK ISSUE
8vo., with numerous photographs and drawings throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first dedicated monograph on this famous class, comprising ANSON, DUKE OF YORK, HOWE, KING GEORGE V, PRINCE OF WALES. Includes detailed service histories covering between them virtually every naval theatre of WWII.
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Terzibaschitsch, Stefan.
BATTLESHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY IN WORLD WAR II. Translated and adapted by Heinz O. Vetters and Richard Cox. With 115 detailed drawings by Siefgried Beyer and 148 photographs.
191p. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, drawings and deck plans (showing mainly British Battleships of World War Two). 4to. Original full cloth backed binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. WWII 1
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Various Contributors
The Illustrated London News, August 23, 1941 *Cover Photo of Churchill Handing Roosevelt a Letter from the King in the North Atlantic*
Features: Three pages of great photos of the Churchill/FDR meeting at sea aboard the H.M. Battleship "Prince of Wales"; Photos of the life of seamen aboard the latest battleships; Photos of fly-killing and tank repair operations in the African desert; War article by Cyril Falls with photos, including overhead shot of the Cernavoda railway bridge across the Danube, before it was destroyed by the Soviet Air Force; 2-page illustration of a 'cutting-out' excercise by a flotilla of fast motor-boats and amphibian troops in East Anglia; Personalities and Events of the week; Super aerial photo of bombs falling on Knapsack power station August 12th during a daylight raid; Centerfold illustration of the "Bristol" Blenheim Mark IV; Four amazing photos of the immediate aftermath of the attack in the Knapsack power plant; 13 photos of Nazi defeat on the Russian front; Interesting tables and graphics depict petrol rations and oil tankers - an analysis for car owners; Article on the Spider Wort, with photos; Nice half-page ad for Eno's "Fruit Salt". Average wear. Faint ink stamp to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
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WATTON Ross
Anatomy of the Ship. The Battleship Warspite. [Second and Best Edition].
Oblong 4to., Second Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with large plan on reverse. Substantially revised version of the original edition of 1986. Published in Conway's outstanding Anatomy of the Ship series. Law 1006
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WATTON Ross
Anatomy of the Ship. The Battleship Warspite. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding Anatomy of the Ship series. Law 1006
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WATTS Anthony J.
WW2 Fact Files: Battleships. [Cloth bound edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the series 'WW2 Fact Files'. As usual in this series, a fully illustrated directory arranged by country and class with good statistical detail and interesting photographs. Law 1775.
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WATTS Anthony J.
WW2 Fact Files: Battleships. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Published in the series 'WW2 Fact Files'. As usual in this series, a fully illustrated directory arranged by country and class with good statistical detail and interesting photographs. Law 1775.
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Williams, B.; Kroll, H.; Seifert, S.; Roe, V.; Atlee, B.; Fitz-Gerald, W.; Mosley, L.; Byrne, F.
National Home Monthly Magazine, May 1938 - Salvage at Scapa Flow / Oil in Our Empire's Defence
76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of kids roller skating by Russell Sambrook; News bits include - The Basic Need is Goodwill, Life Goes On, The Right of Free (Speech) Utterance, Arguing That Gets Nowhere, The Taks of Re-Confederation, Austria and Tariffs, A Poet's Obituary - Gabriele d'Annunzio; Very nice one-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad for their St. Lawrence Seaway service; Black Gold in Our Empire's Defence - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the world's oil industry; The Shot at Dusk (short story); The Fatted Calf (short story); Love is a Winged Thing (short story); Salvage at Scapa Flow - photo-illlustrated article on German battleships - sunk by their own officers in 1919 - which end their days in British Dry-Dock; Sunrunner's Madness; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part III of this short story); Putt-Putting - photo-illustrated article on power boating, with photo of Doug Fonda, U.S. High-point outboard champion; Nice one-page Colgate toothpage ad features the Dionne Quints; Land of Wish-it-Were (verse); Classy one-page photo ad for the 1938 Chevrolet; Nice one-page ad for Maxwell House coffee; Palmolive soap ad features photo of Mrs. Clarence Beairsto of Winnipeg; Parker Vacumatic pen ad features photo of author Kenneth Roberts; Investment news; Movie news with photos of Ann Gillis, Rita Cansino, Dixie Dunbar, Phyllis Brooks, Donald Barry, Tony Martin, John Hall and Gordon Jones; Lux soap ad features photos of Loretta Young and Irene Dunne; Nostalgic half-page ad by the Canadian Association of Ice Industries, Inc. includes photo of man placing block of ice into icebox; (fridge); Exhibit 'A' - Your husband; Article on raising a son; Cooking article; Nice one-page Frigidaire fridge ad includes photo of man holding their new silent 'meter-miser'; World Sayings; Handsome colour ad for the De Luxe Ford V-8 for 1938 shows maroon car in driveway with car jockey speaking to woman of the house; Nostalgic back cover colour ad for the Simmons Slumber King bed spring; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
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WILLMOTT H.P.
Battleship.
8vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 8, and several maps and tables in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Very good, detailed and closely-argued survey of the evolution of the battleship, its supremacy through to the final stages of WWII and its eventual decline. Some useful appendices
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Wilmshurst, Edwin
Ships Monthly - The Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat, February 1983 - The Pirate Radio Ships
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Norwegian motor vessel Hamen; Great photo of the turbine steamer Awatea inside front cover; Nice photo of a Birkinhead dockland scene; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Under Sail; Ships Pictorial; European Ferry Commentary; Shipping of the Humber Ports - a review of current activity; Australasian Steamers of the North Pacific - part 2 of a review of trans-Pacific liner services 1920-1967; Busier Days at Birkinhead; The Pirate Radio Ships; King George V Class Battleships - a history of the class - part 1; For Want of Work; European Ferry Commentary; Ship Sales; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS King George V in 1946 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
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WILSON H.W.
Ironclads in Action. A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895. [Second Edition].
2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 46 plates and 30 maps and plans (a number folding), small neat signature on frontispiece verso; original cloth, gilt backs, boards very lightly age-worn else a very good, bright, clean set. First published in 1895. Hattendorf B63.
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Wilson, H.W.: Editor
The Great War Magazine - Part 9: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One) October 31st, 1914
Pages: 225-252. Magnificent centerfold contains a montage of photos of Canadians on their way to serve the British side. Cover photo of Czar Nicholas II, Emperor of all the Russians. This part contains the conclusion of Chapter 13 and the beginning of chapter 14 which is entitled "How Germany Sowed the High Seas with Mines." Photos/illustrations include: H.M.S. Monarch; Germany's Battleships and Small Craft; Panoramic view of German battle fleet in Kiel Harbour; Wilhelmshaven; A German Contact mine; Minesweepers; Canada's splendid rally to the flag; Cross-section of a torpedo; The Tsar inspecting Russian aviators; Cossacks in Galicia; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Front cover taped in place. Book
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WINGATE John
Warship Profile 1: HMS Dreadnought. Battleship 1906-1920. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. One of the scarcest and most sought-after titles in this splendid series.
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Yannick Guiberteau
LA DEVASTATION CUIRASSE DE RIVIERE
1983 / 358 pages. Broché Editions Albin Michel Collection Les Combattants
Bookseller reference : MAR305C164GAR
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