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VICE ADMIRALTY COURTS. 1863 Act of Parliament
An Act to facilitate the Appointment of Vice Admirals and of Officers in Vice Admiralty Courts in Her Majesty's Possessions abroad, and to confirm the past Proceedings, to extend the Jurisdiction, and to amend the Practice of those Courts.. WITH FINE WOODBLOCK ARMS AT HEAD
4 leaves, folio, with fine woodcut arms of Victoria on first leaf; disbound, a remarkably crisp, clean copy. 26 Victoriae, Cap. 24, receiving royal assent on 8 June 1863.
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ROYAL NAVY. HARBOUR REGULATIONS. 1863 Act of Parliament
An Act to authorize further Harbour Regulations for the Protection of Her Majesty's Ships, Dockyards and Naval Stations. WITH FINE WOOBBLOCK ARMS AT HEAD
4 leaves, folio, with fine woodcut arms of Victoria on first leaf; disbound, a remarkably crisp, clean copy. 26 & 27 Victoriae, Cap. 30, receiving royal assent on 22 June 1863.
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MOORE] [John
The Navy and the Y Scheme.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous illustrations and drawings in the text and pictorial endpapers; original pictorial wrappers, edges very lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. One of a series of wartime booklets issued through the Ministry of Information and designed both as mild propaganda pieces and commentaries on the progress of the war. This title was written anonymously by John Moore (later the author of the well-known 'Brensham' trilogy and many other works) largely to promote the RN's 'Y' Scheme for the pre-entry training of young men and women. Moore served in the Fleet Air Arm throughout WWII. Law, 0908
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CHALMERS W.S.
The Life and Letters of David, Earl Beatty. Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 22 sepia-toned plates and 12 diagrams (6 of Jutland) in the text; cloth gilt, gilt back, back a little dulled else a very good, clean copy. Good copy of the standard life. Albion, p.275; NMM II/1, 279.
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BEAVER Paul
WWII Photo Album 11. U-Boats in the Atlantic. A Selection of German Wartime Photographs from the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz. [Paperback Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title and very numerous illustrations from photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. As always with this series, a useful and well-reproduced assembly of detailed photographs.Law, 0194.
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BEAVER Paul
WWII Photo Album 2. German Capital Ships. A Selection of Wartime Photographs from the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz. [Paperback Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
Sm. 4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title and very numerous illustrations from photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. 'World War 2 Photo Album', no. 20. As always with this series, a useful and well-reproduced assembly of detailed photographs. Law, 1668.
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BROWN David
Warship Profile 35: HMS Eagle. [Aircraft Carrier]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 0957
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BURNS K.V.
Devonport Built Warships since 1860. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Records all ships built by the naval dockyard with leading details and brief histories of each vessel. Law, 1425
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CHATTERTON E. Keble
Leaders of Britain. Leaders of the Royal Navy. [Leaders of Britain No. 1].
8vo., First Edition, small contemporary inscription on half-title, page-edges browning as always; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, firm copy. Published as No. 1 in the series 'Leaders of Britain', this remarkably well-preserved volume contains concise biographies of Admirals Pound, Forbes and Cunningham. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Law, 0674. Not recorded by Enser.
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CHATTERTON E. Keble
Old Sea Paintings. The Story of Maritime Art as depicted by the Great Masters. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, 14 coloured plates, and 95 monochrome plates on 61, title and preface lightly spotted; original navy blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, blue top, uncut, backstrip and boards unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. A standard reference. The technical commentaries on the vessels depicted are of a high standard.
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CHIHAYA Masataka
Warship Profile 22: IJN Yukikaze. Destroyer 1939-1970. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. One of the scarcest titles in this valuable and much sought-after series.
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CLARKE W.V.J.
Cole's Shipmasters' Handbook to the Merchant Shipping Acts. Being a practical Guide to the Ascts and Regulations for Shipmasters and all concerned with the Mercantile Marine. Seventh Edition.
8vo., free endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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COMPTON-HALL Richard
Submarine Boats. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Excellent early history with fascinating and well-captioned photographs.
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COULTER Surgeon Captain J. L. S.
The Royal Naval Medical Service. Volume II. Operations.. [Official History of the Second World War.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY WITH RELEVANT PROVENANCE
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 18 plates on 16 and full-page map in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of the Squadron Medical Officer, HMS WIZARD, Dartmouth Training Squadron, and carries its stamps on front paste-down. Published in the official History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Medical Series. Second of Coulter's two volumes on the RNMS (the first volume deals with administration). The present volume is much more wide-ranging that its title suggests, for it is virtually a history of the war at sea. It is inevitably fuller on the earlier years of the war when casualties were heavier. Importantly, it includes the diary of the MO of HMS Scylla covering almost a year. Very scarce. Enser, p.258.Law, 1206.
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CRACKNELL Commander W. H.
Warship Profile 21: USS Tennessee (BB43) Battleship 1920-1959. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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CRACKNELL Commander William H.
Warship Profile 34: USS Barb (SS-220). Gato Class Submarine. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series.
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CRACKNELL Commander W. H.
Warship Profile 9: USS Charles Ausburne. Fletcher Class Destroyer 1942-1967. 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. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series.
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CRITCHLEY Mike
British Warships and Auxiliaries (1986/87 Edition). SIGNED COPY
Sm. 8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and silhouettes in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE
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DOUGLAS H.
A Treatise on Naval Gunnery. Published with the Approbation and Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. SPLENDID COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
8vo., Second Edition, with several tables in the text, 5 folding engraved diagrams and 4 folding tables; contemporary half calf, gilt back, marbled boards, sprinkled edges, a remarkably crisp, fresh, clean copy. With an engraved armorial bookplate. A handsome and highly desirable copy of a classic work in contemporary binding. Son of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861) enjoyed a distinguished military career and developed a well-earned reputation for enquiry and innovation. By 1811 he had perfected and patented 'Douglas's reflecting circle'; in 1816 he published an important study of military bridges and in 1819 a treatise on Carnot's system of fortification. He then turned his attention to naval matters and produced the first edition of his famous volume on naval gunnery in 1820. It is a comprehensive study covering theoretical, practical and tactical aspects and its impact was significant. Its success, both at home and in translation, led eventually to the establsihment of 'H.M.S. Excellent' as a gunnery training school.
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FEATHERBE F.C.
More Tales from Churchill's Pirates. The Royal Naval Patrol Service 1939-1945.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Second volume of the author's collections of veterans' stories (the first volume was issued in 1994). The RNPS was unique and boasted its own rules and regs. Manned mainly by ex-fishermen and armed with obsolete weaponry, it suffered heavily in the first years of the war. Still a grossly under-written aspect of the RN in WWII. This second volume is for some reason far scarcer then the first.
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FORSTMEIER Kapitan zur See Dr. Friedrich
Warship Profile 25: SMS Emden. Small Protected Cruiser 1906-1914. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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ANON
Perspective View of Gibraltar with the the Disposition of the Spanish Attack, and Relief of the Garrison by the English Fleet under the command of Admiral Darby, 12 April 1781. AQUATINT COLOURED BY HAND
Engraved aquatint measuring approx. 6.75 x 9.00 ins (17.25 x 22.75 cms), tastefully coloured in wash by hand, in mulberry bevel-cut mount, some very light age-marking, a bright, clean copy. This engraving was prepared by Lodge, published on 1 October 1782 by J. Fielding of Paternoster Row, J. Sewell of Cornhill and J. Debrett of Piccadilly, and issued with the September 1782 number of the 'European Magazine'. It depicts the Rock from the Spanish town of La Linea with the Spanish troops encamped and deployed in the foreground. The English fleet appears in the middle distance with Gibraltar and its fortifications in the backgound. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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GOODMAN S. V. C.
Baseport, Devonport, Warships. Part I: 1950-1982. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy., 8vo., First Edition, with excellent photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly sunned at edges else a very good, clean copy.
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HAGUE Arnold
Sloops 1926-1946. A History of the 71 Sloops built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous fine photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly faded else a near fine copy. Unusually well illustrated account of a much neglected class.
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HAGUE Arnold
The Towns . A History of the Fifty Destroyers transferred from the United States to Great Britain in 1940. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and large folding plan at end; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The first dedicated study of this class, the acquisition of which proved an invaluable boost to a hard-pressed Admiralty at a crucial period. Good selection of photographs of virtually every vessel balances the enormous publicity accrued elsewhere by HMS CAMPBLETOWN following the St. Nazaire raid.
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HARVEY J.
Kelly's Navy: A Group Fleet History of John Kelly Ltd of Belfast.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and plans throughout; laminated photographic boards, a near fine copy.
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HAY J.C.D.
Lines from my Log-Books.
8vo., First Edition, with a fine portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), engraved title-vignette, 8 splendid sepia-toned lithographed plates of naval engagements, a full-page plan of rigging and a double-page map in blue and black; strongly rebound in mid-twentieth century navy blue buckram, gilt back, uncut, a bright, clean copy. Admiral Sir John Dalrymple Hay (1821-1912) served in no fewer than twenty-three ships of the Royal Navy, from Thalia in 1834 to Indus in 1859, during which period he visited South America, the Pacific, the Near and Middle East, India, China, North America and the West Indies among other regions. He entered parliament in Palmerston's last government and was appointed to the Board of Admiralty in 1866. Following his retirement from the navy he continued active is a wide range of official and administrative roles. Curiously, this detailed and very readable autobiography remains the only substantial account of his career. Appendices include a genealogy, transcriptions of various maritime-related bills and papers, and his famous letter promoting the necessity for corporal punishment during wartime. NMM Catalogue II/1, 652.
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HAYWOOD P. G.N.
Fire-Fighting in HM Ships.
8vo., with 2 diagrams in the text and a large folding plan on japon; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. The folding plan shows the fire-fighting arrangements aboard a 'Loch'-Class frigate. Very scarce.
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JANE Frederick T.
The British Battle Fleet. Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries to the Present Day.
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a fine copy. Jane's classic history first appeared in 1912 [not, as stated in NMM5, 1914], with a revised edition in two volumes in 1915. This facsimile reproduces the latter version with Jane's final amendments.
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JELLICOE John Rushworth
Autograph Letter signed. A.L.s FROM EARL JELLICOE
4pp notelet (two pages blank), measuring 7.0 x 4.5 ins (approx. 18.0 x 11.5 cms), on blind-embossed Admiralty stationery, dated 14 January 1909, last (blank) page lightly dusty else a near fine copy. THE ENTIRE LETTER IS WRITTEN, DATED AND SIGNED IN JELLICOE'S HAND. Jellicoe writes to one 'Mr. Trill', evidently an old shipmate from HMS Ramillies. 'I was very glad to hear from you that you are well and strong. Long may you remain so. I wish we could have the Ramillies commission over again. I am very glad that your boy is coming to Portsmouth. I hope it will be managed all right. I am glad to say that Lady Jellicoe and I are both very well. I hope some day at Portsmouth we may come across you, but I am much tied to the office here. I would sooner be fitting out nets at sea'. John Rushworth Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) commanded the Grand Fleet at Jutland. He was appointed to HMS Ramillies, new flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, which he commanded from 1893-7 (probably the period referred to in the letter). He later served as First Sea Lord and was raised to the peerage in 1925 as 1st Earl Jellicoe. AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL BY JELLICOE IS EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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JELLICOE Admiral of the Fleet Viscount
The Grand Fleet 1914-16. Its Creation, Development and Work. IN FULL MOROCCO WITH BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC PROVENANCE
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, coloured plate, 9 monochrome plates on 7, 9 large folding charts coloured in outline and 4 folding diagrams in pocket at end, some light spotting to fore-edges, a few charts lightly spotted at folds; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, gilt from original backstrip and gilt device from upper board mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM JOSSELYN RN AND BEARS HIS NEAT HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE (DATED 1919) ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. During WWII, Captain J.W. Josselyn commanded INTREPID (1939-1942), CARADOC (1942-1943), and HAWKINS (from 1943). It was whilst in command of INTREPID that he took part (together with INGLEFIELD and IVANHOE) in the sinking of U-45 by depth charge off the south-west coast of Ireland in October 1939. He retired from the service in 1949. Albion, p.271; Enser, p.309
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JULLIAN Marcel
H.M.S. Fidelity. [Translated by Mervyn Savill]. [Uncorrected Proof Copy.] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy; original printed wrappers, covers mildly age-soiled. Proof copies were issued without the plates found in the published edition. The truly remarkable story of a unique vessel - a largely Free French Q-ship enrolled wholesale into the Royal Navy and eventually sunk in the Atlantic in December 1942. This account is based largely on facts provided by Pat O'Leary who survived the sinking to organise the 'Pat' escape routes from France. First published in France in the preceding year. PROOF COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Enser, p.381; Law, 0861.
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KIMMINS A.
It is upon the Navy….
Sm. 8vo., First Edition; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Twelve radio broadcasts on the work of the RN giving personal impressions of a dozen incidents covering the range of war at sea. Uncommon in this condition. Law 0863. Not recorded by Enser.
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LENTON H. T.
WW2 Fact Files: British Escort Ships. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, bright clean copy. With the exception of some of the earlier sloops and ex-US patrol frigates, this work includes a complete listing of all the front-line escorts (frigates, corvettes and sloops) in service with the RN and RCN. Law, 0946
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MACDOUGALL Philip
Chatham Built Warships since 1860. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Records all ships built by the naval dockyard with leading details and brief histories of each vessel. Chatham built many of the submarines and cruisers which served in WWII. Law, 1437
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LYON Lieutenant David J.
Warship Profile 10: HMS Illustrious. Aircraft Carrier 1939-1956. Technical History.. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly browned at edges else a very good, clean copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 0964.
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MARKHAM J.
Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral John Markham during the Years 1801-4 and 1806-7. Edited by Sir Clements Markham.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, paste-downs and series title lightly spotted; original series binding of white buckram blocked and riled in gilt, navy blue buckram gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Navy Records Society, vol. XXVIII.Scarce, especially in this condition.
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MASON David
U-Boat: The Secret Menace.
Sm. 8vo., Sixth Impression, with numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Basic but well-illustrated account. Law 1721
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MILNE Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander
The Milne Papers. Volume I: 1820-1859. The Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne (1806-1896). Edited by John Beeler. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Navy Records Society, vol. 147.
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MURRAY Thomas Boyles
Pitcairn: the Island, the People, and the Pastor; with a Short Account of the Mutiny of the Bounty. Second Edition. 'ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE RESPECTING PITCAIRN AND THE ISLANDERS'
16mo., Second Edition, with engraved frontispiece, 10 engraved plates and engraved chart, plates lightly spotted, neat contemporary inscription on half-title, embossed personal stamp on front free endpaper and half-title; original pictorial red cloth blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, neatly rebacked with old backstrip gilt laid down, a very good, tight, clean copy. First published earlier the same year, this is arguably the best mid-nineteenth century account of the aftermath of the mutiny. Its publication was stimulated by a resurrection of public interest in the 'Bounty' saga following the visit to England in 1850 of the Pitcairn Pastor George Nobbs. The work includes considerable detail on the fate of the mutineers, their descendants and the present population; this edition benefits from 'additional intelligence respecting Pitcairn and the Islanders'. SCARCE IN ANY EARLY EDITION
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MONSARRAT Nicholas
Three Corvettes. Comprising HM Corvette, East Coast Corvette, Corvette Command. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 8 plates on 6; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt anchor, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as gift or for presentation. The first collected edition of Monsarrat's well-known trilogy. The three constituent volumes - 'HM Corvette' (1942), 'East Coast Corvette' (1943) and 'Corvette Command' (1944) - are here reproduced in their entirety (but with fewer plates). Taken in sequence they provide a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's early wartime service; furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents, which reappear in his masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea'. The first edition is now very scarce in any condition. Enser, p.120; Law 1010.
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MOORE John
The Fleet Air Arm. A Short Account of its History and Achievements.
8vo., First Edition, with 10 plates on 8 and 3 maps in the text, some very light spotting (mainly marginal); cloth, a very good, clean copy. With the publisher's errata slip correcting the caption to plate III. Law 0783.
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MURRAY Rev. Thos. Boyles
Pitcairn: the Island, the People, and the Pastor. To which is added a Short Notice of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island. Eleventh Edition. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Sm. 8vo., Eleventh Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece, 14 engraved plates and engraved chart, contemporary signatures on front endpapers; original brown diced cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and blind, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, primrose endpapers, expertly rebacked, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy in publisher's original pictorial binding. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end, and binder's ticket of Trickett & Son on rear paste-down. With a relevant postcard and cutting loosely inserted. First published in 1853, this is arguably the best mid-nineteenth century account of the aftermath of the mutiny. Its publication was stimulated by a resurrection of public interest in the BOUNTY saga following the visit to England in 1850 of the Pitcairn Pastor George Nobbs. The work includes considerable detail on the fate of the mutineers, their descendants and the present population; this edition benefits from 'additional intelligence respecting Pitcairn and the Islanders'. The Society continued to publish the work in various editions until the early years of the twentieth century. SCARCE IN ANY EARLY EDITION.
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OPPENHEIM (ed.) M.
Naval Accounts and Inventories of the Reign of Henry VII, 1485-8 and 1495-7.
8vo., series binding of two-tone cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, some very light age-soiling else a very good, clean copy. NRS vol. 8.
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PAYNE A. A.
A Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations awarded to the Army and Navy. Chiefly described from those in the Collection of A.A. Payne of which there are some 2,500.
4to., with a portrait frontispiece and numerous plates; laminated cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy. High quality and much-needed facsimile re-issue. The original edition of 1911 was published by subscription only; fewer than 100 copies are thought to have been printed.
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RAVEN Alan
Ensign 5. Town Class Cruisers. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGJNAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with 2 large folding coloured plans and numerous monochrome photographs and detailed drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. As always with this series, an excellent technical account. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Law, 1029
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RAVEN Alan
Ensign 1. King George the Fifth Class Battleships. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with large folding coloured plans and numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. As always with this series, an excellent technical account. Increasingly scarce. Enser, p.59; Law, 1001
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RAVEN Alan
Ensign 2. Dido Class Cruisers. [Artwork by J. A. Roberts]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with large folding coloured plans and numerous illustrations and detailed drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. As always with this series, an excellent technical account. Increasingly scarce. Law, 1027
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REEMAN Douglas
Surface with Daring. Read by David Rintoul. Complete and Unabridged. [Audiobook].
8 cassettes in one case, 8vo., a fine set. Publisher's code CAB 1765; total playing time 9 hours 30 minutes. Chivers Audio Books are arguably the finest audio books available. The author's original text is unabridged, the readers (usually professional actors or broadcasters) are selected for the quality of their characterisations, the recordings are produced to high standards in Dolby stereo and the cassettes or discs are housed in robust 'diamond' packs. Not surprisingly, used sets are scarce and almost invariably ex-institutional copies. Sets in the present state and condition are very uncommon.
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REEMAN Douglas
In Danger's Hour. Complete and Unabridged. [Read by David Rintoul. Audiobook].
8 cassettes in one case, 8vo., a fine set. Publisher's code CAB 424; total playing time 10 hours 30 minutes. Chivers Audio Books are arguably the finest audio books available. The author's original text is unabridged, the readers (usually professional actors or broadcasters) are selected for the quality of their characterisations, the recordings are produced to high standards in Dolby stereo and the cassettes or discs are housed in robust 'diamond' packs. Not surprisingly, used sets are scarce and almost invariably ex-institutional copies. Sets in the present state and condition are very uncommon.
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