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HODGES Peter
Destroyer Weapons of World War 2.
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference comparing British (Hodges) and American (Friedman) destroyer equipment and design. Law, 1780.
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HOUGH Richard
Admirals in Collision. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Vivid account by an eminent naval historian of the collision of HMS Victoria and Camperdown off the Syrian coast in 1893. Much needed reissue of the original edition of 1959.
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HOUGH Richard
Former Naval Person. Churchill and the Wars at Sea. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 44 plates on 16 and 2 full-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An accomplished historian charts the tempestuous relationship. Enser, p.53; Law, 0656.
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HUGHES W.S. Kent
Slaves of the Samurai. An Australian Odyssey, which gives an Account of the Life and Thoughts of a Slave of the Samurai, during his Three Years and Seven Months as a POW at the Hands of the Japanese. WITH BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY ADMIRAL MIDDLETON
8vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece, 30 plates, 5 full-page maps, a full-page facsimile in the text and coloured endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. WITH THE PRIZE BOOKPLATE OF HM DOCKYARD SCHOOL CHATHAM SIGNED BY ADMIRAL MIDDLETON.Published two months after the first edition, this second impression is testament to the immediate success of this work which remains perhaps the outstanding literary achievement and curiosity of Australia's war against the Japanese. It contains some fifty thousand words of verse, written initially as a mental exercise, and preserved on twenty small sheets of paper (the facsimile gives an idea of the literary compression required) and smuggled from camp to camp (and country to country) under horrifying circumstances. The author, who was captured as a colonel AIF serving with 8 Australian Division was also a Rhodes Scholar and an Olympic athlete. The plates include over twenty drawings made on the spot by Major-General HJD de Fremery which were also miraculously preserved. The frontispiece is a fine portrait of the author by Murray Griffin, the official AIF war artist in Malaya.Admiral Gervase Boswell Middleton (1893-1961) made a distinguished career (not least as captain successively of HMS Revenge and HMS Ramilles). After his appointment as Rear-Admiral he served as Admiral Superintendent of HM Dockyard Chatham from 1946-50.A remarkably well-preserved copy of a fascinating and well-nigh unique work.
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JAMES Admiral Sir W.M.
The British Navies in the Second World War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 22 plans coloured in outline (the majority folding); blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Brief (and early) general account of the war at sea. Enser, p.381; Law, 0022.
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JARRETT P.
Frank McClean. The Godfather of British Naval Aviation.
8vo., First Edition, with 120 photographs; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JOHNSTON I.
Clydebank Battlecruisers. Forgotten Photographs from John Brown's Shipyard.
8vo., First Edition, with 200 photographs; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Between 1906 and 1920 John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers, each one bigger then the last. This sizeable album of stunning shipyard photographs covers Inflexible, Australia, Tiger, Repulse and, of course, the mighty Hood. Most of the images appear here for the first time
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JORDAN David
Wolfpack. The U-Boat War and the Allied Counter-Attack, 1939-1945.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous photographs and coloured drawings in the text and pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated chronological survey with some good insights into U-boat design and construction. Many very useful photographs (not easily available elsehere) though some of the captions tend towards the superficial and a few are amusingly simplistic
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KEMP P. K.
HM Submarines. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 16; original dove-blue cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at edges. Excellent general history, covering both wars, by the Admiralty archivist. About half the book relates to WWII. Scarce in anything like this condition. Law 1221; Mulholland & Jordan, K13. Not recorded by Enser
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KEMP Paul
Convoy!. Drama in Arctic Waters.
8vo., First Edition, with 112 plates on 48; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Useful and very well-illustrated survey of PQ/QP convoys. Includes statistical appendices and brief bibliography
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KERR J. Lennox
The R.N.V.R. A Record of Achievement. With a Foreword by Rear-Admiral G. Thistleton-Smith.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 46 plates on 22; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed at extremities and lightly browned with one short closed tear at rear panel. A full history, half of which is devoted to WWII. Law, 0862. Inexplicably, not recorded by Enser.
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KING Cecil
Rule Britannia.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 56 plates, numerous illustrations in the text and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed, creased and worn with minor loss at edges. With the trade ticket of Dymock of Sydney on front paste-down. Vivid history of the important naval actions of the war to date, relating them to parallel incidents of the past. Most of the plates are by members of the Society of Marine Artists; the text illustrations are by the author. Enser, p. 382; Law, 1824.
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L'HERMINIER J.
Casabianca. The Secret Missions of a Famous Submarine. Translated from the French by Edward Fitzgerald.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (of de Gaulle), 4 plates and 4 maps in the text; fore-edges a little browned, some offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; upper hinge cracked but binding quite sound, else a good, sound copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. CO's account covers the period April 1942 to September 1943. Law, 1561
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LAMBERT A.D.
Admirals: the Naval Commanders who made Britain Great.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper
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LENTON H.T.
German Warships of the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and drawings throughout; original buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Standard reference, covering capital ships to small auxiliaries, with technical details and notes of service careers. Law, 1655
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LENTON H. T.
Warships of World War II. [First Omnibus Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs in the text, neat personal book-stamp on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sold with a small quantity of relevant cuttings. A standard reference on the RN of WWII. Initially issued as a series of eight booklets categorised by warship type throughout the early 1960s, this is the first omnibus edition. It includes numerous revisions and additions, and a brief index. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION. Law, 0948
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LUND Paul
The War of the Landing Craft.
8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Excellent account of the development of the Royal Navy's 'kipper boxes' combining history with much valuable vernacular material. One of the best contributions to a still greatly under-written aspect of naval operations in WWII. Law, 1093.
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MACINTYRE Captain Donald
Jutland. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 21 plates on 12, several maps (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.186.
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MACINTYRE Donald
Admiral Rodney.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. NMM II.1, 1274.
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MARDER Arthur J.
Operation 'Menace'. The Dakar Expedition and the Dudley North Affair. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and 7 charts on 6 in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The master naval historian considers the Dakar fiasco. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.62; Law, 0187
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MARDER Arthur
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919. Volume V [only]. Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919).
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 13 plates on 8, 7 folding charts in red and black, and 2 plans in the text; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and rubbed at extremities. Enser, p.310 (recording the work as a whole)
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MARDER Arthur J.
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow. The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919. Volume V [only]. Victory and Aftermath (January 1918 - June 1919).
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 13 plates on 8, 2 full-page maps in the text and 7 large folding maps at end, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, upper hinge cracked but binding entirely sound, else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter creased and rubbed at edges. Enser, p.310 (recording the work as a whole)
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MARS Alastair
British Submarines at War 1939-1945. Foreword by Vice-Admiral J.C.Y. Roxburgh, Flag Officer Submarines. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with 9 plates on 8 and 7 maps (5 double-page) in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Wide-ranging and full account with select bibliography. One of the most famous British submariners of WWII, Mars commanded UNBROKEN (Malta; 10th Flotilla) and THULE (Eastern Fleet; Ceylon). He became a successful naval author with best-selling accounts of his exploits with each vessel. Law 1128 (recording the first impression of 1971)
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MARS Alastair
HMS Thule Intercepts. MS Thule Intercepts.
8vo., First Edition, with 26 plates on 16, 4 full-page maps in the text and a double-page plan; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip and a little age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. The sequel to the author's classic 'Unbroken' (1953). Now in command of HMS Thule, Mars is sent to join the Eastern Fleet in Ceylon. Enser, p.418; Law, 1129.
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MARTIN Colin
The Spanish Armada. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with decorative title, very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The authors combine much new research and newly discovered material to provide a clear explanation of the failure of Philip's fleet, together with some radical and unexpected conclusions. Supersedes all previous books on the Armada.
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MASON Tim
The Secret Years. Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945. [Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with photographic title, 16 fine full-page coloured plates of aircraft profiles, and many hundreds of monochrome photographs in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MCCART Neil
HMS Glory 1945-1961. In association with the Fleet Air Arm Museum. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. HMS GLORY arrived in the Far East too late to take an active combat role in WWII, but she accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in New Guinea and participated in the operation to repatriate British and Commonwealth POWs after the war. She conducted several active tours of duty during the Korean War in the early 1950s. Detailed account from builders to breakers, drawing on first hand accounts and including many previously unpublished photographs
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MCCART Neil
Three Ark Royals 1938-1999. Foreword by Rear-Admiral T W Loughran. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with 15 coloured plates on 8, numerous monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Still the sole single-volume account of the three famous vessels of this name: the legendary wartime Ark allegedly 'sunk' so many times, her post-war namesake of the Cold War and the third Ark which carried the FAA into the 21st century.
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MCCART Neil
HMS Victorious 1937-1969. Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McIntosh. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MCCART Neil
The Colossus Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, numerous photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers the eight light fleet carriers of this class: Colossus, Glory, Ocean, Theseus, Triumph, Venerable, Vengeance and Warrior.
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MCGEOCH Ian
An Affair of Chances. A Submariner's Odyssey 1939-1944. [Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Terence Lewin]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations and 2 full-page maps in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Told by her commander, this is the story of HM S/m Splendid through to her sinking, and the author's subsequent escape back to Britain. McGeoch rose to Rear-Admiral after the war. Already scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
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MCKAY John
Anatomy of the Ship. The 24-Gun Frigate Pandora 1779. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
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MCKAY John
Anatomy of the Ship. The Flower Class Corvette Agassiz. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
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MEISTER Jurg
Soviet Warships of the Second World War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and drawings throughout, page-edges lightly browning; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Major study of all classes from capital ships to lake and river craft. Includes losses.
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MELSON (ed.) P.J.
White Ensign - Red Dragon. The History of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong 1841-1997. Second Edition.
Oblong 4to., Second and Best Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text, and coloured endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The best account, including a valuable chronology of RN ships in or around Hong Kong from 1834-1997. This augmented edition includes the RN withdrawal
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MONKS Noel
That Day at Gibraltar.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 7 plates on 4, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. Admiral Sir Dudley North was the official scapegoat for the debacle at Dakar; this is the first full account of the scandal. Enser, p.189; Law, 0188.
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POCOCK Lovell
With those in Peril. A Chaplain's Life in the Royal Navy.
8vo., Second Edition, with photograpsh in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1986, this is the author's account of his service during WWII (HMS Ceres, Singapore. SS Staffordshire) and subsequently (HMS Liverpool, HMS Siskin, MNBDO, RM Depot Deal, HMS Heron). Scarce.
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HOWARTH David
Trafalgar. The Nelson Touch. J H OWEN'S COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With an obituary cutting of the author loosely inserted. This copy was formerly in the library of the eminent naval historian J.H. Owen with his signature on front free endpaper. Loosely inserted in a folded sheet containing MS notes in his hand relating to this work. Albion p.245.
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PACK Captain S. W. C.
Invasion North Africa 1942. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near finre copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With neat personal blind book-stamp on front free endpaper. A detailed account of the planning and execution of Operation TORCH. Enser, p.165; Law, 0366.
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PALMER John
Luck on my Side. The Diaries and Reflections of a Young Wartime Sailor 1939-1945.
8vo., First Edition, with 18 plates on 8 and several full-page facsimiles in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Based principally on the author's wartime diary notes. Palmer served in the corvette HMS Clematis, the frigate Exe and finally the sloop Amethyst which, in 1949, achieved fame for her audacious escape down the Yangste River.
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PARKES Oscar
British Battleships. 'Warrior' 1860 to 'Vanguard' 1950. A History of Design, Construction and Armament. New and Revised Edition. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. [Fourth Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., Fourth Impression, with 450 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with closed tear on front panel. Considerably revised edition of a standard reference first published in 1956. ALL PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Law 0998.
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PATERSON Lawrence
The First U-Boat Flotilla. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 38 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Formed at Kiel in 1935, the First Flotilla fought for nine years against increasing odds. The fame of many of its captains - Kretschmer, Topp and Suhren among them - could not prevent its few surviving crewmen fighting in trenches around the Brest citadel in September 1944.
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PATTERSON A.T.
Jellicoe. A Biography.
8vo., First Edition, with 17 plates on 12 and 5 maps in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. The best biography to date, by the editor for the Navy Records Society of the Jellicoe Papers. Enser, p.,184.
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PAWLOWSKI Gareth L.
Flat-Tops and Fledglings. A History of American Aircraft Carriers. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., with very numerous photographs in the text; green cloth, backstripletterd in white, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Detailed class-by-class survey from USSs 'Langley' to 'Chester W Nimitz'. Part I comprises chapters on individual carriers; in Parts II-IV the author covers the early days, and medals and commendations, together with useful appendices including deployments.
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PLEVY Harry
Battleship Sailors. The Fighting Career of 'HMS Warspite' recalled by her Men.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 8; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The 'Old Lady' was arguably the most famous British capital ship of the two world wars. This well-crafted account includes valuable personal reminiscences from the men who served on her.
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PIETSCH R.
The Real Jim Hawkins.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New and comprehensive study of boys in the Georgian navy.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
The British Sailor.
8vo., First Edition, with 92 plates on 48; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the series 'Experiences of War', this well-illustrated compilation of personal reminiscences covers virtually every branch of the service.
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POOLE S.L.
Cruiser. A History of British Cruisers from 1889 to 1960.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and tables in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Includes a summary history of most WWII actions in which cruisers (especially HMS Exeter) were involved. Law, 1026
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POUND Reginald
Evans of the Broke. A Biography of Admiral Lord Mountevans.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 28 plates on 24; cloth, gilt back, backstip lightly age-mottled else a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Standard, and painstaking, life of one of the most famous naval officers of his generation. Second in command to Scott of the Antarctic, legendary destroyer skipper in the Great War, the King's emissary to Norway and 'Evans of the Blitz' during WWII. Uncommon in this condition.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
Illustrious. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 34 plates on 16; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and frayed at edges. Standard operational history by an acknowledged authority. Enser, p.22; Law, 0969.
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