|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
PRESTON Antony
'V and W' Class Destroyers 1917-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Standard reference on this much-loved class, with considerable space devoted to the career of each vessel. Increasingly elusive, especially in this condition. Law, 1066.
|
|
|
RAVEN Alan
Essex Class Carriers [Warship Design History].
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. This series is similar to Conway's outstanding outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
|
|
|
RAVEN Alan
Fletcher Class Destroyers [Warship Design History].
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. This series is similar to Conway's outstanding outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
|
|
|
RICHARDS Sir Brooks
Volume I. Clandestine Sea Operations to Brittany 1940-1944. [With a Foreword by MRD Foot].. Secret Flotillas. [Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs, illustrations and maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First of two volumes reissuing Richards' very scarce original account published by HMSO in 1996. Vol. II covers the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Adriatic.
|
|
|
REYNOLDS L.C.
Mediterranean MTBs at War. Short MTB Flotilla Operations 1939-1945. Foreword by Rear Admiral Sir M. Morgan-Giles. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM REYNOLDS WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. Sequel to 'Dog Boats at War' covering the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 24th, 27th and 28th MTB Flotillas.
|
|
|
ROBBINS Guy
The Aircraft Carrier Story 1908-1945.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in the dustwrapper. Valuable account of carrier development in Britain, Japan and the US. Coverage of wartime engagements is largely US-oriented.
|
|
|
ROBERTS John
British Warships of the Second World War.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous detailed drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in NIP's recent 'Blueprint Series' in association with the National Maritime Museum
|
|
|
RODGER N.A.M.
The Wooden World. An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 15 plates on 8 and endpaper plans, small neat signature on front paste-down; Rred cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. 'Impeccably researched, carefully argued and brilliantly original'. A major contribution to the history of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. THE ORIGINAL EDITON IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
|
|
|
RODGER N.A.M.
The Wooden World. An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with 15 plates on 8 and endpaper plans, neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the first edition. 'Impeccably researched, carefully argued and brilliantly original'. A major contribution to the history of the Royal Navy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
|
|
|
ROSKILL Stephen
Churchill and the Admirals.
8vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 12 and 4 maps (3 double-page) in the text, some very light spotting to text and fold-ins, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. An excellent piece of research and scholarship. Although covering well-worn ground, Roskill brings a fresh view to the argument as to how far Churchill ignored the advice of his professional advisers both as politician and amateur naval strategist. Enser, p.53; Law, 0660.
|
|
|
ROSS Stewart
Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman. The Life and Times of an Officer and a Gentleman. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first dedicated biography of the creator and first commander of the Home Fleet in WWI. Bridgeman was later dismissed by Churchill.
|
|
|
ROSS Al
Anatomy of the Ship. The Escort Carrier Gambier Bay.
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. Arguably the scarcest title in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
|
|
|
ROSS Al
Anatomy of the Ship. The Destroyer 'The Sullivans'.
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. A scarce title in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
|
|
|
RUGE Friedrich
The Soviets as Naval Opponents 1941-1945.
8vo., First UK Edition, with several illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. First account of Soviet naval practice during WWII.
|
|
|
SCOTT Ian
My War at Sea. [Foreword by Admiral Sir William James].
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 8 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, backstrip faded (but all lettering entirely legible), a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter worn and frayed at edges, and wanting backstrip. The trials and travels of the captain of HMS Foxglove plus some morale boosting tales. After Dunkirk he took part in the Perim patrol. Scarce. Enser, p.383; Law, 0742.
|
|
|
SHRUBB Lieutenant-Commander R. E. A.
The Royal Navy Day by Day. [Foreword by Admiral Sir Terence Lewin. First Trade Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWREAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text, and endpaper maps, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First public edition of a standard reference first published for distribution only within the service.
|
|
|
SHOWELL Jak Mallmann
U-Boat Command and the Battle of the Atlantic. -Boat Command and the Battle of the Atlantic.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An excellent appraisal. Most of the text is based on the original log books and on accounts written before 1946
|
|
|
SIMMONS E.H.
Famous Regiments. The United States Marines. [Introductions by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks]. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND SERIES EDITOR
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE AND BY HORROCKS ON HALF-TITLE VERSO. One of only three non-British units included in Horrocks' concise Famous Regiments series. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE.
|
|
|
SHOWELL Jak Mallmann
The German Navy in World War Two. A Reference Guide to the Kriegsmarine, 1935-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition with illustrated title and very numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. The best single-volume guide to date, with over 300 photographs. Enser, p110; Law 1663.
|
|
|
SMITH Peter C.
Hold the Narrow Sea. Naval Warfare in the English Channel 1939-1945.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece map and numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. As usual from this author, an excellent account. Relatively few photographs, but considerable detail on a still hugely under-written aspect of RN operations in WWII. Enser, p.159; Law, 0431.
|
|
|
SMITH Peter C.
Royal Navy Ships' Badges.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured reproductions in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
|
SMITH Peter
Hard Lying. The Birth of the Destroyer 1893-1913.
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. As usual with this author, a highly informative account. Covers the first twenty years of destroyer development, including pendant numbers and class tables.
|
|
|
SMITH P.C.
The Battlecruiser HMS Renown 1916-1948. [Foreword by Vice-Admiral B. .B. Brooke]. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with 38 plates on 16 and 6pp of diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the scarce original edition published as 'Hit First, Hit Hard' of 1979 (listed incorrectly as 1976 on title verso of this edition). Enser, p.23; Low, 0991 (recording the first edition).
|
|
|
STERN Robert C.
Battle beneath the Waves. The U-Boat War.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 32; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed accounts of over a dozen individual U-boat careers augmented by a very good selection of well-chosen photographs.
|
|
|
TAYLOR G.
London's Navy. A Story of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 6 coloured plates on 4 and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Definitive history of London Division from 1903; good accounts of 'President' and 'Chrysanthemum'.
|
|
|
THOMAS David A.
The Atlantic Star 1939-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable compilation of vernacular accounts, and the standard reference of its type
|
|
|
THOMPSON Julian
The Imperial War Museum Book of The War at Sea 1914-1918.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; original blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
|
|
Per e-mail erhalten
Als pdf-Dokument herunterladen
RSS feed
Permanenter link
