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THOMPSON Julian
The Imperial War Museum Book of The War at Sea. The Royal Navy in the Second World War.
4to., First Edition, with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; original white cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a contemporary review loosely inserted.
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KEMP Paul
Underwater Warriors. [Second Edition]. WITH THE AUTOGRAPH OF IAN EDWARD FRASER VC
8vo., Second Edition, with 75 plates on 32 and numerous diagrams in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A SMALL CARD BEARING THE AUTOGRAPH OF IAN FRASER VC, US LEGION OF HONOR. A standard and well-illustrated survey incorporating several rare photographs. This is the much-needed re-issue of the original edition of 1996. Fraser's exploit in command of XE-3 is covered on pp. 178-182 and his award of the Victoria Cross on pp.181-2. Lt. Fraser was awarded the Victoria Cross for his daring attack on the Japanese heavy cruiser Takao in the Straits of Johor, Singapore on 31 July 1945. Fraser, in command of midget submarine XE-3, completed a long and dangerous infiltration through mined waters and successfully lowered his craft under the target, which lay atop a depression in the sea bed. His diver James Magennis left the craft to attach limpet mines to Takao's hull. Next, the XE-3's two main side-saddle charges had to be released, but the starboard charge became lodged and a nerve-wracking interval passed before Magennis could free it. Magennis then re-entered XE-3 and the craft escaped. The charges detonated successfully and the heavy cruiser settled on the bottom for the remainder of the war. Both Fraser and Magennis were awarded the Victoria Cross. Mulholland & Jordan, K14 (recording the first edition).
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FLEMING George
Magennis VC. The Story of Northern Ireland's only Winner of the Victoria Cross. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SCARCE CLOTHBOUND ISSUE
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and numerous photographs and maps in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO VICE ADMIRAL SIR ROY NEWMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. A splendid association copy of the very scarce clothbound issue (the paperback edition is difficult enough!). Mulholland & Jordan, F22.
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WAAGE Johan
The Narvik Campaign. Translated from the Norwegian by Ewan Butler.
8vo., First English Edition, with 17 plates on 8 and a double-page map in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition was published in Oslo in the previous year. Scarce, especially in this condition. Enser, p.281.
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WATTON Ross
Anatomy of the Ship. The Aircraft Carrier Victorious. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped 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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WATTS Anthony J.
The Royal Navy. An Illustrated History.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous photographs and diagrams throughout, front endpapers a trifle marked; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. As usual with this author, an excellent, well-illustrated general survey.
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WELLS Captain John G.
Whaley. The Story of HMS Excellent from 1830 to 1980. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Begg. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The story of the Royal Navy's world-famous gunnery establishment at Whale Island, Portsmouth.
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WIGGINS M.
Fatal Ascent. HMS Seal. 1940
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The story of HMS Seal and her company from surrender in the Kattegat, through POW camps, to final court-martial
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WOON Basil
Atlantic Front. The Merchant Navy in the War. Preface by the Rt. Hon. A.V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty. Illustrated by Lieut. N. Sotheby Pitcher.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 11 plates, 3 illustrations in the text and front and rear endpaper maps, endpapers lightly browned; cloth, minor spotting to fore-edges else a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. Scarce, especially in this condition. Includes a bibliography. A copy of the (remarkably well preserved) original sales receipt from Foyles of London is loosely inserted. Law, 0246.
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WRAGG David
Wings over the Sea. A History of Naval Aviation.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. Concentrates on British development with some US design
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WRAGG David
Swordfish. The Story of the Taranto Raid.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16;cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. It is argued that the attack on Taranto changed the nature of war at sea by shifting the aggressive emphasis to carrier-borne aircraft. This account of Operation JUDGEMENT focuses on the personalities involved and examines the strategic context.
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WRAGG David
Plan Z. The Nazi Bid for Naval Dominance.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 8; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ROYAL NAVY
The Royal Navy and the Arctic Convoys, 1941-1942. [With an introduction by M. Llewellyn-Jones]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with illustrations and numerous plans (many coloured in outline) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Naval Staff Histories were produced after WWII in order to provide as full an account of the various actions as was possible at the time. The audience was largely serving officers; some of the volumes were classified, not to restrict their distribution but to allow the writers to be as candid as possible. At this stage of history they represent a uniquely valuable resource. One of the later such histories, this account was originally issued in 1954 and, although subsequently declassified, is published here for the first time.
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WYLIE (ed.) F.J.
The Use of Radar at Sea. Edited by Captain F. . Wylie, assisted by the Executive Secretary of the Institute [of Navigation]. Foreword by Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper, rear free endpaper creased but complete; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned and chipped at head of backstrip. First edition of a maritime classic. Scarce in this condition.
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YOUNG John M.
Britain's Sea War. A Diary of Ship Losses 1939-1945.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original black, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The result of over fifteen year's research, this is the most comprehensive single-volume day-by-day account. Includes merchant losses as well as warships.
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YOUNG R.T.
The House that Jack Built. The Story of HMS Excellent. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 31 plates on 22; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The standard account of the renowned Royal Naval Gunnery School at Whale Island, Portsmouth. Appendices include chronology, register of tenders and gunnery firing ships, and list of officers. Signed copies are rare
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MAHAN Alfred T.
The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812. [First UK Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 7 maps (one folding) and 6 battle-charts, neat contemporary signature on front free endpapers; original blue pictorial cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, joints minimally rubbed else a remarkably bright, crisp copy. The second of Mahan's three great historical surveys of 'sea power' (a term coined by Mahan) which taken together cover the period 1660-1812. 'A valuable work, much more so than his 'Life of Nelson' (1897)', Albion. Albion, p.244; Hattendorf A4b; NMM V:I, 2163; Sandler 2197.
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MCCART Neil
The Illustrious and Implacable Classes of Aircraft Carrier 1940-1969.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, illustrated title, very numerous monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers the six fleet carriers of these two classes: Formidable, Illustrious, Implacable, Indefatigable, Indomitable and Victorious. Includes detailed career histories, lists of COs, badges and battle honours.
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ROBERTS John
Anatomy of the Ship. The Battleship Dreadnought. [Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., Revised Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. First published in 1992.
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RAVEN Alan
British Cruisers of World War Two. THE STANDARD REFERENCE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrated title, and over 400 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The standard reference, providing both a technical and operational review from 1912 to 1959. Detailed and profusely illustrated, it is increasingly elusive in any condition. Law, 1028.
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MCCART Neil
Harrier Carriers. Volume One. HMS Invincible. Foreword by Rear-Admiral R A G Clare.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed career history from Invincible's early days as a' though-deck cruiser' to the 21st century.
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STITT G.
HMS Wideawake. Destroyer and Preserver. With a Foreword by Commander Anthony Kimmins. SIGNED COPY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 6 plates and a full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The first year of the war as fought by a fictitious 'V&W' based on actual events and certainly not fiction. Plates have naturally been censored. Scarce in this condition. Law, 1078.
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TARRANT V.E.
The U-Boat Offensive 1914-1945.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Good overview of operations in both wars; some useful photographs and valuable statistical appendices on deployments, loses, etc.
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IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY
Japanese Naval Vessels of World War Two as seen by US Naval Intelligence. Introduction by A. . Baker III.
Oblong 4to., with many hundreds of illustrations and drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Composite re-issue of US Division of Naval Intelligence Publications ONI 41-421 'Index to all Japanese Naval Vessels', ONI 41-42 'Japanese Naval Vessels', ONI 220J 'Japanese Submarines' and ONI 225J 'Japanese Landing Operations and Equipment' (1942-44). Uncommon.
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TAYLOR J.C.
German Warships of World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SMITH, ed. Peter C.
Destroyer Action. An Anthology. With a Foreword by Admiral Sir Gresham Nicholson. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, short neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Tales of destroyer actions in both world wars. Law, 1074; not recorded by Enser.
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SMITH Peter C.
Destroyer Leader. The Story of HMS Faulknor. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 14 plates on 8, 6 detailed drawings of the vessel in colour and 2 maps (one double-page); blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Excellent record of FAULKNOR with a detailed account of her wartime service with the Home Fleet, Force H and finally in the Arctic. Includes a brief but useful account of her forebears. Appendices give statistics, wartime modifications, battler honours, commanding officers, enemy submarines sunk by the F-class and the ultimate fates of the 8th Flotilla. A model of its kind by one of the best naval historians of the period. Enser, p.126; Law, 1075
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SILVERSTONE Paul H.
US Warships of World War II. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head of backstrip. First published in 1965. SCARCE.
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CONNER C.C.
Nothing Friendly in the Vicinity. My Patrols on the Submarine USS Guardfish during WWII.
8vo., First Edition, with several illustrations in the text, front free endpaper creased; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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LENTON H. T.
Navies of the Second World War. German Surface Warships 1. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 8vo., Third Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Published in Macdonald's valuable series 'Navies of the Second World War'. Covers the main regular warship types. The first edition appeared in 1966
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LEONOV Viktor
Blood on the Shores. Soviet Naval Commandos in World War II. Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by James F. Gebhardt. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and maps in the text; green boards, black cloth back lettered in bronze, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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JAMES William
The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. A New Edition, with Additions and Notes [by Professor York Powell] bringing the Work down to 1827. SOLID WORKING XL SET
6 vols., sm. 8vo., with 5 [of 6] engraved frontispieces (all original tissue guards present), 5 engraved plates (all original tissue guards present), 40 diagrams in the text and 28 large folding tables, endpapers spotted; original blue cloth, gilt backs, uncut, backs rubbed and faded (but all gilt entirely legible), backstrips frayed (without major loss) at heads and tails else a very good, bright, remarkably clean set. Sold from an institution with its tape-marks on covers, bookplate on front paste-downs and small blind stamp on titles. Wanting the frontispiece to volume five. 'A standard contemporary authority for detailed naval events of the period. Although criticised on the grounds of prejudice, still invaluable as a work of reference' (NMM). 'Useful for its minutely detailed play-by-play account' (Albion). This compact but entirely unabridged version is a reissue of the seventh edition of 1886 with considerable additions by Professor York Powell. Albion p.244; NMM 5, 2158; Sandler 1827.
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GARRETT Richard
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The Elusive Sisters.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean in the dustwrapper. Good account of 'Salmon and Gluckstein' based on official records and vernacular accounts. Some useful non-standard photographs. Enser, p.110; Law, 1676
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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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BEESLY Patrick
Very Special Intelligence. The Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre 1939-1945. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates and front and rear endpaper maps, tiny signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Beesly served in OIC from 1940; his account is the first to describe in detail its fight against Germany, excluding the Mediterranean theatre. A useful complement to Maclachlan but with the advantage that ULTRA was beginning to declassify and there is here much new material. Specific episodes include the sinkings of the Bismarck and the Scharnhorst, the Channel Dash and Arctic convoy PQ 17. A key text in the unveiling of ULTRA by a central player in its dissemination. The original edition is elusive in this condition. Enser p.127; 154; Law 0816.
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WARNER Oliver
Admiral of the Fleet. The Life of Sir Charles Lambe. With an Introduction by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a Foreword by Sir Steven Runciman.
8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Lambe (1900-1960) began his career as a midshipman in 1917 and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. His WWII service included command of Dunedin, several staff appointments (lastly as Director of Planning) and finally a year is command of Illustrious, principally in the Pacific. Law, 0709; see Heathcote, pp.149-150.
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CARTER George Goldsmith
Able Seaman.
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Elusive novel set in the Royal and Merchant Navies in the prelude to WWII. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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WATERS D.W.
The Art of Navigation in England in Elizabethan and Early Stuart Times. With a Foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 86 plates and 43 diagrams in the text, half-title lightly spotted; original blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of this scarce standard reference.
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JANE Frederick T.
The British Battle Fleet. Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries to the Present Day. With Illustrations in Colour from Original Water-Colour Drawings by W.L. Wyllie. [Second Edition].
2 vols., 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with coloured frontispieces, titles in red and black, 23 fine coloured plates by Wyllie, 17 plates in monochrome, 11 plates of portraits, and 23 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text; original pictorial blue cloth gilt, cloth backs gilt, backstrips mildly faded else a very good, clean copy. This standard work was first published in 1912 (though NMM gives 1914). This edition is 'revised and brought up to date in order to present to the reader the exact state of our Navy when the fighting began'. Nice set of this important survey, augmented by Wyliie's splendid colour plates. NMM V/1 2558 (recording the original edition).
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STITT G.
HMS Wideawake. Destroyer and Preserver. With a Foreword by Commander Anthony Kimmins.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 6 plates and a full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy. The first year of the war as fought by a fictitious 'V&W' based on actual events and certainly not fiction. Plates have naturally been censored. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.126; Law, 1078.
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HOGG Ian
Naval Gun.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations and drawings in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Well-illustrated survey of naval gunnery from broadside to Bofors.
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SULLIVAN J.
Aircraft No. 29. F4U Corsair in Action. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with 2 full-page coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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SKULSKI Janusz
Anatomy of the Ship. The Battleship Yamato. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Conway's splendid 'Anatomy of the Ship' series.
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BURROWS M.
The Life of Edward, Lord Hawke. New Edition, revised and condensed. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present); original blue armorial cloth, upper board blocked with Hawke arms in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the separately printed errata slip facing text, and 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. First published in 1883. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and small blind stamp on ttle. Scarce. NMM II/1 644.
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LENTON H. T.
Navies of the Second World War. German Surface Vessels 1 and 2. [Complete set]. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., oblong 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with very numerous illustrations in the text; black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, one wrapper with a long closed tear. Vol.I: Second Edition; Vol. II: First Edition. Published in the series 'Navies of the Second World War'
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MAY W. E.
Swords for Sea Service. With a Note on the Sword-Cutler by J. . Aylward. Drawings by P.G.W. Annis, John Munday, Michael A. Papps and Anne Whittle. [Complete set]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., sm. folio, First Edition, with 2 coloured frontispieces, 140 fine monochrome plates, numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, backstrips lettered in dark blue, a very good, clean set in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. A monumental study and standard reference.
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ROSKILL Captain S.W.
The War at Sea 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., in 4, roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 4 frontispieces (showing 8 plates), 288 plates on 142 (1 double-page), 87 folding maps (74 coloured in outline), 30 full-page maps (6 coloured in outline), 17 maps in the text and 111 tables (7 double-page) in the text, neat inscription on front free endpapers; green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly dust-soiled with small damp-mark (wrapper only) on backstrip of second volume. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. A previous owner has annotated neatly the backstrips of the wrappers to indicate the years covered by each volume. The official British account published in the UK Government's series History of the Second World War. The set comprises: Volume I: The Defensive, 1954 (fifth impression 1961); Volume II: The Period of Balance, 1957 (third impression 1962); Volume III/1: The Offensive Part 1: 1 June 1943-31 May 1944, 1960 (first impression); Volume III/2: The Offensive Part II: 1 June 1944-14 August 1945, 1961 (first impression). The last two volumes contain their respective errata slips (errors in the first two volumes are corrected in the text of the later printings). Roskill's masterpiece is an absolutely basic source and a model of its kind. Enser, p.383; Law, 0647.
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STEPHEN Martin
World War 2. Sea Battles in Close-up. REVISED EDITION COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 4to., First Edition, with illustrated titles and very numerous photographs and maps throughout; cloth (black/red respectively) , gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. Ian Allan's acclaimed 'Sea Battles in Close-Up' series, launched in 1970 and continued through to 1976, constitutes a landmark in British naval publishing. Compiled by a carefully selected cadre of authors, many of whom have since developed reputations as naval historians of international standing, the series was universally praised for its accuracy and detail. The first compendium volume (1988) collects eight of the original sixteen volumes, and adds two new engagements - Barents Sea and Midway; the second volume (1993) collects the remaining volumes. In this new edition, the original accounts are considerably revised and updated in the light of fresh evidence.
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WINN Godfrey
Home from Sea [with] The Positive Hour. [The author's wartime memoirs complete]. THE WARTIME MEMOIRS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
2 vols., 8vo., Second Impression (first work) and First Edition (second work), with frontispieces and plates; cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper to first vilume kightly rubbed at extremities. THE FIRST VOLUME IS A SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. THE SECOND VOLUME IS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Winn enlisted as an anonymous ordinary seaman after three years as a war correspondent. The first volume covers his training at Ganges and his service abroad HMS Cumberland. The second volume covers his invaliding from the RN after which he joined the Merchant service and served on 'Pozarica' throughout PQ17. His well-known account of this convoy forms a separate work. The first volume is frequently (and inaccurately) recorded as 'Home from THE Sea'; inexplicably it appears thus in both Enser and Law. Enser, p.384 (first work only); Law, 0750, 0751 respectively.
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WYNN Kenneth
U-Boat Operations of the Second World War. [Second Edition. Complete set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., sm. folio, Second Edition, with full-page maps in the text; original laminated pictorial boards, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Career Histories U1-U510; Vol. II: Career Histories U511-UIT25. First published in 1997. A standard reference, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork (repeated on boards) by Claus Bergen. Already uncommon in anything like this condition.
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