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LENTON H.T.
Warships of the British and Commonwealth Navies. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 8vo., Third Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and updated version of a standard reference first published in 1966.
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SILVERSTONE Paul H.
US Warships of World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of a standard reference first published in 1965.
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WARNER Oliver
Battle Honours of the Royal Navy. GOOD COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous ships' badges in monochrome, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a good,firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities.
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SMITH Peter C.
British Battle Cruisers. [Cloth bound Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated if brief account of development and service history in two world wars. The cloth edition is far scarcer than its paperback counterpart. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Law, 0990.
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NASH Captain J.D.
Fifty Years at Sea. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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JEFFERS et al 'Jeff'
LCS (L). Landing Craft Support (Large). NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
Folio, First Edition, with title-vignette, very numerous photographs throughout, front endpaper map and rear endpaper photographs; original laminated boards, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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WINTON John
Sink the Haguro!. The Last Destroyer Action of the Second World War. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 17 plates on 8, full-page map in the text and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by H. Knollys. Thorough account of the classic action in which RN destroyers sank a Japanese cruiser in the Malacca Straits. Enser, p.65; Law, 0614.
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VERCOE A. Guy
Britain's Fighting Fleets. The Story of the Development of the Modern British Navy from 1890 to 1935. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and many photographs in the text, contemporary signatures on front paste-down; pictorial boards, backstrip mildly age-soiled and rubbed with small repair at headband else a good, bright copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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WINTON John
For Those in Peril. Fifty Years of Royal Navy Search and Rescue. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RAWLINGS John D.R.
Pictorial History of the Fleet Air Arm. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout, free endpapers lightly spotted; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PADFIELD Peter
Rule Britannia. The Victorian and Edwardian Navy NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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YOUNG John
A Dictionary of Ships of the Royal Navy of the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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SMITH P.C.
Eagle's War. The War Diary of an Aircraft Carrier. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 24 and a full-page chart in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by E. Tufnell. Moving account of the famous carrier, told through eye-witness accounts and supplemented by a well-chosen selection of rare photographs (mostly private and almost all previously unpublished). Covers her story from commencement of hostilities to her loss with Operation PEDESTAL.
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MILES Peter
A Gift of Observation. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured illustrations (many full-page) by the author in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A series of fine watercolour illustrations made by the author and linked with explanatory narrative during his RN service in WWII.
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THOMAS David A.
A Companion to the Royal Navy. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TAYLOR Gordon
London's Navy. A Story of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Foreword by HRH The Price of Wales. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PATERSON L.J.
'Only Thirty Birthdays'. British Marine Mutual, 1876-1996. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette in blue, and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and charts in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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TOMPKINS Peter
The Murder of Admiral Darlan. A Study in Conspiracy. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.170.
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THOMAS Geoff
US Navy Carrier Aircraft Colours. Units, Colours and Markings of US Navy carrier-borne Aircraft during the Second World War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NICHOLS John B.
On Yankee Station. The Naval Air War over Vietnam. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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REYNOLDS L.C
Mediterranean MTBs at War. Short MTB Flotilla Operations 1939-1945. Foreword by Rear Admiral Sir M. Morgan-Giles. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sequel to 'Dog Boats at War' covering the 1st, 2nd, 7th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 24th, 27th and 28th MTB Flotillas.
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GREGER Rene
The Russian Fleet 1914-1917. Translated by Jill Gearing. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GALANTIN Admiral I.J.
Take Her Deep. A Submarine against Japan in World War II. With an Introduction by Edward L. Beach. [First UK Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GLENTON Bill
Mutiny in Force X. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of a hastily assembled force sent to the SW Pacific in 1944. The descent into anarchy of the LSI(H) LOTHIAN is described by one of the mutineers. Enser, pp. 197, 243; Law 0605.
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EVANS Wilson P.
Deeds not Words. [The Victorian Navy]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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BROWN, ed. D. K.
The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939-1945. [Volume 3]. Landing Craft and Auxiliary Vessels. The Official Record. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and technical drawings throughout; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BERTHOLD Willi
The Sinking of the Bismarck. Translated from the German by Michael Bullock. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 plates on 4 and a double-page map in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Imaginative account of the battleship's last cruise from the German viewpoint; strong depiction of the horror of the final engagement. Increasingly uncommon in this condition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.58; Law, 0247.
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PADFIELD Peter
Donitz: The Last Fuhrer. Portrait of a Nazi War Leader. [First US Edition] FIRST US EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first, and arguably still the best biography of the 'Lion' of the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, and Hitler's chosen successor. Published simultaneously with the UK edition. Enser, p.153 (recording the UK edition).
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MEID Lieutenant Colonel Pat
Operations in West Korea. US Marine Operations in Korea. Volume V. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps and plans in the text, and endpaper maps; navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a fine copy.
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WHEELER Harold
War with the Sea Wolves. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, blue top, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published a year after the first edition.
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BARTLETT, ed. Norman
With the Australians in Korea. Edited for the Board of Management of the Australian War Memorial by Norman Bartlett. 'BRACES' BRACEGIRDLE'S COPY
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, plates and maps, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF COMMANDER WARWICK 'BRACES' BRACEGIRDLE AND CARRIES HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE AND ADDRESS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. 'Braces' Bracegirdle (1911-1993) led a distinguished career in the RAN. During WWII he served in HMAS PERTH in the Mediterranean (first DSC) and then in HMAS SYDNEY at Leyte Gulf (second DSC). During the Korean War he commanded HMAS BATAAN (third DSC). A NOTABLE KOREAN WAR ASSOCIATION COPY WITH SIGNIFICANT NAVAL PROVENANCE.
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IRVING Commander John
The Smoke Screen of Jutland. JOHN WINTON'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF NAVAL HISTORIAN JOHN WINTON AND BEARS HIS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Enser, p.186.
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MILLER Lt. Max
Daybreak for our Carrier. Official US Navy Photographs by Lt. Charles E. Kerlee. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.22.
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JOHNSTON Stanley
Queen of the Flat-Tops. The USS LEXINGTON and the Coral Sea Battle BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.21.
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'GUNS, Q.F.C.'
Middle Watch Musings. [Second Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION
8vo., Second Edition, with illustrations and cartoons in the text, some light spotting; pictorial green cloth, upper board printed and lettered in black, green cloth backstrip lettered in black, a good, firm copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated) at front and rear. Humorous evocation of the Edwardian navy immediately prior to WWI.
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HURD Archibald
German Sea-Power. Its Rise, Progress and Economic Basis. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with charts in the text and 2 large folding maps coloured in outline, title and a few following leaves lightly spotted, top and fore-edge dusty; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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COLLEDGE J.J.
Ships of the Royal Navy. An Historical Index. COLLEDGE COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; navy cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped). The set comprises: Vol. I: Major Ships (some 13,000 vessels; 1969); Vol. II: Navy-built Trawlers, Drifters, Tugs and Requisitioned Ships (some 11,000 vessels; 1970). Bright set of the standard reference.
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CONNELL G.G.
Fighting Destroyer [HMS Petard]. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. PETARD's wartime career recounted by her gunnery officer and covering 1942-1944. She served in the Eastern Mediterranean and briefly with the Eastern Fleet. Revised and updated version of the original Kimber edition of 1976. Enser, p.64; Law 1045.
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CONNELL G.G.
Jack's War. Lower-deck Recollections from World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.197.
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COOK Captain Charles
The Battle of Cape Esperance. Encounter at Guadalcanal. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps, small neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, upper board blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE. Enser, p.194.
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WRIGHT-POPESCUL Jean
The Marine Art of J. Franklin Wright. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous fine full-page coloured plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HOYT Edwin P.
U-Boats Offshore. When Hitler struck America. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, red boards, upper board lettered in gilt, black cloth back lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Covers the period January-July 1942 and the autumn of 1943 when U-boats prowled freely off the American coast [Operation DRUMBEAT]. 'Shows the American High Command at its worst' (Law). Enser, p.220; Law 0236.
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HORN Daniel
Mutiny on the High Seas. The Imperial German Naval Mutinies of World War One. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus; olive cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The US edition was published in 1969. Enser, p.156.
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HOYT Edwin P.
The Lonely Ships. The Life and Death of the US Asiatic Fleet. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ARMSTRONG Warren
Battle of the Oceans. [The Merchant Navy at War 1939-1943. Foreword by Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPYIN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at extremities and with loss at head and tail of backstrip. THE UK EDITION IS VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.270; Law 1257.
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BENSTEAD C.R.
Steady, Boys Steady!. A Profound Study of the Royal Navy. With Drawings by Edgar Norfield. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at extremities. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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GALANTIN Admiral I.J.
Take her Deep!. A Submarine [USS Halibut] against Japan in World War II. With an Introduction by Edward L. Beach. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition.
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LAMB James B.
On the Triangle Run. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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LOTT Lt.-Cmdr Arnold S.
A Long Line of Ships. Mare Island's Century of Naval Activity in California. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly faded dustwrapper.
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ADMIRALTY
A Seaman's Pocket-Book. June 1943. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. [Facsimile reissue.] NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with 5 coloured plates and very numerous monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original boards printed in black, blue cloth back, a near fine copy. High-quality facsimile reissue of Publication code BR 827 (1943), a deceptively detailed and compact guide aimed primarily at HO ratings that were then forming an increasing proportion of ships' companies.
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