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VAUSE Jordan
Wolf. U-Boat Commanders in World War II. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the US edition.
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HOYT Edwin P.
Bowfin. The Story of one of America's fabled Fleet Submarines in World War II. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.214.
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HOYT, Jr. Edwin P.
The Elusive Seagull. The Adventures of the World War One German Minelayer, the MOEWE. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.156.
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LECH Raymond B.
All the Drowned Sailors. [The Sinking of USS INDIANAPOLIS.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs; black boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HORE Captain Peter
Seapower Ashore. 200 Years of Royal Navy Operations on Land. [Foreword by Admiral Sir Jock Slater.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and many illustrations in the text; green cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HEWISON W.S.
This Great Harbour Scapa Flow. Aspects of Orkney 3. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1985.
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JUBELIN Rear-Admiral Andre
The Flying Sailor. Translated from the French by James Cleugh. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Published two years after the French edition.
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CHATTERTON E. Keble
Old Ship Prints. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Reissue of a classic work first published in 1927.
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KING, ed. Rear-Admiral Randolph W.
Naval Engineering and American Seapower. Associate editor: Lt. Commander Prescott Palmer. EDITOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams in the text; black boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THRE ASSOCIATE EDITOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
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HOLMES Harry
The Last Patrol. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Operational history of the fifty-two US submarines lost during WWII.
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KRUG, Hans-Joachim
Reluctant Allies. German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II. Co-ordinated by Berthold J. Sander-Nagashima. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JAMESON Rear-Admiral Sir William S.
Submariners VC. With a Foreword by Rear-Admiral G.W.G. Simpson. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nine of the fourteen submarine VCs were won in WWII. Law 0809; Mulholland & Jordon J10.
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LAMBERT John
Anatomy of the Ship. The Fairmile 'D' Motor Torpedo Boat. NEAR FINE 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 near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Arguably the scarcest of all titles 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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KEILHAU Wilhelm
Norway and the Bergen Line. A Centenary Publication. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., First Edition, with title and chapter heads in blue and black, numerous plates (many full-page and toned in sepia), several illustrations in the text and decorative endpapers; pictorial blue cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip dulled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The standard reference, including staff war losses, detailed fleet listing (156 vessels 1851-1952) and separate indexes of names and shipping companies. UNCOMMON.
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WOODWARD David
The Collapse of Power. Mutiny in the High Seas Fleet. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Following the mutiny, the German Navy never recovered its authority and was ultimately scuttled by its own officers. Enser, p.157.
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LORD Walter
Day of Infamy. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with 50 plates on 32 and front and rear endpaper maps, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities. With striking dustwrapper artwork by W. Harry Sheldon. Classic early account of Pearl Harbor by the author of 'A Night to Remember'. Using a similar technique Lord interviewed nearly six hundred eye-witnesses and others associated with the disaster. The first UK edition is strangely elusive in this condition. Enser, p.325.
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CLOWES William Laird
The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Vol. I. [This Volume only.] BRIGHT, CLEAN WORKING COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure, title in red and black, 4 plates in photogravure (original tissue guards present) and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, a few leaves frayed at bottom margin, last few leaves lightly damp-marked at bottom margin; original navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, blue endpapers, hinges reinforced (thus binding entirely sound), covers mildly age-soiled else a bright, clean working copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, and press-marks on front endpaper verso and half-title. A sound working copy.
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HAMMER Captain D. Harry
Lion Six. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. With dustwrapper panels mounted on front paste-down and rear free endpaper. Lion Six was the US Navy contruction unit that built the largest of all advance bases at Guam. SCARCE.
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FOCK Harald
Fast Fighting Boats 1870-1945. Their Design, Construction and Use. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title, many hundreds of photographs and detailed drawings in the text, and pictorial endpapers, neat signature on front free endpaper; ochre cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference first published in Germany in 1973. Covers all navies which developed such craft; predictable emphasis on German vessels. Law, 1768
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GOODMAN Syd
Plymouth Warships 1900-1950. Illustrated with Photographs from the Goodman Collection. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous fine photographs throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GOODMAN Syd
Portsmouth Warships 1900-1950. Illustrated with Photographs from the Goodman Collection. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous fine photographs throughout; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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(NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION)
Geographical Handbook Series: French West Africa. Volume I: The Federation. December 1943; Vol. II: The Colonies. December 1944. [These volumes only]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPIES
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, very numerous photographs and maps (a number folding) and two large folding maps in pocket at end of first volume; original blue buckram gilt, gilt backs, covers unevenly sunned else very good, bright, clean copies. Publication codes BR 512 and BR 512A (Restricted) respectively. Sold from an institution with its press-mark on backstrips, bookplate on front free endpapers and neat stamp on title versos and tops. 'For the use of persons in HM service only and meant not to be shown, or made available, to the Press or to any member of the public'.
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MORRIS Douglas
Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies since 1879. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent class-by-class summary with technical details and good representative photographs. Potted operational history of every individual vessel.
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AKERMANN Paul
Encyclopedia of British Submarines 1901-1955. [Paperback Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE PAPERBACK EDITION
Roy. 8vo., with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The most comprehensive technical history of British submarines to date. Much-needed paperback reissue of the original edition of 1989. SCARCE.
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ARBUCKLE Lt. Graeme
Customs and Traditions of the Canadian Navy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GERMAN Commander Tony
The Sea is at our Gates. The History of the Canadian Navy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrated endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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LENTON H. T.
WW2 Fact Files: American Gunboats and Minesweepers. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in the series 'WW2 Fact Files'. As usual in this series, a fully illustrated directory with good statistical detail and interesting photographs.
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COLLEDGE J.J.
Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Revised by Lt.-Cmdr Ben Warlow. [Revised Edition.] FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Colledge's famous index was first published in 1970 and serially revised and updated.
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BAUER K. Jack
Ships of the Navy 1775-1969 [US Navy]. Volume I: Combat Vessels. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., First Edition, text in typescript; printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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HARMON J. Scott
USS Cassin Young (DD-793). A Fletcher Class Destroyer. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with numerous photographs in the text and large folding plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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ROYAL NAVY.
Day by Day Summary of the History of the Royal Navy. [Foreword by Admiral Sir Terence Lewin.] COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
7 vols., 8vo., First Edition, printed in typescript, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean set. With the additional typescript Addenda to Vol. 1. The set comprises: Vol. 1 (January and February); Vol. 2 (March and April); Vol. 3 (May and June); Vol. 4 (July and August); Vol. 5 (September and October); Vol. 6 (November and December); Vol. 7 (Index, General and Royal Naval Ships). COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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MACKINTOSH J.W. (Dick)
The Hunts and the Hunted. Or, Keep Swimming, Soldier. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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BLUNDELL W.D.G.
Royal Navy Battleships 1895-1946. [Paperback Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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FERGUSON Julie H.
Through a Canadian Periscope. The Story of the Canadian Submarine Service. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RUSSELL Sir Herbert
Ark Royal. The Story of a Famous Ship. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; pale blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, a very good, bright, clean copy. Give the date of publication, a necessarily brief account of one of the Royal Navy's most famous ships of WWII. Enser, p.22; Law 0973.
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BURNS Lt.-Cmdr K.V
Badges and Battle Honours of HM Ships. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured badges and photographs in monochrome throughout; green cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SELIGMAN Adrian
No Stars to Guide. Decorations by Konstance Pares. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with tinted frontispiece, wood-engraved title-vignette, 20 plates printed in blue, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text and 6 large folding maps (one printed in colours), endpapers very faintly spotted; sand cloth, a a very good, bright, clean copy. In one of the earliest personal memoirs of naval service in WWII, Seligman gives a thinly veiled account of his experiences in the Aegean in 1941 when he helped to smuggle five Russian merchantmen through the Axis blockade. He returned on the MV OLINDA and that journey also is described in full. Although there is no connection whatever, this little-known story is reminiscent in sheer daring and blatant skulduggery of Maclean's fictitious The Guns of Navarone. This is an extraordinary book in other ways. Produced by a major publisher not often given to war memoirs, it is unusually well-produced with lavish illustration and large and detailed maps. The print run must have been small for it is very scarce, especially in this condition. Enser, p.63; Law, 0360.
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BUSH Captain Eric Wheeler
Bless Our Ship. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO A MEMBER OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF HMS EURYALUS, WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Bush's autobiography, of which about one third covers his service in WWII. He was with minesweepers at Dunkirk, took command of the new cruiser EURYALUS in the Mediterranean, assisted in staff work for D-Day, and recommissioned HMS MALAYA for bombardment duties. With 6pp publisher's catalogue at end. Law 0669.
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BRYSON Thomas A.
Tars, Turks and Tankers. The Role of the United States Navy in the Middle East, 1800-1979. NEAR FiNE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy.
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JAMESON William
Ark Royal 1939-1941. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 24 plates on 16, a double-page plan and numerous maps (a number full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt anchor, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. One of the most detailed and scholarly single-ship biographies, this is the best account of the wartime career of one of the most famous ships of WWII. Includes a bibliography. Enser, p.21; Law, 0961.
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POPE Dudley
The Battle of the River Plate. Foreword by Admiral Sir Edward Parry. Preface by Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse. [Third Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, 20 plates on 14, full-page map in the text, front endpaper map and rear endpaper chart, neat German stamp on half-title; black cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly rubbed dustwrapper. Published six months after the first edition. The best and most detailed single-volume account, with many valuable appendices. Parry commanded ACHILLES, Woodhouse commanded AJAX during the action. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.190; Law 0113.
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CARRISON Captain Daniel J.
The United States Navy. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With publisher's stamp on title and small press-mark on front free endpaper.
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ROBERTS Rowland G.
Age shall not weary Them. The Story of HMAS PERTH. FIRM WORKING COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates, near contemporary inscription on front paste-down; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip heavily faded else a good, firm working copy. A Yeoman of Signals tells the story of Australia's famous cruiser and her gallant end. SCARCE. Law 1479 ('no copy seen'); not recorded by Enser.
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HOYT Edwin P.
The Life and Death of HMS Hood. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Good account of the career of a well-loved ship. Law 0985; not recorded by Enser.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
The Kelly. Foreword by Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. IN FULL MOROCCO; SIGNED BY AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 18 plates on 16, full-page map in the text and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second anD fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt anchor, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Standard operational account of the famous destroyer commanded by Mountbatten, from its early days in the North Sea to its sinking off Crete. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.126; Law, 1064.
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ADMIRALTY
A Seaman's Pocket-Book. June 1943. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. SOLE WARTIME EDITION WITH SUPPLEMENT: NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with 5 coloured plates and very numerous monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original boards printed in black, blue cloth back, a remarkably well-preserved, near fine copy. Publication code BR 827. With 2 pages of trade advertisements at front and BR 827a Supplement loosly inserted. Sole wartime edition of a deceptively detailed and compact guide aimed primarily at HO ratings that by now were forming an increasing proportion of ships' companies. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
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EVANS A. S.
Beneath the Waves. A History of HM Submarine Losses 1904-1971. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, page edges faintly tanned; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. An excellent, if grim, record providing details of each loss. Approximately half the losses relate to WWII. Law 1114.
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ROYAL NAVY
Manual of Instruction for the Royal Naval Sick Berth Staff. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with a coloured frontispiece, 4 coloured plates, 2 plates in monochrome, very numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text and large folding chart; cloth, gilt back, a remarkably well-preserved, near fine copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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CORDINGLY David
Cochrane the Dauntless. The Life and Adventures of Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 1775-1860. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates, several maps in the text and pictorial endpapers, neat inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The epitome of the Romantic hero, Thomas Cochrane was the inspiration for both O'Brian and Forester, leading to the creation of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower - two of the most popular figures in naval and maritime literature. Based partly on unpublished letters, Cordingly's detailed biography is arguably the fullest to date.
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CAMPBELL Commander A[lexander] B.
Salute the Red Duster . With a Foreword by Admiral Lord Mountevans. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 14 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Wide-ranging tribute to the Merchant Navy at war; includes Malta, Russia, Dunkirk, GRAF SPEE, JERVIS BAY and many others. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION,. Enser, p.270; Law, 1264.
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