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HASTINGS, ed. Commander D J
Bombay Buccaneers. Memories and Reminiscinces of the Royal Indian Navy. Collected and edited by Commander D.J. Hastings. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
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MANNING T.D.
The British Destroyer. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with frontispiece and numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Complete class record from the beginnings to the 'DARINGS' with many useful photographs selected to illustrate key design features. Curiously unrecorded by Law (one of the very few omissions). A standard reference, first published in 1976.
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RYDER Commander R.E.D.
The Attack on Saint Nazaire. 28th March 1942. With an Introduction by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes. WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF CAPTAIN DONALD ROY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 15 plates on 12 and 7 full-page maps and plans in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, boards faintly faded at extremities, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with lateral loss at upper edge of front and rear panels. AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF CAPTAIN DONALD WILLIAM ROY IS MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Sole edition of an early and vivid account, written by the naval force commander, of Operation CHARIOT, the famous raid on the dry dock at Saint Nazaire. Ryder, together with the military force commander Newman and three others were awarded the Victoria Cross. Captain Donald ('The Laird') Roy led a fourteen-man troop of 2 Commando charged with disabling two gun emplacements of the roof of the pump-house, and then securing a bridge to provide an escape route from the docks. Both tasks were fulfilled: Bridge 'G' is now known as 'Roy's Bridge' and Roy was awarded the DSO. Betrayed by a French policeman, Roy was captured, taken to Oflag IX-A Spangenberg Castle and despite two attempts at escape remained a POW for the duration of the war. A HIGHLY DESIRABLE ASSOCIATION COPY OF BY FAR THE SCARCEST OF ALL THE CHARIOT ACCOUNTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.392; Law, 0476; Mulholland & Jordan, R90.
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FRIEDMAN Norman
British Cruisers. Two World Wars and After. Ship Plans by A.D. Baker III, John R. Dominy, Alan Raven and Paul Webb. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with very numerous plates and illustrations in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the most important revaluations of recent years, and a worthy complement to his earlier work on destroyers
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RUGE Friedrich
Warship Profile 14: SMS Seydlitz. Grosser Kreuzer 1913-1919. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Profile's 'Warship' series, no.14. One of the scarcest titles in this valuable and much sought-after series.
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MAY W. E.
Swords for Sea Service. With a Note on the Sword-Cutler by J.D. Aylward. Drawings by P.G.W. Annis, John Munday, Michael A. Papps and Anne Whittle. [Complete set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED 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; oatmeal holland, backstrips lettered in dark blue, red tops, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. A monumental study and a standard reference. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WINGATE John
Warship Profile 'Special' 29: HMS Belfast. Edinburgh Class Cruiser 1939-71. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. This is the original Profile, published as a 'special' to coincide with BELFAST's arrival as a museum ship in the Pool of London. Law, 1037.
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WALTERS Derek
The History of the British U Class Submarine. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates; black cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first dedicated history of arguably the most famous British submarine class of WWII. Operating across the Mediterranean, primarily from Malta's Sliema Creek, many members of this class - UPHOLDER, URGE, UNBROKEN, URSULA, UNDAUNTED, UNIQUE - are now icons of the service. Already scarce, especially in this condition.
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CRACKNELL Commander William H.
Warship Profile 28: USS Indianapolis (CA 35). Heavy Cruiser 1932-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Law, 1060.
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WARREN C.E.T
Will not we Fear. The Story of H M Submarine 'Seal' and of Lieutenant-Commander Rupert Lonsdale. With a Foreword by the Rev. A.P. Lonsdale. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates on 4 and 3 illustrations in the text, title and edges lightly spotted; green tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. The story of the minelaying submarine badly damaged and captured by the Germans in the Kattegat early in the war. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.419; Law, 1141.
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DANIELSSON Bengt
What happened on the Bounty?. Translated from the Swedish by Alan Tapsell. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; green boards, blue cloth back lettered in silver, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper.
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EARLE Peter
The Last Fight of the Revenge. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HAY David
The Last of the Confederate Privateers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and illustrations and pedigrees in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BIDLINGMAIER Gerhard
Warship Profile 4: KM Admiral Graf Spee. Pocket Battleship 1932-1939. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 1670.
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ADMIRALTY.
Torpedo Drill Book. 1914. (Corrected to May 15).. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE FIRST GREAT WAR ISSUE
8vo., First Edition, with numerous charts and diagrams throughout, title lightly browned, contemporary signature and later personal bookplate on front paste-down, contemporary annotations on rear endpapers, name inked on fore-edge; original navy cloth, sides with frame border in blind enclosing title and anchor in gilt, radial corners, red sprinkled edges, lower hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a well-preserved, bright, clean copy.
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ROYAL NAVY
The Naval Who's Who 1917. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., blue faux-morocco cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy.
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FEVYER W. H.
The Africa General Service Medal to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
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FEVYER W. H.
The 1914 Star to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
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HURST Norman
Naval Chronicle 1799-1818. Index to Births, Marriages and Deaths. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, a fine copy. With the separately printed Addendum leaf tipped-in.
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WINTON John
Carrier Glorious. The Life and Death of an Aircraft Carrier. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 31 plates on 16, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The first account of the truth behind the disaster (which also accounted for ACASTA and ARDENT) and a damning indictment of the official report. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.5; Law, 0976
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BAKER Richard
The Terror of Tobermory. An Informal Biography of Vice-Admiral Sir Gilbert Stephenson. With a Foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. [Second Impression.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. WITH SMALL STEPHENSON ARCHIVE.
8vo., Second Impression, with plates, and endpaper maps on blue stock; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON DEDICATION with newspaper obituary mounted on title verso. SOLD WITH A SMALL ARCHIVE OF STEPHENSON MEMORABILIA, INCLUDING 3 A.L.s, ASSOCIATED LETTERS AND COPY-LETTERS, Report & Accounts of the London Flotilla for 1972, Obituary number of the London Flotilla Bulletin (No. 2 July 1972) with cover photograph and extended obituary, and Order of Service of Thanksgiving at St. Martin-in-the-Fields 22 June 1972. Published a month after the first edition. Fascinating account and character sketch of the man who did more than any other to train the Royal Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic. Well-known BBC presenter and journalist Richard Baker, like many thousands of others, trained at Tobermory on Mull for the longest-running and hardest-fought campaign of WWII. A RARE AND RELEVANT ARCHIVAL COPY RELATING DIRECTLY TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INSPIRATIONAL COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.
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WILLIAMS Jack
They led the Way. The Fleet Minesweepers at Normandy, June 1944. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text, and a folding plan; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Detailed and valuable account of the minesweeping component of Operation NEPTUNE by the founder of the Algerines Association. The narrative structure includes much eye-witness and other vernacular material not available elsewhere. An excellent contribution to a still largely forgotten (and largely thankless) aspect of the RN's operations in WWII. VERY SCARCE.
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BLAIR Clay
Hitler's U-Boat War. [First UK Edition. Complete set.]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 126 plates on 48, and 2 double-page plans, 27 tables and 14 maps (8 double-page) in the text; black cloth, red endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid set of the most comprehensive study to date, comprising 'The Hunters 1939-1942' (1997) and 'The Hunted 1942-1945' (1999). The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, hardest-fought and most critical sea conflict in history: 'they [the U-boats] were the only thing that really frightened me' said Churchill. A study on this scale has been feasible only in the twenty years or so following the release of large official archives (the last of which principally concerned codes and code-breaking) in London and Washington. First published by Random House in New York 1996-98; the UK edition was published in far smaller numbers and in already difficult to find in this state.
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HAGUE Arnold
Convoy Rescue Ships 1940-1945. A History of the Rescue Service, its Ships and their Crews. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first dedicated study, providing full details of British convoy rescue vessels with a voyage-by-voyage account of their wartime service. Includes H&A and Orders to Masters. SCARCE.
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MCMILLAN George
The Old Breed. A History of the First Marine Division in World War II. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous photographs and illustrations throughout, and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board blocked in colours, backstrip lettered in yellow, a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1949. NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT. Enser, p.456 (recording the original edition).
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DE CHANT John A.
Devilbirds. The Story of United States Marine Corps Aviation in World War II. Foreword by General A.A. Vandegrift. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, pictorial front endpapers, rear endpaper map, uncut, backstrip faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.456.
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SMITH Peter C.
Pedestal. The Malta Convoy of August 1942. [Foreword by Admiral Sir Richard Onslow.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first edition of Smith's authoritative account of the most famous of all Mediterranean convoys. Enser, p.119; Law, 0352.
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HAGUE Arnold
The Towns . A History of the Fifty Destroyers transferred from the United States to Great Britain in 1940. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and large folding plan at end; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The first dedicated study of this class, the acquisition of which proved an invaluable boost to a hard-pressed Admiralty at a crucial period. Good selection of photographs of virtually every vessel balances the enormous publicity accrued elsewhere by HMS CAMPBLETOWN following the St. Nazaire raid.
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DURHAM Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood
The Durham Papers. Selections from the Papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham (1763-1845). Edited by Hilary L. Rubenstein. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in yellow, a fine copy. Navy Records Society, vol. 166.
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DILLON Sir William Henry
A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839). Edited by Michael A. Lewis. Volume I: 1790-1802; Volume II: 1802-1839. COMPLETE SET
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, plates and maps, free endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of ivory buckram blocked in gilt, blue buckram backs ruled and lettered in gilt, boards very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean set. Navy Records Society, vols. 93 and 97.
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FOSTER Captain John M.
Hell in the Heavens. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in darker blue, a bright, clean copy. Enser, p.313.
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HYNES Samuel
Flights of Passage. Reflections of a World War II Aviator. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BOWKER R.M.
Mutiny!!. Aboard HM Armed Transport BOUNTY in 1789. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, illustrations and tables in the text, front endpaper plan and rear endpaper map; yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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REYNOLDS Leonard C.
Home Waters MTBs and MGBs at War 1939-1945. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, very numerous photographs and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. This third volume of the author's MTB trilogy completes the standard reference on these craft. This volume is arranged chronologically and includes decorations, awards, war losses, and short MTB and MBG flotillas in home waters. Many of the photographs are rare and previously unpublished. SCARCE.
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LADD Fonnie Black
The Wholesale Rescue. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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LUND Paul
Trawlers go to War. The Story of 'Harry Tate's Navy'. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 16; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The second collaboration by a team with an established reputation for combining successfully history and personal recollection. This is the story of the Royal Navy Patrol Service, whose extemporised fleet of trawlers, drifters and whale-catchers fought in virtually every naval theatre of WWII. Based largely on eye-witness accounts, this is the first dedicated account and already very scarce, the more so in this condition. Enser, p.427; Law, 1105.
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SHAW, Jr. Henry I.
First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal. Marines In World War II Commemorative Series. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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GREENE, ed. Lieutenant Colonel T. N.
The Guerilla - and how to fight him. Selections from the Marine Corps Gazette. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. With personal name stamp embossed in blind on front free endpaper. VERY SCARCE.
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FOSS Joe
Top Guns. America's Fighter Aces tell their Stories. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOE FOSS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; blue boards, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM JOE FOSS WITH HIS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH AND SEPARATELY SIGNED SLIP MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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GAILEY Harrry A.
Howlin' Mad vs the Army. Conflict in Command, Saipan 1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SCHOFIELD Vice Admiral B.B.
The Arctic Convoys. [Maps and Drawings by Ronald Nydegger Jr]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, several charts and plans in the text, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Considerably updated version of the author's earlier account ('The Russian Convoys', 1964) with full use of subsequent revelations (primarily 'Ultra'). More of a reference work, if less dramatic, than the former version. Enser, p.60; Law, 0512.
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COUHAT Jean Labayle
French Warships of World War II. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail of backstrip. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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KEMP Lieut.-Commander P. K.
Victory at Sea 1939-1945. Written with the Approval of the Admiralty. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and mapsin the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed at edges. An authorised account by the Head of the Admiralty's Historical Section, this work can be seen a most useful summary and companion to Roskill's full-scale history. Enser, p.381; Law 0024.
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LAMBERT John W.
Bombs, Torpedoes and Kamkazes. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Air Combat Photo History Series, Vol. 2.
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LLOYD'S OF LONDON
Lloyd's List. 250th Anniversary Special Supplement. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and advertisements throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. With the separately printed Index of Advertisers loosely inserted.
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MCCART Neil
HMS Centaur 1943-1972. Foreword by Rear-Admiral St. John Steiner. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and pictorial endpapers, neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Detailed account of one of the Royal Navy's major post-war warships, from builders to breakers, drawing on first hand accounts and including many previously unpublished photographs. VERY SCARCE.
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JAMESON William
Ark Royal 1939-1941. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 24 plates on 16, a double-page plan and numerous maps (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. With the publisher's errata slip at p.141. 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. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.21; Law, 0961.
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LEE James
Operation Lifeline. History and Development of the Naval Air Transport Service. Photographs by Joe Rosenthal. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Folio, First Edition, with coloured and moncohrome photographs throughout, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. With dustwtapper panels (complete) mounted on front and rear endpapers respectively. SCARCE. Enser, p.24.
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MALLALIEU J.P.W.
Very Ordinary Seaman. [Fourth Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly browned dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Published two months after the first edition. Fictionalised but accurate account of the author's five months in a destroyer on the Murmansk run. Generally considered one of the finest accounts of life at sea; certainly a minor classic of WWII. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Law, 1062.
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BRYAN III Lt. Cmdr. Joseph
Mission beyond Darkness. FIRST BATTLE OF PHILIPPINES
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy. Covers Task Force 58 in the concluding phase of the First Battle of the Philippines, particularly Air Group 16 from USS LEXINGTON. SCARCE. Enser, p.154.
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