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GUYTON Boone T.
Air Base. [Sixth Impression.] EARLY US NAVAL AVIATION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Sixth Impression, with frontispiece; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with propellor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
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BONNER-SMITH D.
Russian War, 1854. Baltic and Black Sea. Official Correspondence. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 5 folding maps on japon (a number folding), top and fore-edge mildly spotted; original series binding of ivory buckram, upper board blocked and ruled in gilt, navy buckram back lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With contemporary signature dated 1944 of a member of the ship's company of Colony-class light cruiser HMS MAURITIUS.
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SUTHERLAND John
Churchill's Pirates. The Royal Naval Patrol Service in WWII. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The RNPS was unique and boasted its own rules and regs. Manned mainly by ex-fishermen and armed with obsolete weaponry, it suffered heavily in the first years of the war. This is a useful complement to Featherbe, but RNPS is still a grossly under-written aspect of the RN in WWII
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HADLEY Dunstan
Barracuda Pilot. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HOOK Thom
Shenandoah Saga. A Narrative of the US Navy's pioneering large rigid Airships. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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SMITH Peter C.
Pedestal. The Malta Convoy of August 1942. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Lewin [Second Revised and Expanded Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE BEST EDITION
8vo., with 20 plates on 44 and 9 maps and diagrams (2 double-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Smith's authoritative account of the most famous of all Mediterranean convoys was first published 1970. This re-issue, substantially expanded and revised, contains much fresh eye-witness documentation from British, German and Italian survivors, and an original foreword by Lewin. Law, 0352 (recording the first edition)
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LAW Derek G.
The Royal Navy in World War Two. An Annotated Bibliography. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Indispensable English-language reference with valuable assessments.
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LOTT Arnold S
Ship's Data No. 2. USS Alabama (BB60). NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations (a number folding); pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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ROHWER Jurgen
Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 . Translated from the German by Derek Masters. [First English Edition. Edited by A.J.Watts. Complete set.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates; cloth (blue/black respectively), backstrips lettered in silver, a near fine set in dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1939-1942; Vol. II: 1943-1945. The English edition, translated by Masters, was revised by the authors from the German original and edited by Anthony Watts. Probably the most detailed account of the war at sea in all theatres. 'Heavily compressed and does show some German bias' (Law). The rear free endpapers of the second volume contain a summary in MS of the career of HMS CALDER, a Captain-class frigate attached to Fourth Escort Group. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.363; Law, 0037
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BENNETT G.H.
Admiralty Despatches. The Story of the War from the Battlefront 1939-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes despatches from Mediterranean and Russian convoys, Dieppe, D-Day and many others.
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TRACY, ed. Nicholas
The Collective Naval Defence of the Empire, 1900-1940. Edited by Nicholas Tracy. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 136.
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POWELL J.R.
Documents relating to the Civil War 1642-1648. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of ivory buckram ruled and blocked in gilt, navy buckram back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. With small blind stamp on front free endpaper. NRS vol. CV.
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BENNETT Geoffrey
Cowan's War. The Story of British Naval Operations in the Baltic, 1918-1920. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates on 12 and 3 full-page maps in the text; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The standard history. Includes some interesting photographs, notes on the principal warships employed and bibliography. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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MACINTYRE Captain Donald
Jutland. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 21 plates on 12, several maps (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, fore-edge very lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.186.
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SAMBITO Major William J.
A History of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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PARKER Lieutenant Colonel Gary W.
A History of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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JONES Flt. Lt. Brett A.
A History of Marine Attack Squadron 223. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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ADMIRALTY.
Steam Manual for His Majesty's Fleet. containing Regulations and Instructions relating to the Machinery of His Majesty's Ships. (Corrected to 31st May 1906). REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED COPY FROM HMS JASON
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous blank interleaves numbered in pagination; blue cloth boards, gilt back, red sprinkled edges, backstrip sunned (but all gilt bright and legible), else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Printing code: CN 3050/05. THIS COPY WAS RECEIVED ABOARD HMS JASON ON 28 JANUARY 1907 WITH CONFIRMATORY STAMP ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Loosely inserted are three subsequent and relevant Circular Letters, the first also with HMS JASON stamp: a) New Procedure concerning Surveys, and Closing of Watertight Doors; b) Examination of Boilers, Closing Watertight Doors etc; c) Use of Lime in Boilers of HM Ships. HMS JASON (1892-1917) was an ALARM-class Torpedo Gunboat. Shortly after receipt of this copy she was converted to minesweeper and served with the Nore Destroyer Flotilla in WWI until April 1917 when she struck a mine off the Hebridean island of Coll and sank with the loss of thirty lives. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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SCOTT Peter
The Battle of the Narrow Seas. A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea 1939-1945. IN FULL MOROCCO
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 fine coloured plates, 74 plates in monochrome on 42, numerous illustrations and 4 full-page maps in the text, and endpaper maps in blue; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The coloured plates and illustrations are by the author, who was an active participant in the bitterly-fought coastal campaign. The numerous well-chosen photographs capture brilliantly the relatively unsophisticated nature of the craft involved, together with fine portraits of many of the leading figures responsible for their dramatic exploits. Enser, p.279; Law, 0446.
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WIGLEY Lewis
No Time to Break Down. Foreword by Rear Admiral Gueritz. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Ediion, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The author served in HMS ORTON, PHOEBE, OCEAN, WHIMBREL, LAERTES, TRIUMPH, JERVIS. SCARCE.
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JULLIAN Marcel
HMS Fidelity. [Translated by Mervyn Savill. First English Edition]. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition thus, with 11 plates on 8 and an illustration in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The truly remarkable story of a unique vessel - a largely Free French Q-ship enrolled wholesale into the Royal Navy and eventually sunk in the Atlantic in December 1942. This account is based largely on facts provided by Pat O'Leary who survived the sinking to organise the 'Pat' escape routes from France. First published in France in the preceding year. An elegant copy. Enser, p.381; Law, 0861.
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CRACKNELL Commander W.H.
Warship Profile 15. USS Enterprise (CVAN-65). Nuclear Attack Carrier. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-soiled else a near fine copy.
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MARDER Arthur J.
Operation 'Menace'. The Dakar Expedition and the Dudley North Affair. NOTABLE PRESENTATION COPY TO A LONG-TERM COLLEAGUE
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and 7 charts on 6 in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO COMMANDER R C 'TOM' BURTON RN WITH THE AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COMPLIMENTS SLIP AND LONG T.L.s. LOOSELY INSERTED. Burton was one of Marder's long-term colleagues, providing UK research and support for this and several other of Marder's works. SIGNED COPIES OF MARDER'S WORKS ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.62; Law, 0187
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FANNING A. E.
Steady As She Goes. A History of the Compass Department of the Admiralty. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
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JEFFERSON David
Coastal Forces at War. Royal Navy 'Little Ships' in World War 2. Foreword by Commander Christopher W S Dreyer. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition,with plates and maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid account of a much under-written aspect of the RN in WWII.
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MONSARRAT Nicholas
The Cruel Sea. Read by Robert Powell [abridged]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING
2 cassettes in plastic boxes, all housed in publisher's illustrated card wallet, a very good, bright, clean copy. Publisher's product code: 7036. Cassette codes: TC-LFP 80071, TC2-LFP 80072. Approx playing time: 2 hrs 30 mins. Albeit abridged, a spirited and forceful reading of Monsarrat's classic novel of WWII. SCARCE.
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KERR J. Lennox
Wavy Navy. By Some who served. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. [Signed Limited Edition.] SIGNED BY ''ABC' ADMIRAL LORD CUNNINGHAM: 260 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured plates, some mild offsetting on half-title; elegantly bound in full navy morocco, upper board blocked in gilt, back with flat bands lettered in gilt, gilt top, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, uncut, one or two scuffs on lower board else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 260 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET LORD CUNNINGHAM (THIS COPY. NO. 145). Twenty-eight accounts of RNVR service, both routine and action, by serving members. Enser, p.382; Law, 1807 (recording the standard edition).
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MONSARRAT Nicholas
Three Corvettes. Comprising HM Corvette, East Coast Corvette, Corvette Command. [Second Edition. With new Preface by the Author]. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 8 plates on 6; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The collected edition of Monsarrat's well-known trilogy, first published in October 1945. The three constituent volumes - 'HM Corvette' (1942), 'East Coast Corvette' (1943) and 'Corvette Command' (1944) - are here reproduced in their entirety (but with fewer plates). Taken in sequence they provide a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's early wartime service; furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents, which reappear in his masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea'. This second edition carries a new Preface by the author giving an account of the works' genesis. Enser, p.120; Law 1010 (both recording the first edition).
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MAHAN Alfred T.
The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812. Seventh Edition. OUTSTANDING COPY IN SIGNED LAUNDER & PFISTER BINDING
2 vols., 8vo., Seventh Edition, with 7 maps (one folding) and 6 battle-charts; elegantly bound in crushed dark green half morocco BY LAUNDER & PFISTER, marbled boards ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and third compartments tooled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with rope frame and anchor motif, gilt tops, laid and marbled endpapers, red ribbon marker in each volume, an outstanding copy. With the ornate gilt leather bookplate of M.E.N Tooth on front paste-downs. The binding Is signed on front free endpaper versos. It is possible that this binding was executed by Alfred William Launder himself, or at least overseen by him. First published in 1892, this is 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. See Albion, p.244; Hattendorf A4b; NMM V:I, 2163.
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LADD J.D.
Assault from the Sea 1939-1945. The Craft, the Landings, the Men. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. This work remains the most comprehensive single-volume guide to the various types of landing craft, support ships and amphibians developed for seaborne landings. Enser, p.11; Law 1092
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CUNNINGHAM Admiral of the Fleet Viscount [A.B.]
A Sailor's Odyssey. The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 45 plates on 30, 15 maps (5 double-page) in the text and folding coloured plan; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with RN Crown, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A full and detailed autobiography of 'ABC', indisputably the finest British admiral of WWII and considered by many the greatest since Nelson. His long and outstanding career notwithstanding, he will be remembered always as 'Master of the Mediterranean' in the fraught days of mid-WWII. An elegant copy. Albion, p.269; Enser, p.264; Law, 0678; NMM II/1 454.
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MONSARRAT Nicholas
The Cruel Sea. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, blue silk marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography 'The Royal Navy in World War Two'. Law, 1865
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ADMIRALTY.
Admiralty Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy. Vol I: Magnetism and Electricity; Vol. II: Wireless Telegraphy Theory. NEAR FINE SET
2 vols., roy. 8vo., with numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout; green cloth, backstrips lettered in black, a near fine set. First published in 1938 and reprinted in every year of the war to keep pace with the expanding fleet, the Admiralty Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy was the RN telegraphist's bible throughout WWII. It remains one the finest compact guides to both theory and practice, and in post-war years became a fundamental and much sought-after tool of the amateur radio community.
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MCCART Neil
Tiger, Lion & Blake 1942-1986. Foreword by Rear-Admiral M L Stacey. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers;cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The first detailed account of the RN's last three cruisers, from wartime service to their final role as as helicopter/landing ships.
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GUILLIATT Richard
The Wolf. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, full-page plan and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The little-known story of the German surface raider WOLF in WWI.
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POOLMAN Kenneth
The Kelly. Foreword by Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. [Second Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, 18 plates on 16, full-page map in the text and endpaper maps, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (affecting lettering) at tail of backstrip. Published two months after the first edition. Standard operational account of the famous destroyer commanded by Mountbatten, from its early days in the North Sea to its sinking off Crete. Increasingly hard to find in this condition. Enser, p.126; Law, 1064.
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ENRIGHT Joseph F.
Shinano! The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership. [First UK Edition] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and plans (one-double-page), small mark on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published by St. Martin's Press NY earlier the same year.
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PEPYS Samuel
The Diary of Samuel Pepys. A New and Complete Transcription edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
11 vols., 8vo., with numerous frontispieces, plates and maps; green cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, green tops, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive edition, comprising nine volumes of the diary, the Companion volume and the Index volume.
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JENKINS Commander C.A.
Warship Profiles 23 and 24: HMS Furious Aircraft Carrier 1917-1948. HMS Furious. Aircraft Carrier 1917-1948. Part 1: The First Eight Years [with] Warship Profile 24. HMS Furious. Aircraft Carrier 1917-1948. Part 2: 1925-1948. FURIOUS COMPLETE: NEAR FINE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. Law 0963.
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THOMASON Jnr John W.
Fix Bayonets!. With the US Marine Corps in France, 1917-1918. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of thre original edition of 1925. Enser, p.380 (recording the original edition).
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NELSON Admiral Horatio
Nelson's Letters to Lady Hamilton and related Documents. Edited by Marianne Czisnik NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, wit portraits; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 167.
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SCHMALENBACH Fregattenkapitan Paul
Warship Profile 33: German Battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., 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. One of the scarcest titles in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 1682
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HMS HOOD
HMS Hood. A Short Account of her Forbears and of Herself. A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous full-page photographs in the text and full-page map, neat veteran's inscription on frontispiece recto and title; original red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
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ADMIRALTY.
Manual of Seamanship 1937. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Volume One [only]. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE STANDARD WWII EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with 26 coloured plates, 15 plates in monochrome, very numerous illustrations and diagrams (many full-page) in the text and 2 large folding plans, small scuff-mark on front paste-down; original navy cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, red sprinkled edges, short split in upper joint else a near fine copy. With front and rear trade advertisement endpapers. The 1937 edition of the 'pusser's bible' was the first major revision since 1932. First issued in 1938, it was reprinted each year until 1943 (though curiously we have been unable to confirm a 1939 issue). All reprints are very slightly abridged (mostly in terms of illustration; in particular the expensive plate overlays of the first impression were quickly abandoned with the outbreak of hostilities). Well produced and exceptionally well illustrated, it was in common use with officers and ratings alike (unlike its sister the Manual of Navigation), and there is a fair argument for its being today the most evocative Royal Navy publication of the war years. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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KEMP Peter
The British Sailor. A Social History of the Lower Deck. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PHILLIPS C .E. Lucas
The Greatest Raid of All. With Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 37 plates on 16, 22 illustrations, maps and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter reinforced on inner surface and creased with minor loss at edges. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Francis Russell Flint. The first and still the best all-round account of Operation CHARIOT, the Combined Operations raid on St. Nazaire in 1942. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS NOW VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.392; Law 0475; Mulholland & Jordan L71.
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CORRY Commander Alvin Coote
The Executive Officer's Orders, etc. with regard to the Internal Economy of a Man-of-War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, expertly recased, a near fine copy. With the QRAI revision slip (printed in red) mounted facing p. 71. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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WARLOW Lt.-Commander Ben
The Royal Navy at Malta 1900-2000. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous full-page photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Invaluable collection of fine photographs, many not easily obtaoinable elsewhere.
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RUSSELL Sean Thomas
Take, Burn or Destroy. [First US Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, with endpaper maps; green boards, upper board blocked in gilt, blue cloth lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Third volume of the Charles Hayden/HMS Themis sequence, following a Lieutenant of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Published in the UK as 'A Ship of War'.
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SILVERSTONE Paul
US Warships of World War I. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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