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EVERITT Don
The K Boats. A dramatic First Report of the Navy's most calamitous Submarines. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 12, several maps and charts (a number full-page) in the text and a large folding plan on japon; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, copy in dustwrapper. Still the best account of the Royal Navy's attempt to match the Kaiser's U-boats in WWI. The twin-funnelled 'K-class' boats were the biggest and fastest submarines of WWI but met with a series of tragic mishaps; of the seventeen craft commissioned not one survived disaster. Fisher was moved to exclaim 'I have not yet mastered on what basis our submarines harm the enemy more than themselves!' SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.342
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LYON David
Warship Profile 2: HMS Cossack. Tribal Class Destroyer. 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. Probably the scarcest title in this splendid series.
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ALLAWAY Jim
Hero of the Upholder. The Story of Lieutenant Commander M. D. Wanklyn VC. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Mulholland & Jordan A14.
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KEEVIL J. J.
Medicine and the Navy 1200-1900. Introduction by Sir Henry Dale. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 3 frontispiece and numerous plates and charts (a number folding); navy cloth, backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt and red, a near fine set in dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly sunned as usual at backstrips. BRIGHT, CRISP SET OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1200-1649 (1957); Vol. II: 1649-1714 (1958); Vol. III: 1714-1815 (1961); Vol. IV: 1815-1900 (1963). With relevant ephemera loosely inserted and/or mounted on paste-downs. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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SMITH Stan
Sea of Memories. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal memoir by one of the few remaining survivors of Jutland, where he served aboard HMS SPITFIRE. Also covers the Russian Revolution, Spanish Civil War and WWII.
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WOODMAN Richard
The Arctic Convoys 1941-1945. [Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 16 and 7 maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, fore-edge lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This major and comprehensive review is already scarce.
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EDWARDS Bernard
The Cruel Sea Retold. The Truth behind Monsarrat's Epic Convoy Drama. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO HG73 VETERAN
8vo., First Edition; with 17 plates on 8; original black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. THE RECIPIENT IS BELIVED TO BE GEORGE MONK, RADIO OFFICER ABOARD THE DANISH VESSEL EBRO IN CONVOY HG73. An established naval historian retells the stories of three convoys - OG71, HG73 and HG76 - on which Monsarrat drew for his splendid novel. SCARCE.
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GUTTERIDGE, ed. H. C.
Nelson and the Neapolitan Jacobins. Documents relating to the Suppression of the Jacobin Revolution at Naples, June 1799. Edited by H.C. Gutteridge. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece map, free endpapers very lightly browned; original series binding of ivory buckram blocked in gilt, blue buckram back lettered in gilt, uncut, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound) else a brght, clean copy. Navy Records Society, vol. XXV.
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NORTHCOTT Maurice P.
Ensign 8. Renown and Repulse. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with large folding coloured plans, and numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. As always with this series, an excellent technical account. INCREASINGLY SCARCE. Law, 0987
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MACINTYRE Donald
The Battle of the Atlantic. [Batsford British Battles series.] SHERBORNE PRIZE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 54 plates on 30; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt with the arms of Sherborne School, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. With the prize bookplate of Sherborne School on front paste-down. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Battles' series, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Norman Wilkinson. One of the best general histories. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p. 297; Law, 0211.
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TARRANT V. E.
King George V Class Battleships. FINE COPY OF THE PAPERBACK ISSUE
8vo., with numerous photographs and drawings throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first dedicated monograph on this famous class, comprising ANSON, DUKE OF YORK, HOWE, KING GEORGE V, PRINCE OF WALES. Includes detailed service histories covering between them virtually every naval theatre of WWII.
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JAMES William
The Naval History of Great Britain. from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV in January 1820. A New Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements, including Diagrams of all the principal Actions. [VOLUMES V and VI. THESE VOLUMES ONLY] TWO ODD VOLUMES IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
2 vols., [of 6], 8vo., with diagrams in the text,and 9 large folding Abstracts in second volume, some mild spotting (slightly heavier in second volume); strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, backs with flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartments lettered in gilt, both very good, firm copies. With the fine nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of James Wells Armstrong on front paste-downs. Volume V covers the period 1808-1811; Volume VI from 1811 to 1820.
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SAKAIDA] [Henry
Imperial Japanese Navy Aces of World War 2. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 4. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. With striking cover artwork by Iain Wyllie.
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WARD Peter
From Africa to the Arctic. A Year on the Destroyer HMS Beagle during WWII. NEAR FINE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. Wartime service on a typically hard-worked B-Class destroyer. Includes West African convoys, Scharnhorst, Normandy, and Arctic convoys.
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SETH Ronald
Two Fleets surprised. The Story of the Battle of Cape Matapan: Mediterranean, March 1941. Foreword by His Excellency Admiral Angelo Iachino, C-in-C of the Italian Fleet at Matapan and Admiral Sir William James. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 12 plates on 6 and several charts and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, pale green top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first minute-by-minute account of the action, but largely from the Italian side. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.97; Law, 0300
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COOKSLEY Peter G.
Operation Thunderbolt. The Nazi Warships' Escape 1942. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 27 plates on 16 and 6 maps (several full-page) jn the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The best recent dedicated account of the Channel Dash, respectively code-named THUNDERBOLT (British) and CERBERUS (German), with striking dustwrapper artwork by Peter Endsleigh Castle. Published to mark the fortieth anniversary. Enser, p.109; Law 0492.
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BASSETT Ronald
Battle-Cruisers. A History 1908-48. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 15 plates on 8, and 9 detailed drawings of plans and elevations and 7 maps (1 double-page and 6 full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference covering the sixteen RN, RAN and RNZN vessels of this category: HMSs INVINCIBLE, INFLEXIBLE, INDOMITABLE, INDEFATIGABLE, LION, QUEEN MARY, PRINCESS ROYAL, TIGER, RENOWN, REPULSE, FURIOUS, COURAGEOUS, GLORIOUS, HOOD, HMAS AUSTRALIA and HMNZS NEW ZEALAND. Law, 0981.
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TUTE Warren
The Deadly Stroke. Introduction by John Colville. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 7 plates on 4 and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent analysis of the reasons for Mers-el-Kebir and the course of the battle, Tute followed this work with a broader picture of the Vichy-Free French-Allies tangle in 'The Reluctant Enemies' (1990). Includes a bibliography and table of French casualties. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Law, 0192
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SMITH Peter C.
Battleship Royal Sovereign and her Sister Ships. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 49 plates on 16, text pages very lightly browning at edges; original grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers ROYAL SOVEREIGN ('Tiddly Quid'), REVENGE, RAMILLIES, RESOLUTION, and the ill-fated ROYAL OAK. Although classified by Churchill as 'coffin ships' these aged veterans of WWI fought strenuously throughout WWII; surprisingly, all but one survived. THE FIRST EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN DUSTWRAPPER.
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MCCART Neil
Town Class Cruisers. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and illustrated endpapers, neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Detailed career histories of the ten vessels of this well-known class.
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PRESCOTT-PICKUP Vernon E.
Falklands Task Force. A Picture Album recording the Argentine Invasion of the Falklands Islands and a mighty maritime Enterprise, 2 April to 2 May 1982 NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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RAVEN, Alan
Man o' War 1-7. [THE SERIES COMPLETE.]. County Class Cruisers [with] V and W Class Destroyers [with] Battleships Rodney and Nelson [with] Hunt Class Escort Destroyers [with] Town Class Cruisers [with] Hood [with] Flower Class Corvettes. COMPLETE SET IN NEAR FINE STATE
7 vols., 4to., First Edition, each volume with large double-page gatefold coloured plates (bearing numerous detailed line diagrams), and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; original pictorial wrappers, laminated as issued, covers a little browned else a near fine set. The series comprises: 1: County Class Cruisers (Raven & Roberts, 1979); 2: V and W Class Destroyers (Raven and Roberts, 1979); 3: Battleships Rodney and Nelson (Raven and Roberts, 1979); 4: Hunt Class Escort Destroyers (Raven and Roberts, 1981); 5: Town Class Cruisers (Raven and Roberts, 1980); 6: Hood (Northcott, 1981); 7: Flower Class Corvettes (Preston and Raven, 1982). Full set of this outstanding series compiled and illustrated by some the leading warship historians of their generation. Each volume provides a detailed technical and operational history with valuable photographs and excellent illustrations depicting camouflage and colour schemes. Essentially a successor to Bivouac's Ensign series and forerunner of Conway's later 'Anatomy of the Ship' series. No. 5 was first published as Ensign 5 (1975); No. 6 as an Ensign Special (1975); No. 7 as Ensign 3 (1973). ALL VOLUMES ARE INCREASINGLY UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE. Law, 1029, 1070, 1000, 1069, 1030, 0986, 1011 respectively.
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FRIEDMAN Norman
US Battleships. An Illustrated Design History. Ship Plans by Alan Raven and A. D. Baker III. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ROSS Al
Anatomy of the Ship. The Destroyer Campbeltown. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., Second Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations and detailed drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with gatefold plan on reverse. Revised version (with gatefold plan) of the original edition of 1990. Published in Conway's valuable 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. Includes full descriptions of the alterations effected for her role as blockship at St. Nazaire.
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CONNELL G. G.
Mediterranean Maelstrom. HMS Jervis and the 14th Flotilla. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 101 plates on 24, and full-page illustrations, full-page chart and double-page map in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. HMS Jervis served continuously from the outbreak of WWII to the cessation of hostilities in Europe. As leader, successively, of 7th and 14th flotillas she was awarded no fewer than thirteen battle honours, a record shared by only two other ships of the fleet. Connell concentrates on her time as leader of the 14th Flotilla, mainly in the Mediterranean, using much first-person material and a wealth of well-chosen photographs (many from previously unpublished personal collections). Several useful appendixes. Law 1046.
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FRACCAROLI Aldo
Italian Warships of World War I. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, laminated dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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STERN Robert C.
US Battleships in Action. Part 1. [THIS PART ONLY.]. Illustrated by Don Greer. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with photographs and coloured line drawings in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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BUDZBON Przemyslaw
Soviet Navy at War 1941-1945. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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BEAVER Paul
WWII Photo Album 17. E-Boats and Coastal Craft. A Selection of German Wartime Photographs from the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous illustrations from photographs in the text; black cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. As always with this series, a useful and well-reproduced collection of detailed photographs. Law, 1643.
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RAVEN Alan
Ensign 4. Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., with large folding coloured plan, and numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. As always with this series, an excellent technical history. Law, 1003.
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DICKENS Captain Peter
Warship Profile 20: HMS Hesperus. Ex-Brazilian 'H'-Class Destroyer.. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with double-page spread of coloured illustrations and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. The ex-Brazilian 'H-class' destroyers featured heavily in the Atlantic. Law, 1049.
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WOODMAN Richard
A History of the British Merchant Navy. With a Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal. [Complete set.] THE FIRST DEDICATED HISTORY OF BRITAIN'S MERCHANT MARINE
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, coloured plates, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; cloth (black/red/green/red/green respectively), gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Arguably Woodman's magnum opus and certainly the first complete history of Britain's merchant service. The set comprises Vol. 1: Neptune's Trident. Spices and Slaves, 1500-1807 (2008); Vol. 2: Britannia's Realm. In Support of the State, 1763-1815 (2009); Vol. 3: Masters under God. Makers of Empire, 1816-1884 (2009); Vol. 4: More Days, More Dollars. The Universal Bucket Chain, 1885-1920 (2010); Vol. 5: Fiddler's Green. The Great Squandering, 1921-2010 (2010). COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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BONNETT Stanley
The Price of Admiralty. An Indictment of the Royal Navy 1805-1966. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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BASSETT Ronald
HMS Sheffield. The Life and Times of 'Old Shiny'.. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. One of the most famous RN warships of WWII, the 'Shiny Sheff' achieved 12 battle honours and continued to serve until 1966.
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MAHAN Captain Alfred T.
The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812. [Second UK Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE SECOND UK EDITION
2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition thus, with 7 maps (one folding) and 6 battle-charts; original blue cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp copy. The second of Mahan's three great historical surveys of 'sea power' (a term coined by Mahan) which taken together cover the period 1660-1812. 'A valuable work, much more so than his 'Life of Nelson' [Albion]. Albion, p.244; Hattendorf A4d; NMM V:I, 2163; Sandler 2197 (recording the first edition).
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ADMIRALTY.
Nominal List of Ships by Types, built for the Royal Navy, during the Period 3.9.39 - 2.9.45 shewing Programme Year and Date of Acceptance into HM Service. NEAR FINE COPY IN MODERN BOARDS
Folio, First Edition; newly bound in modern navy boards, upper board blocked with RN Crown in gilt above printed paper label, primrose endpapers, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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ADMIRALTY.
Particulars of War Vessels and Aircraft (British Commonwealth of Nations). NEAR FINE COPY IN MODERN BOARDS
Folio, First Edition; newly bound in modern navy boards, upper board blocked with RN Crown in gilt above printed paper label, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy. 'Ships building or projected are omitted during Hostilities, 1939'. Comprehensive table arranged by warship type. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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ADMIRALTY.
Ships of the Royal Navy. Statement of Losses during the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN MODERN BOARDS
Folio, First Edition; newly bound in modern navy boards, upper board blocked with RN Crown in gilt above printed paper label, primrose endpapers, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WATTS [et al] A. J.
Sea Battles in Close-Up. [The complete series]. 'SEA BATTLES IN CLOSE-UP': THE SERIES COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
16 vols., sm. 8vo., with very numerous photographs, diagrams, maps and charts throughout; cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, all very good to near fine copies in dustwrapper, one or two dustwrappers lightly sunned at backstrip. Ian Allan's acclaimed 'Sea Battles in Close-Up' series, launched in 1970 and continued through to 1976, constitutes a landmark in British naval publishing. Compiled by a carefully selected cadre of authors, many of whom have since developed reputations as naval historians of international standing, the 16 volumes are uniformly praised for their accuracy and detail; certainly their relatively small physical size wholly belies their value and importance to scholar and historian alike. The set comprises 1. Watts (A.J). Loss of the Scharnhorst; 2. Pack (S.W.C). Night Action off Cape Matapan; 3. Schofield (B.B). Loss of the Bismarck; 4. Bennett (G). Battle of the River Plate; 5. Pack (S.W.C). The Battle for Crete; 6. Schofield (B.B). The Attack on Taranto; 7. Bennett (G). The Loss of the Prince of Wales & Repulse; 8. Frere-Cook (G). The Attacks on the Tirpitz; 9. Dickens (P). Narvik. Battles in the Fjords; 10. Schofield (B.B). Operation Neptune; 11. SMITH (P.C) and E. Walker. The Battles of the Malta Striking Forces; 12. Millot (B.A). The Battle of the Coral Sea; 13. Dickson (W.D). The Battle of the Philippine Sea; 14. Kemp (P). Escape of the Scharnhorst & Gneisenau; 15. Pack (S.W.C). The Battle of Sirte; 16. Van Oosten (F.C). The Battle of the Java Sea. Law: 0521 (1); 0299 (2); 0253 (3); 0103 (4); 0325 (5); 0303 (6); 0395 (7); 1675 (8); 0125 (9); 0590 (10); 0353 (11); 0422 (12); 0494 (14); 0295 (15); 0415 (16). ALL VOLUMES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION; some titles (notably Narvik and Java Sea) remarkably elusive. COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM AVAILABLE FOR SALE. An outstanding opportunity to acquire a complete set of titles of considerable importance in the history of the Royal Navy in WWII.
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POPE Dudley
Ramage. THE RAMAGE SEQUENCE COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
18 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, one or two wrappers lightly rubbed at extremities. The sequence comprises Ramage (1965), Ramage and the Drumbeat (1968), Ramage and the Freebooters (1969), Governor Ramage RN (1973), Ramage's Prize (1974), Ramage and the Guillotine (1975), Ramage's Diamond (1976), Ramage's Mutiny (1977), Ramage and the Rebels (1978), The Ramage Touch (1979), Ramage's Signal (1980), Ramage and the Renegades (1981), Ramage's Devil (1982), Ramage's Trial (1984), Ramage's Challenge (1985), Ramage at Trafalgar (1986), Ramage and the Saracens (1988), Ramage and the Dido (1989). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE
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CASS, ed. Bevan G.
History of the Sixth Marine Division. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., with frontispiece, numerous photographs and maps in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board blocked wiith unit insignia in gilt and red, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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ROBERTSON Terence
Walker, R.N. The Story of Captain Frederic John Walker. [With a Foreword by Admiral Sir Alexander Madden]. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 34 plates on 16; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with RN Crown in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, blue marker ribbon, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Still the best biography of the Royal Navy's leading U-boat hunter of WWII. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE. Enser, p.383; Law, 0218.
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LONDON GAZETTE
Battle of the Java Sea, 27th February 1942. Supplement to the London Gazette. No. 38346, 7 July 1948. NEAR FINE COPY
Folio, 12pp (one blank) with large folding plan; wire-stitched as issued, one or two small rust marks as often, lower edge light dust-soiled else a near fine copy. 'Supplements to the London Gazette' are of great value to the naval and military historian. In many cases they represent the first publicly published accounts of the engagements concerned, and normally contain excellent maps and plans together with direct transcripts from official despatches not easily available elsewhere. This supplement includes the following transcripts: Commodore J. A. Collins RN (Commanding China Force) to C-in-C Eastern Fleet 17 March 1942; Report by Captain H. M. L. Waller RAN (HMAS PERTH) 27 February 1942; Report by T. J. Cain RN (Senior Surviving Officer, HMS ELECTRA) 27 February 1942; Despatch by Captain O. L. Gordon RN (HMS EXETER) to Admiralty 1 October 1945.
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MCCART Neil
HMS Vanguard 1944-1960. Britain's Last Battleship. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Detailed career history with badge and battle honours. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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WINGATE John
HMS Belfast 1939-1971. In Trust for the Nation. With Illustration by James Goulding. [Warship Profile Expanded Book 4.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, charts and diagrams in the text; black boards, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated and technically detailed, a fine tribute to the museum ship. Law 1038.
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TERMOTE Tomas
War beneath the Waves. U-boat Flottilla Flandern 1915-1918. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers; pictorial boards, a near fine copy. The first detailed account of U-Flottilla Flandern, including many wreck descriptions, and service histories of every U-boat in the fleet.
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LOTT Arnold S
Ship's Data No. 1. USS North Carolina (BB55). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations (a number folding); pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a bright, clean copy.
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FRIEDMAN Norman
Ship's Data No. 7. USS YORKTOWN (CV10). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations (a number folding); pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy.
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BUXTON Ian
Battleship Duke of York. An Anatomy from Building to Breaking. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monchrome pgotograpohs and illustrations; cloth, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The most comprehensive coverage, including builder's plans, of a single British battleship ever attempted.
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SIMPSON, ed. Michael
Anglo-American-Canadian Naval Relations 1943-1945. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece; series binding of navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in yellow, a fine copy. NRS Vol. 168.
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