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CUNNINGHAM Admiral Lord
The Cunningham Papers. Selections from the private and official Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. Volume I: The Mediterranean Fleet 1939-1942 [with] Vol. II: The Triumph of Allied Sea Power 1942-1946. Edited by Michael Simpson. NEAR FINE SET
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and maps; original series binding of blue cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set. Navy Records Society, vols. 140 and 150.
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MACDOUGALL, ed. Philip
Chatham Dockyard 1815-1865. The Industrial Transformation. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Navy Records Society, vol. 154.
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MORRISS, ed. Roger
The Channel Fleet and the Blockade of Brest, 1793-1801. Based in Part on Transcripts made by the late Richard C. Saxby. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Navy Records Society, vol. 141.
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KNIGHTON C. S.
The Navy of Edward VI and Mary I. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 3 maps; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Navy Records Society, vol. 157.
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LAUGHTON Professor Sir John Knox
Letters and Papers of Professor Sir John Knox Laughton, 1830-1915. Edited by Andrew Lambert. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Navy Records Society, vol. 143.
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HALPERN, ed. Paul
The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece and maps in the text; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 158.
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ROSE, ed. Susan
The Naval Miscellany. Volume VII. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 153.
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WATTS Anthony J.
Japanese Warships of World War II. [Fourth Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression, with very numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, one gathering loose else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. This standard reference, the first single-volume work with anything like a claim to authority, was first published in 1966. Increasingly elusive in this condition.
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BOWYER Chaz
Eugene Esmonde VC, DSO. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This well illustrated biography of Esmonde - the best to date - inevitably concentrates on the Bismarck and Channel Dash actions. A valuable complement to Robertson's 'Channel Dash' (1958); the attack comprised six Swordfish torpedo bombers, each with a crew of three, versus the battlecruisers SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU and the heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN. Impossibly outgunned, the six old aircraft nevertheless pressed home their attack, during which all six machines were destroyed. Of the eighteen crewmen involved only five survived. Law, 0756; Mulholland & Jordan B87.
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SELIGMAN Adrian
No Stars to Guide. Decorations by Konstance Pares. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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), some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; sand cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. 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 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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POOLMAN Kenneth
The Kelly. Foreword by Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First 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 bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip and with loss at head and tail. Standard operational account of the famous destroyer commanded by Mountbatten, from its early days in the North Sea to its sinking off Crete. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.126; Law, 1064.
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HICKLING Hugh
The English Flotilla. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; rose cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Biro. One of relatively few works of fiction set aboard Royal Navy landing craft in WWII. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MONSARRAT Nicholas
Three Corvettes. Comprising HM Corvette, East Coast Corvette, Corvette Command. [Second Edition. With new Preface by the Author.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 8 plates on 6, small personal name-stamp on front free endpaper; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by James Holland. 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 includes a new Preface by the author giving an account of the works' genesis. ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE WITH THE DUSTWRAPPER IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.120; Law 1010 (both recording the first edition).
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POPE Dudley
The Battle of the River Plate. Foreword by Admiral Sir Edward Parry. Preface by Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., Fist Edition, with frontispiece, 20 plates on 14, full-page map in the text, front endpaper map and rear endpaper chart; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Heinz Kurth. The best and most detailed single-volume account, with many valuable appendices. Parry commanded ACHILLES, Woodhouse commanded AJAX during the action. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.190; Law 0113.
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WOOD Richard
Abandon Ship. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written personal account of life at sea in the Royal Navy 1939-1945.
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ADMIRALTY
Manual of Seamanship 1937. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Volume One [only]. [Third Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 1941 REISSUE
8vo., Third Impression, with 26 coloured plates, 15 plates in monochrome, very numerous illustrations and diagrams (many full-page) in the text and 2 large folding plans; original navy blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean 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. Bright, firm copy of the standard WWII edition.
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ADMIRALTY.
Manual of Seamanship 1937. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Volume One [only]. THE 1943 REISSUE IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., with 26 coloured plates, 15 plates in monochrome, very numerous illustrations and diagrams (many full-page) in the text and 2 large folding plans; 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 an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 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. AN ELEGANT COPY OF THE STANDARD WWII ISSUE.
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WATERS Conrad
British Town Class Cruisers. Design, Development and Performance. SOUTHAMPTON and BELFAST Classes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with photograp[hic title-spread, very numerous fine coloured and monochrome photographs, and detailed ddrawings throughout; grey cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed and splendidly illustrated account of the ten ships of this class. Includes wartime operations, battle honours and fates.
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MOULTON Major-General J.L.
Famous Regiments. The Royal Marines. [Introduction by Lt. General Sir Brian Horrocks]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original series binding of red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks.
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ADMIRALTY
A Seaman's Pocket-Book. June 1943. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Introduced by Brian Lavery. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FACSIMILE EDITION
8vo., with coloured plates and very numerous monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text; white cloth, blue cloth back lettered in white, a near fine copy. High-quality facsimile of the original edition of 1943. Original Publication Code BR 827. This deceptively detailed and compact guide was aimed primarily at HO ratings that by now were forming an increasing proportion of ships' companies.
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CHALMERS Rear-Admiral W.S.
Max Horton and Western Approaches. A Biography of Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates, and maps in the text; blue gilt, gilt device on upper board, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by C.E. Turner. The greater part concerns Horton's career in WWII; as C-in-C Western Approaches he was ultimately responsible for decisive victory in the Atlantic. An important and readable account. The first edition is increasingly elusive in this condition. Enser, p.266; Law, 0199; NMM II/1 685.
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KEEGAN John
The Price of Admiralty. War at Sea from Man of War to Submarine. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. Second Impression, with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the later sunned on front panel.
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McCART Neil
Fearless and Intrepid 1965-2002. The Royal Navy's First Purpose-Built Assault Ships. Foreword by Commodore A.J.S. Taylor. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers, blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
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SCHUBERT Paul
Death of a Fleet 1917-1919. With a Preface by Vice-Admiral J.E.T. Harper. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and plates; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE. Enser, p.157.
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HOLLOWAY Adrian
From Dartmouth to War. A Midshipman's Journal. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The author was appointed to HMS INDOMITABLE just prior to the Japanese surrender.
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ADMIRALTY
A Seaman's Pocket-Book. June 1943. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. SOLE WARTIME EDITION: 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, covers lightly age-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Publication code BR 827. With 2 pages of trade advertisements at front. 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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PARRATT Geoffrey
The Royal Navy. The Sure Shield of the Empire. With a Foreword by Vice-Admiral J.E.T. Harper. PARRATT IN SIGNED ARDINGLY PRIZE BINDING
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, half-title, title and following several leaves mildly spotted; bound in navy polished half calf BY FOYLE OF LONDON, blue cloth boards, upper board blocked with Ardingly College motto in gilt, back with raised bands, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, boards lightly rubbed else a bright, firm copy. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. This copy was awarded as Junior Carpentry Prize in 1939, signed by A.C. Blunt (master) and Ernest C. Crosse (headmaster 1933-1946).
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MAHAN Alfred T.
Types of Naval Officers drawn from the History of the British Navy. With some Account of the Conditions of Naval Warfare at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century, and of its subsequent Development during the Sail Period. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST UK EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard captioned in red), 5 plates of portraits (all original tissue guards captioned in red) and full-page plan, neat inscription on blank preliminary recto; original navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, hand-made endpapers, a bright, clean copy. Collects essays on Hawke, Rodney, Howe, Jervis, Saumarez and Pellew. Published simultaneously with the US edition. Hattendorf A10b.
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CHALMERS Rear-Admiral W.S.
The Life and Letters of David, Earl Beatty. Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Borodale of Wexford, Baron Beatty of the North Sea and of Brooksby. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 22 sepia-toned plates and 12 diagrams (6 of Jutland) in the text, free endpapers lightly spotted; navy cloth, upper board clocked in gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Albion, p.275; NMM II/1, 279.
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LAUTENSCHLAGER Karl
Warship Profile 39: USS Mississippi (BB23). Greek Kilkis. 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.
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SCHMALENBACH Paul
Warship Profile 6: KM Prinz Eugen. Heavy Cruiser 1938-1947. 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, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. One of the scarcest titles in this valuable and much sought-after series.
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CRACKNELL Commander W. H.
Warship Profile 3: USS Hornet (CV8). Aircraft Carrier. 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.
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JENKINS Commander C. A.
Warship Profile 23. HMS Furious. Aircraft Carrier 1917-1948. Part 1: The First Eight Years. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wire-stitches rusting as often else a bright, clean copy. Profile's'Warship' series no.23. Covers the years 1917-1925 with much detail on construction. Law 0963. [A second part not present here covers the years 1926-48]
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LATHAM, ed. Robert
Samuel Pepys and the Second Dutch War. Pepys's Navy White Book and Brooke House Papers. Transcribed by William Matthews and by Charles Knighton. Edited by Robert Latham. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 133.
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PRESTON Antony
Warship Profile 32: HMS Cavalier and the 'CA' Class Destroyers. 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 near fine copy. The sole remaining British destroyer of WWII, HMS CAVALIER is now preserved as a museum ship at Chatham. Law, 1065
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POLLOCK George
The Jervis Bay. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with portrait frontispiece and 7 plates on 6, neat inscription on front free endpaper; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a large relevant cutting loosely inserted. The heroic story of Fogarty Fegan and his gallant ship's company who sacrificed themselves to save their convoy from pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. Includes a bibliography. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.272; Law 0278.
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MACLEAN Alistair
HMS Ulysses. BRIGHT, CLEAN XL COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL
8vo., First Edition; blue library cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. THIS COPY IS REBOUND WITHOUT THE ENDPAPER MAP AND CHART. The author's first novel, following his service in the Royal Navy during WWII: a dramatic tale of a light cruiser escorting Arctic convoys. Due primarily to its vivid description of life above and below decks, it is one of the few works of fiction recorded by Law. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Law, 1864.
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ENGLISH John
Afridi to Nizam. British Fleet Destroyers 1937-43. FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Detailed biographies of the 'Tribals' and 'J' to 'N' classes. SCARCE.
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OSBORNE, Richard
Armed Merchant Cruisers 1878-1945. FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; laminated pictorial boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, a fine copy. Invaluable reference with detailed biographies of every vessel of the class. SCARCE.
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DORRIAN James G.
Storming St. Nazaire. The Gripping Story of the Dock-Busting Raid March, 1942. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 45 plates on 16 and several maps in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable complement to Phillips, Ryder and Newman, this is a carefully crafted retelling through eye-witness accounts. Useful photographs, especially of other ranks.
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RIGBY Albert
MMS 172. A Telegraphist's Experience of Wartime Minesweeping. FINE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout; navy buckram, upper board lettered in gilt, a fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. A much-needed addition to the scandously under-written record of the Royal Naval Patrol Service in WWII. Comprised partly of MMS (Motor Magnetic Minesweepers) the RNPS [affectionately known as 'Harry Tate's Navy'] worked tirelessly throughout the conflict in virtually every theatre. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDTION.
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WARNER Oliver
Cunningham of Hyndhope. Admiral of the Fleet. A Memoir. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and folding map on blue stock; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. Regarded by many as the outstanding British naval commander of WWII, 'ABC' wrote his autobiography 'A Sailor's Odyssey' in 1951. The present (authorised) memoir does much to fill the inevitable gaps. Law, 0679.
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ROBERTSON R. G.
Warship Profile 19: HMS Hood Battle-Cruiser 1916-1941. Operational History. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Law, 0989.
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LENTON H. T.
Warships of World War II. Second [and Best] Edition. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at extremities. A standard reference on the RN of WWII. Initially issued as a series of eight booklets categorised by warship type throughout the early 1960s, the work was first published as an omnibus volume in 1964. This edition incorporates much new material throughout, including updated fates and war losses; the sections on trawlers, drifters and smaller craft in particular are substantially expanded. Law, 0948
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PRANGE Gordon W.
At Dawn We Slept. The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE UK EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; grey boards, ivory cloth back lettered in red, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition, the UK version is considerably scarcer than its American counterpart. Enser, p.173.
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MACLEAN Alistair
HMS Ulysses. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO WITH SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition, with front endpaper map and rear endpaper diagram; 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 an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the author's first novel, following his service in the Royal Navy during WWII: a dramatic tale of a light cruiser escorting Arctic convoys. Due primarily to its vivid description of life above and below decks, it is one of the few works of fiction recorded by Law. Law, 1864.
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SMITH Peter C.
Hit First, Hit Hard. The Story of HMS Renown 1916-1948. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and diagrams, small inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The first dedicated account of one of the most famous and hardest-worked capital ships of WWII. She served from Norway to the Japanese surrender, including Force H, the Arctic convoys and the East Indies Fleet. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.23; Low, 0991.
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WATTS Anthony J.
The Imperial Japanese Navy. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and detailed diagrams in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, housed in publisher's original (and very striking) board slip-case. Standard reference with considerable technical detail of all classes. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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FUCHIDA Mitsuo
Midway. The Battle that doomed Japan. Foreword by Professor Michael Lewis. [Introduction by Admiral Kondo. Translation by M. Chihaya. Edited from the Japanese edition by C.H. Kawakami and R. Pineau]. [First UK Edition]. FIRST UK EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition thus, with 49 plates on 16, several maps and charts in the text and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark green 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, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The standard account from the Japanese perspective and a classic of WWII. One of the foremost figures in the IJNAF, Mitsuo Fuchida was strike force commander at Pearl Harbor. Unable to take part in operations at Midway due to a recent appendix operation he watched the action from the deck of the flagship, taking notes as events unfolded. Subsequently, he was one of the few Japanese naval officers permitted to study the reports of the battle and is therefore uniquely qualified to deliver this account. For the first US edition (published for USNI) the Japanese original was translated into English by Commander Chihaya and edited by Kawakami and Pineau; their text is repeated here. Importantly, the Japanese photographs (although of poorer quality) are retained, and supplemented by a small number of well-chosen USN pictures. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Albion, p.297; Enser, p. 515.
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BARNETT Correlli
Engage the Enemy more Closely. The Royal Navy in the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; navy cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Meticulously researched account, by an eminent historian, of the Royal Navy’s part in WWII. A fascinating modern complement to Roskill.
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