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1973rif. TB22762Salem Mass.: The Peabody Museum of Salem January 1973 to January 1976. A complete run of 13 issues of The American Neptune all in very good or better conditions in heavy printed paper wraps with glued bindings. Without dust jackets as issued. This collection includes: Vol. XXXII Numbers 1 2 3 and 4. Volume XXXIV Numbers 1 2 3 and 4. Volume XXXV Numbers 1 2 3 and 4; and Volume XXXVI Number 1. The Peabody Museum of Salem paperback books
1984rif. 10603Salem Massachusetts: Peabody Museum 1984. 68 pages; Quarterly periodical devoted to maritime history; with articles Shipowning and Shipbuilding in Colonial South Carolina: An Overview Converse D. Clowse; William Bainbridge A Journal from City of Washington to Pensacola on USS Hornet Return on USS John Adams and By Stagecoach from Savannah Georgia to Petersburgh Virginia October-December 1825 by George F. Pearce; The Confederate Naval Squadron at Charleston and the Failure of Naval Harbor Defense Paul D. Lockhart; more; 8 1/2" x 11" format; paper wrap covers; light wear; very good condition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Peabody Museum Paperback books
20068vo., First Edition thus, with 12 photographs and 12 maps; printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Photocopy facsimiles of the original edition of 1956. Covers the three major airborne operations in NW Europe during World War II: NEPTUNE (D-Day), MARKET GARDEN (Arnhem) and VARSITY (Rhine Crossing). Well illustrated and with much statistical detail of troops and transports.
19744to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, maps and diagrams in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps, four leaves poorly opened at upper margin, page-edges very lightly browned as usual; cloth, gilt back, a very good, firm copy in price-clipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SIGNED BY TUTE, COSTELLO AND HUGHES ON A BOOKPLATE AFFIXED TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. Excellent overall survey by three acclaimed naval and military historians. Published to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the landings, the strong and deceptively detailed text is supported by a wealth of well-chosen and captioned photographs. It was the first major publication to utilise recently declassified official records, and also includes numerous eye-witness accounts. Material signed by Costello in particular is very scarce.
1994Together 5 vols., 8vo., First Editions, with 31 figures, and 30 folding maps and plans in separate wallets; navy cloth gilt, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs [text volumes], original printed wrappers [map, diagram and errata wallets], a fine copy in the publisher's pictorial slip-case as issued. Admiralty Battle Summaries were written relatively soon after the events they describe (the last of the present collection was produced in 1952) and are based on official documentary material which did not become available to the public at large until 1968. They were written by authors who understood thoroughly their topics, as follows: Operation 'Neptune': Commander L.J. Pitrcairn-Jones; The Campaign in North-West Europe: Commander J.H. Lloyd-Owen; Operation 'Dragoon': Commander W.E.H. Westall. In due course, the volumes became basic reference sources for the authors of the Cabinet Office series of OFFICIAL HISTORIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
20038vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy
19952 vols., roy. 8vo., with many thousands of photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole set housed in publisher's black cloth slip-case. The definitive pictorial retrospective, based on the 'before and after' photographic technique for which this publisher is renowned. A superb set. Not recorded by Enser.
1980Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers; blue faux-morocco, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. The definitive pictorial retrospective, based on the 'then and now' photographic matches for which this publisher is renowned.
20048vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.136.
19968vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19734to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.291.
19448vo., Second Impression, with 23 plates (one double-page); blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Early contemporary account of the reality of the D-Day Landings. Published in the same month as the first edition. Enser, p.31; Law, 0553.
19788vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.163; Law 0557.
19468vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear. An insider's account of the planning of D-Day and beyond. Enser, p.202.
19798vo., First Edition, with plates; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.63.
19468vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, boards lightly age-faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The story of the Gooseberries or blockships used in the Mulberry Harbours during D-Day, told by the naval OIC. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.384; Law 0587.
19858vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19944to., 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.
20198vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations, maps in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, black cloth back lettered in red and white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
19768vo., 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
20038vo., 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.
19608vo., Third Impression, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. 'Third Impression before Publication'. Includes a good bibliography. The dustwrapper is unusual in that the publisher's blurb occupies the whole of the inner surface. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
19608vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark red 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, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Includes a good bibliography. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
19608vo., First Edition, with 28 plates on 16 and coloured endpaper maps, fore-edges lightly browned as often; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrapper lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Includes a good bibliography. The dustwrapper is unusual in that the publisher's blurb occupies the whole of the inner surface. Compiled from many participants' accounts, this is still the finest one-volume account of D-Day. It is the basis of Ken Annakin's well-known feature film (1962) starring John Wayne, Kenneth More and a host of other stars. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.292.
19848vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Masterly compilation of eyewitness accounts with thorough background. Enser, p.162.
