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19418vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 11 plates, 3 illustrations in the text and front and rear endpaper maps, endpapers lightly browned; cloth, minor spotting to fore-edges else a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. Scarce, especially in this condition. Includes a bibliography. A copy of the (remarkably well preserved) original sales receipt from Foyles of London is loosely inserted. Law, 0246.
1943Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 6 plates and a full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The first year of the war as fought by a fictitious 'V&W' based on actual events and certainly not fiction. Plates have naturally been censored. Scarce in this condition. Law, 1078.
1943Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 6 plates and a full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy. The first year of the war as fought by a fictitious 'V&W' based on actual events and certainly not fiction. Plates have naturally been censored. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.126; Law, 1078.
1986Oblong 4to., with a frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. Law 1732.
20032 vols., sm. folio, Second Edition, with full-page maps in the text; original laminated pictorial boards, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Career Histories U1-U510; Vol. II: Career Histories U511-UIT25. First published in 1997. A standard reference, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork (repeated on boards) by Claus Bergen. Already uncommon in anything like this condition.
19538vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, plates and a full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, covers a little faded else a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed at edges. With the errata slip. One of the earliest accounts of the war at sea from the German viewpoint; scarce and remarkable photographs. Law, 1647.
19768vo., First Edition, with 35 plates, 8 maps and 3 diagrams; blue tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Both convoys sailed in March 1943, the month when the Germans came closest to winning the Battle of the Atlantic. They are examined in depth and, whilst chosen for their own importance, they serve also to illustrat the typical hazards, dangers and successes of the Atlantic convoy system. Enser, p.60; Law 0271.
2000Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality facsimiles of over 100 maps held in the archives of the Public Record Office, London, and covering the majority of European theatres and the Battle of the Atlantic.
19738vo., First Edition, with 38 plates on 12; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A moving account of convoy SC7 [from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the UK] in October 1940. The convoy was badly mauled by the first use of 'wolf-pack' tactics, later to become commonplace in the North Atlantic. Well-illustrated with valuable photographs of ships and men not easily available elsewhere. Dustwrapper artwork by Admiralty War Artist Jim Morris. Enser, p.429; Law, 0270.
19838vo., First Edition; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Second novel (following 'Convoy') in the Ned Yorke sequence with the Royal Navy in WWII. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Ian Robertson.
19792 vols., 4to., First Edition, text in German, with very numerous photographs, diagrams and charts in the text, and illustrated endpapers; grey cloth, backstrips lettered in navy blue, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
19588vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 33 plates on 28, front endpaper chart in red, green and black, and double-page folding plan at end; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. The remarkable story of how an eminent lawyer became one of the war's most effective inventors. Commissioned into the RNVR, Terrell was the originator of 'plastic armour', the 'scorpion', and the 'rocket bomb', all of which played a role in the fight against the U-boats. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.403; Law 1253.
19458vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 53 plates on 30, endpapers lightly spotted; original backstrip lettered in red, a good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-marked and creased and frayed (without significant loss) at edges. Vividly-written and well-illustrated survey of Coastal Command's contribution to the U-boat war. Very scarce. Enser, p.110.
19518vo., Fourth Impression, with a double-page map; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, blue ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published four months after the first edition and the last impression issued in the year of first publication. 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
19878vo., First Edition, with 29 plates on 12 and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Moving account of convoy OG71 which sailed from Liverpool for Gibraltar in August 1941. The convoy was badly hit by U-boats resulting in the loss of several escorts and merchant vessels. Most dreadful of all was the death of twenty-two Wrens (the first such loss of the war) in the Commodore's steamer Aguila. Dustwrapper artwork and text illustrations by Tom Shuttleworth who served during the convoy abroad HMS Wallflower. It is notable that Nicholas Monsarrat, present aboard the Flower-class corvette HMS Campanula, termed this action 'my particular nightmare' and later based Lt.-Cmdr George Ericson of 'The Cruel Sea' on Captain Charles Cuthbertson, captain of HMS Zinnia. Another vividly-written account by a team with a well-deserved reputation for historical accuracy and carefully collected vernacular material.
19558vo., First Edition thus, with a fine portrait frontispiece and 6 plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at upper edge of front panel and head of backstrip. First trade edition of an account first issued in a limited edition by the 'Liverpool Daily Post' in 1948. Enser, p.298; Law, 0222 (recording the 1948 edition).
19888vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and charts in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Not recorded by Enser.
19923 vols. in 1, sm. folio, Second Impression thus, with full-page coloured map and other maps in the text; black cloth [together with] separate card folder containing 5 very large folding maps and diagrams, both volumes housed in publisher's pictorial board slip-case, a near fine copy. Much-needed facsimile of a classified document providing a cogent analysis of the U-boat offensive in the Atlantic during WWII. It was written by Hessler (son-in-law to Donitz and wartime commander of U.107) who was given free access to the war diaries and primary sources of the German navy. A standard reference, first published in 1989.
19778vo., Second Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs in the text, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent and particularly well-illustrated account of the history, structure and equipment of the U-boat arm. Enser, p.220; Law 1729 (both recording the first edition).
19598vo., First Edition, with 15 plates on 8, diagram and 5 maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Roskill's account of the capture of submarines, principally that of U-110 captured intact during Convoy OB318. Suppressed during the war, the story appears here for the first time. TTHE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.430; Law, 0261.
19628vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip and lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. Dustwrapper artwork by Michael Harvey.
19748vo., First Edition, small neat personal stamp on front free endpaper; blue cloth,gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19458vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 53 plates on 30, endpapers lightly spotted, neat ATC Squadron stamp on front free endpaper; original backstrip lettered in red, a very good, firm, clean copy. Vividly-written and well-illustrated survey of Coastal Command's contribution to the U-boat war. VERY SCARCE. Enser p.110.
19618vo. First Edition with 2 plates on 1 as frontispiece 8 plates on 4 and a full-page map in the text; cloth backstrip lettered and blocked in yellow and blue a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly age-marked on lower panel. The first full-length study of a North Atlantic convoy vividly-written and carefully compiled from official sources supported by personal accounts on both sides. At times it delivers a minute-by-minute of the 'fiercest battle' against several wolf-pack
19518vo., Second Impression, with double-page map, some very light and occasional spotting; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, boards with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, blue ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published a month after the first edition. 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
