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19588vo., First Edition thus, with 6 plates on 4 and a double-page map in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Imaginative account of the battleship's last cruise from the German viewpoint; strong depiction of the horror of the final engagement. Increasingly uncommon in this condition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.58; Law, 0247.
19848vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first, and arguably still the best biography of the 'Lion' of the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, and Hitler's chosen successor. Published simultaneously with the UK edition. Enser, p.153 (recording the UK edition).
19558vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper diagrams; elegantly bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 6pp publisher's advertisement at end. Metzler commanded U-69 from her launch until mid-1941 (encompassing the best of the 'Happy Time'). He gives a clear account of his experiences (with some valuable photographs) and a briefer note of the vessel's subsequent career and sinking in February 1943. One of the scarcer U-boat command memoirs. Enser, p.429; Law 1722.
19998vo., First Edition, with plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19438vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at extremities and with loss at head and tail of backstrip. THE UK EDITION IS VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.270; Law 1257.
19868vo., First Edition, with plates, contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19438vo., First Edition, with plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at edges and with loss at upper edge of front panel. Anecdotal account of war in the Atlantic. Two later impressions were published under the author's name of 'G. Morgan'. Enser, p.297; Law 0210.
19898vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps, signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19978vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the US edition.
19968vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19978vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Originally published in 1977, this useful summary covers ASDIC, radar, HFDF, Hedgehog, acoustic torpedoes, schnorkel and other crucial developments.
19598vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; blue cloth, upper board board and backstrip lettered in gilt, backstrip faded else a very good, bright, clean copy.
19568vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, 20 plates on 14, full-page map in the text, front endpaper map and rear endpaper chart, neat German stamp on half-title; black cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly rubbed dustwrapper. Published six months after the first edition. The best and most detailed single-volume account, with many valuable appendices. Parry commanded ACHILLES, Woodhouse commanded AJAX during the action. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.190; Law 0113.
20008vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Includes contributions fromn Blumentritt, Keitel, Jodl, Spiedel, Donitz, Warlimont, von der Heydte and many others. Valuable compilation of contemporary German accounts on many aspects of the Allied invasion.
19728vo., Second Impression, with plates, and endpaper maps on blue stock; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON DEDICATION with newspaper obituary mounted on title verso. SOLD WITH A SMALL ARCHIVE OF STEPHENSON MEMORABILIA, INCLUDING 3 A.L.s, ASSOCIATED LETTERS AND COPY-LETTERS, Report & Accounts of the London Flotilla for 1972, Obituary number of the London Flotilla Bulletin (No. 2 July 1972) with cover photograph and extended obituary, and Order of Service of Thanksgiving at St. Martin-in-the-Fields 22 June 1972. Published a month after the first edition. Fascinating account and character sketch of the man who did more than any other to train the Royal Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic. Well-known BBC presenter and journalist Richard Baker, like many thousands of others, trained at Tobermory on Mull for the longest-running and hardest-fought campaign of WWII. A RARE AND RELEVANT ARCHIVAL COPY RELATING DIRECTLY TO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INSPIRATIONAL COMMANDERS OF THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.
19972 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 126 plates on 48, and 2 double-page plans, 27 tables and 14 maps (8 double-page) in the text; black cloth, red endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid set of the most comprehensive study to date, comprising 'The Hunters 1939-1942' (1997) and 'The Hunted 1942-1945' (1999). The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, hardest-fought and most critical sea conflict in history: 'they [the U-boats] were the only thing that really frightened me' said Churchill. A study on this scale has been feasible only in the twenty years or so following the release of large official archives (the last of which principally concerned codes and code-breaking) in London and Washington. First published by Random House in New York 1996-98; the UK edition was published in far smaller numbers and in already difficult to find in this state.
19984to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first dedicated study, providing full details of British convoy rescue vessels with a voyage-by-voyage account of their wartime service. Includes H&A and Orders to Masters. SCARCE.
19884to., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and large folding plan at end; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The first dedicated study of this class, the acquisition of which proved an invaluable boost to a hard-pressed Admiralty at a crucial period. Good selection of photographs of virtually every vessel balances the enormous publicity accrued elsewhere by HMS CAMPBLETOWN following the St. Nazaire raid.
19438vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full navy 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. With small institutional press-mark on Foreword. The second part of Monsarrat's well-known 'Corvette' trilogy, published simultaneously with the UK edition. Taken in sequence the trilogy provides 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'.
19704to., First Edition, text and captions in German and English, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped duswrapper. Possibly the most comprehensive published photographic record of the U-boat arm. Many of the excellent photographs and not easily available elsewhere. Poor English translation. Law 1717.
19768vo., First Edition, with plates and diagrams in the text; purple cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19568vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at edges.
19578vo., 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.
19782 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.
19538vo., 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).
