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19884to., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and large folding plan at end; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. 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.
19198vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, coloured plate, 9 monochrome plates on 7, 9 large folding charts coloured in outline and 4 folding diagrams in pocket at end, some light spotting to fore-edges, a few charts lightly spotted at folds; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, 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, gilt from original backstrip and gilt device from upper board mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM JOSSELYN RN AND BEARS HIS NEAT HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE (DATED 1919) ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. During WWII, Captain J.W. Josselyn commanded INTREPID (1939-1942), CARADOC (1942-1943), and HAWKINS (from 1943). It was whilst in command of INTREPID that he took part (together with INGLEFIELD and IVANHOE) in the sinking of U-45 by depth charge off the south-west coast of Ireland in October 1939. He retired from the service in 1949. Albion, p.271; Enser, p.309
19578vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy; original printed wrappers, covers mildly age-soiled. Proof copies were issued without the plates found in the published edition. 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. PROOF COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Enser, p.381; Law, 0861.
1977Sm. 8vo., Sixth Impression, with numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Basic but well-illustrated account. Law 1721
19458vo., First 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 in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt anchor, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as gift or for presentation. The first collected edition of Monsarrat's well-known trilogy. 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'. The first edition is now very scarce in any condition. Enser, p.120; Law 1010.
19714to., 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. A scarce title in this valuable and sought after series. Law, 1726.
18908vo., First Edition; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in silver and black, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE
19378vo., First Edition, with a coloured folding frontispiece, 5 coloured plates, 35 plates in monochrome, 16 coloured plates of house funnel colours and 30pp of ships drawn in outline, fore-edges lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, case a little bruised, joints mildly rubbed else a good, sound copy. Sold with a small quantity of relevant ephemera, including several pages of ship's photographs.
19928vo., First Edition; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Important record covering Coastal Command, Intelligence, Equipment and Techniques, and including a German perspective by Dr. J. Rohwer. UNCOMMON.
19988vo., First Edition, with 29 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. First dedicated history of the seventy-eight vessels of this class (built in the US as Buckley or Evarts classes). The work itself is arranged by Escort Group (with which most of the class served) with some useful photographs both of ships and individuals. Includes a bibliography, and a valuable roll of the class with DE hull no., RN pennant no., origin of name, CO(s) and Escort Group attachments
20058vo., First Edition, with 20 plates on 8; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first dedicated account of Somerville's legendary Force H, a fighting unit almost constantly in action between June 1940 and November 1941. Charged with maintaining the Navy's command of two theatres, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, during a crucial period, its best-known actions were the disabling of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, the pursuit and destruction of the Bismarck and the supply of fighter aircraft to the beleagued fortress of Malta.
19808vo., First Paperback Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; library binding of laminated boards preserving front and rear panels of dustwrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution in its binding with label trace on front free endpaper and cancelled stamp on title. This classic work was first published by Macmillan in the previous year. The author was awarded the Glenfiddich Book Author of the Year (Food) as a result
19428vo., Third Impression, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial cloth blocked in black, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned, and frayed with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Published three months after the first edition. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED BY DONALD RUSSELL OF THE LYGON ARMS AT BROADWAY, WORCESTERSHIRE, TO E B DAVIES, FIRST LIEUTENANT OF HMS BROADWAY - A DOUBLE 'BROADWAY' CONNECTION. It carries Davies's signature and Russell's inscribed business card on front paste-down. The Town-class destroyer HMS Broadway became famous as one of three escorts (the others being HMS Aubretia and HMS Bulldog) which captured U-110 intact in May 1941. The U-boat's capture led to the first seizure of a working Enigma machine and many vital cipher documents. The capture, subsequently code-named Operation PRIMROSE, was one of the greatest secrets of the Battle of Atlantic and was not revealed until ULTRA began to be declassified in the 1970s. Donald Russell was the owner-manager of the prestigious The Lygon Arms. The hotel was purchased, restored and made famous by his father, but during WWII Donald Russell turned it into a haven for servicemen on leave. It was doubtless while Davies was staying there that Russell caught sight of the 'Broadway' connection that resulted in the presentation. It is a remarkable added coincidence that HMS Broadway and HMS Newmarket should be sister ships. 'Destroyer from America' is a vividly-written and personal account of the war service of Town-class destroyer HMS Newmarket (here thinly disguised as 'HMS Porchester'). The simple device nevertheless allows the author to describe the war in the Atlantic with much less than the usual censorship. In addition to his work as a book illustrator, the artist John Worsley is best remembered as the creator of 'Albert RN', the dummy prisoner so lifelike that it enabled a series of successful escapes from the famous naval prison camp Marlag Milag Nord. The story is told in Lewis Gilbert's well-known feature film 'Albert RN' (1953) starring Jack Warner and Anthony Steel. Law 0231 (recording the first edition).
19578vo., First Edition thus, with 9 plates on 8 and full-page map in the text, some very light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; library cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in the US in the previous year with the title 'Twenty Million Tons under the Sea'. The author was head of the US task force that captured U-505 off the coast of Africa, the only U-boat to be boarded and captured at sea. U-505 is now housed at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The UK edition is elusive in anything like this condition. Enser, p. 429; Law 1602
19908vo., Second and Best Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous photographs in the text and endpapers plans; navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded reissue of the original edition of 1988. 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 Campbeltown following the St. Nazaire raid. Scarce.
20024to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous photographs and coloured drawings in the text and pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated chronological survey with some good insights into U-boat design and construction. Many very useful photographs (not easily available elsehere) though some of the captions tend towards the superficial and a few are amusingly simplistic
1993Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications.
20038vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
20028vo., First Edition, with 18 plates on 8 and several full-page facsimiles in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Based principally on the author's wartime diary notes. Palmer served in the corvette HMS Clematis, the frigate Exe and finally the sloop Amethyst which, in 1949, achieved fame for her audacious escape down the Yangste River.
20028vo., First Edition, with 38 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Formed at Kiel in 1935, the First Flotilla fought for nine years against increasing odds. The fame of many of its captains - Kretschmer, Topp and Suhren among them - could not prevent its few surviving crewmen fighting in trenches around the Brest citadel in September 1944.
19788vo., First Edition, with 43 plates on 20 and 2 fill-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19814to., First Edition thus, with very numerous illustrations, diagrams and charts in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This monumental study, first published by Lehmanns of Munich in 1975, remains the standard reference. The first English edition is considerably revised and expanded. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19894to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An excellent appraisal. Most of the text is based on the original log books and on accounts written before 1946
1999Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 32; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed accounts of over a dozen individual U-boat careers augmented by a very good selection of well-chosen photographs.
19908vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable compilation of vernacular accounts, and the standard reference of its type
