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$30.00
2g5/31

The Grand Scuttle


The sinking of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919

VAN DER VAT, DAN

first edition 240pp illus, super octavo blue heavy card boards VG+ (sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl soiling to covers, light foxing to prelims and page edges) in VG+ d/w (light bruising and wear to extrems, sl rubbing to covers, light foxing to internal side of d/w)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1982

KEYWORDS: navy germany warships battleships history nautical

$14.00
2d18/12

THE INDIAN OCEAN


ROGERS, STANLEY:

blue cloth with gilt to spine, 253pp illus, VG-(corners v sl bruised & scuffed, sl edgwear, spine head & foot sl bumped & scuffed, boards rubbed & sunned with v sl soiling, ep's browned, with sl foxing) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co London 1932

KEYWORDS: history nautical indian ocean

$20.00
xxyab112233

THE GRAND FLEET 1914-16


Its Creation Development and Work

JELLICOE, ADMIRAL VISCOUNT:

navy blue cloth with gilt to spine & emblem to front, 517pp folding maps 4 maps in pocket at rear, VG(corners bruised & scuffed with lower rear corner broken, board edges sl bumped, spine head & spine v sl worn with v sl tears, v small holes to boards, spine v sl sunned, boards rubbed, ep's browned & sl foxed, v sl foxing throughout) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co London 1919

KEYWORDS: history nautical grand fleet WWI dogger bank north sea jutland kitchener

$74.36
2d18/31

AN ADMIRALS MEMORIES


Sixty-Five Years Afloat and Ashore

EARDLEY-WILMOT, SYDNEY M:

navy blue cloth with gilt to spine, 183pp illus, VG(sl cocked, v sl bruised upper corners, v sl sunned spine, boards v sl rubbed, spine head v sl bumped, v sl browned ep's)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low Marston & Co London circa 1920

KEYWORDS: history nautical eardley-wilmot WWI

$30.98
2d19/49

THE FLEET THAT JACK BUILT


Nine Men Who Made a Modern Navy

JAMESON, WILLIAM:

navy blue cloth with gilt to spine, 344pp illus, NF with v sl edgewear & v sl bumped spine foot, d/w VG+(in plastic, sl sunned & v sl soiled)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis London 1962

KEYWORDS: history nautical royal navy keppel wilson beresford fisher

$99.14
na1/170

THE NAVY ANNUAL 1890


BRASSEY, T. A:

library rebind in original blue cloth with gilt to pine & front, xv 538pp + advs, VG(corners bruised & scuffed, board edges v sl bumped & worn, sunned,rubbed & sl soiled, ep's & edges sl browned & v sl foxed)

PUBLISHER: J Griffin & Co Portsmouth 1890

KEYWORDS: history nautical navy annual brassey barnes browne

$27.89
8502ak66

Signal-Close Action!


KENT, ALEXANDER

first edition 320pp illus, (maps to e.p.s) VG+ (brown cloth, sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked and cracked, sl foxing to edges of contents, w. sl foxing to some places of text) VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. mod bumps and wear to extrems, sl surface loss along t.e.s. w. v. sl chippiing to upper and lower edges of hinges and spine, spine sl sunned, front flap price clipped w. minor crease, mod foxing to internal side of jacket)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical kent alexander

$27.89
8502ak68

Stand Into Danger


KENT, ALEXANDER

first edition 296pp (b/w maps to e.p.s) VG+ (blue cloth, v. sl wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to edges of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl bumps and wear to extrems w. v. sl surface loss to spot at head of spine and front hinge, spine sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical kent alexander

$92.95
man8502ak69

The Only Victor


KENT, ALEXANDER

first edition 340pp VG+ (blue cloth, v. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to prelims w. sl foxing to edges of contents) in NF d/w (v. sl bumps and wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical kent alexander

$21.69
8502dr73

Surface With Daring


REEMAN, DOUGLAS

first edition 271pp VG+ (blue cloth, sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked and cracked, sl foxing to prelims, mod foxing to edges of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine mod sunned with covers v. sl sunned, flaps sl browned)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical reeman douglas

$21.69
8502dr74

Go In and Sink!


REEMAN, DOUGLAS

first edition 320pp VG+ (blue cloth, v. sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked and cracked w. sl vertical crease, sl pasteaction to front and rear e.p.s, edges of contents sl foxed and stained) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl surface loss to head and foot of spine and hinge area w. v. minor closed tear to same, spine sl sunned, sl foxing to flaps w. front flap price clipped and sl crease to rear flap

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical reeman douglas

$92.95
man8502ak75

Midshipman Bolitho and the 'Avenger'


a midshipman bolitho story

KENT, ALEXANDER

first edition 143pp (b/w maps to e.p.s) VG+ (blue cloth, sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to edges of contents,minor vert.crease to prelims.) in VG+ d/w (sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl.sunned,price clipped w. sl creases and foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical kent alexander

$12.39
9502dr119

Torpedo run


REEMAN, DOUGLAS

first edition 291pp VG+ (blue cloth, sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, t.e. of contents sl foxed and browned, mod crease to last numbered page of text) in VG+ d/w ( sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical sea stories fiction reeman douglas

$37.18
man9502ak121

In Gallant Company


KENT, ALEXANDER

first edition 287pp VG+ (blue cloth, sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to prelims w. mod foxing to edges, sl vertical crease to ffeps) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear incl sl chipping to head and foot of spine and hinge area, mod tear to head of upper hinge, spine sl faded, price clipped w. vertical crease to front flap)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical kent alexander

$30.00
9502dr122

The Greatest Enemy


REEMAN, DOUGLAS

first edition 320pp VG+ (black cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl foxing to front and rear eps w.mod foxing to edges and sl stain to lower edge, sl vertical crease to feps w. minor vertical stain to rear ep, sl foxing and minor stains to some pages in first section of text) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. some bumps and minor chipping to head and foot of spine, v. sl closed tears w. some surface seperation along top edge of rear cover, spine sl sunned, sl foxing to flaps w. vertical crease to front flap, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical fiction reeman douglas

$61.97
2d2/27

Yarns Of An Old Shellback


MILLETT, J.L. VIVIAN

first edition 159pp illus (b/w, artwork and photos) VG (blue cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and mod wear to extrems, spine sl cocked and cracked w. sl sunning to spine and hinge area and band along top edge of rear board, sl pasteaction to eps w. sl foxing to prelims and edges, lower edge of contents untrimmed w. browning to all edges, sl foxing to sections of text w. some internal paper seperation to gutters in a couple of places w. binding firm and stitching secure) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: methuen london 1925

KEYWORDS: nautical sailing voyages biography history ships transport millett j.l. vivian

$15.50
10502jh108

Corporal Cotton's Little War


a novel of the aegean campaign 1941

HARRIS JOHN

first edition 286pp VG+ (black cloth, sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl sunned and cocked, mod foxing to t.e. of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl sunned, sl foxing to internal side of jacket)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical sea stories fiction harris john

$37.18
2d14/31

The Navigation Of Small Yachts


IRVING, JOHN

first edition 296pp illus, (b/w maps, diagrams and drawings) VG (green cloth w. tables to eps, sl wear to extrems w. minor surface loss to foot of spine, sl soiling and sunning to spine and upper top edge of front board, spine sl cocked and cracked, sl pasteaction rear ep, lower edge of contents untrimmed) in G d/w (mod chipping to t.e. of covers and spine w. mod tear to front cover near upper edge of top hinge, lower half of spine missing, detached along hinges, remaining spine browned, some foxing and soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: edward arnold london 1934

KEYWORDS: navigation yaching nautical sailing map and compass marine charts irving john

$61.97
2d1/21

General Survey


b.r. 519 (restricted) geographical handbook series for official use only

PACIFIC ISLANDS; VOL 1

[first edition] [rebound w. new boards and eps) 599pp illus, (b/w photograph maps and diagrams w. 2x foldout maps a loosely inserted col map to pocket at rear) VG+ (blue cloth w. gilt titling to front board and spine, v. sl bumps to front board and head of spine, spine v. sl sunned, superfluous leaves removed from end of contents on rebinding, sl internal paper seperation to gutter in one location in first section of text w. v. minor detachment to lower edge, the binding is firm and securely attached)

PUBLISHER: naval intelligence division [n.p.] 1945

KEYWORDS: geography geographical history pacific nautical military strategical economy resources people

$27.89
2d12/18

The Narrative Of A Naval Nobody 1907-1924


FAIRBURN, DOUGLAS

[ex libris?]first edition 333p VG (blue cloth w. gilt titling to front board and spine, sl wear to head and foot of spine, w. neat amateur internal reinforcements to same areas, sl vertical crease and sunning to spine, sl surface loss to lower corner of front board w. sl bumps along upper and lower edges, boards v. sl stained and soiled, spine sl cocked and cracked, sl pasteaction and foxing to eps and edges w. t.e. sl browned, library blind stamp to rear pastedown w. residue of label attachment) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1929

KEYWORDS: military nautical navy travel history war sailors biography royal navy world 1 naval operations life fairburn douglas

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