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By: Anderson (R.C.)
Price: £120.00
Publisher: 1910,
Seller ID: 5460
vi + 423pp, 17 illus, original dark blue cloth. NMM Cat, Vol 5, Pt 1, entry 993: Includes chapters on the Baltic warsûduring the period and accounts (with plans) of the actions of Usedom (1ûJuly 1715, Dynekilen (8 July 1716); the Danes' attack on Gothenborg (15ûMay 1717) and Stromstad (19 July 1717).ûAJS: Uncommon. See other notes on this work in the above catalogue.ûRodger: One of the early works of a great scholar of enormous breadth andûlearning; precise, polygl... View more info
By: Anon.
Price: £5.00
Publisher: 1978,
Seller ID: 6631
116pp, 21 illus, original pictorial paper wrappers. View more info
By: Anon. RP
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1783 rp 1970,
Seller ID: 877
32pp, original dark blue cloth, dw. AJS: A rare and interesting contemporary French account of the bitterûstruggle between England and France for command of the Indian Ocean duringûa critical stage of the American War of Independence.ûIn five fleet actions, between February 1782 and June 1783, the Britishûships under Sir Edward Hughes and the French under the redoutable AdmiralûSuffren, fought for mastery of the seas.ûThis work describes the crucial events of the s... View more info
By: Barnards (Publishers) Ltd.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: ND 1945,
Seller ID: 8080
64pp (unpaginated), 4pp colour, illustrated throughout with line illus,ûlandscape format, pictorial stiff paper wrappers. AJS: Compiled for the use of service personnel and includes coverage ofûall three services. View more info
By: Bent (M.)
Price: £16.00
Publisher: 1989,
Seller ID: 191
224pp. 42 illus, 2pp illus ships funnels, 255 line illus, 30 text illus,ûendpaper illus, large format, dw. AJS: Describes a remarkable transportation system probably withoutûparallel in the world in terms of extent and complexity. View more info
By: Bosscher (Ph.M.)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1979, Amsterdam.
Seller ID: 9081
152pp, 51 colour illus, 155 illus, large format (29.5cm x 20cm), pictorialûstiff paper wrappers. SBS: Well illustrated book on the Dutch Navy using objects from theûScheepvaartmuseum. (Dutch text). View more info
By: Bowcock (A.)
Price: £20.00
Publisher: 2002,
Seller ID: 3755
192pp, 43 illus, 236 plans and line drawings (mostly multi-view), 3 maps,ûlarge format, dw. AJS: The Alabama was built by Laird's for the Confederate States and afterûan adventurous career was sunk off Cherbourg. This book provides aûdetailed account of the life of the vessel along with superb plans andûillustrations. View more info
By: Butler (L.)
Price: £5.00
Publisher: ND 1980,
Seller ID: 9300
24pp, 8 illus, original blue paper, dedication and ink corrections byûthe author in text. SBS: An account of the Seige of Rhodes by the Turks, to commemorate theûQuincentenary exhibition at St. John's Gate. View more info
By: Cowling (B.)
Price: £15.00
Publisher: 1955, Calgary,
Seller ID: 7941
124pp, 4 coloured illus, 22 illus, 65 maps, pictorial laminated covers. SBS: Walter Stewart Cowling sailed in sixty plus convoys, seven of whichûwere attacked by enemy submarines. He took part in the Allied landings onûSicily and Italy aboard the Empire Charmian. View more info
By: Gomm (B.)
Price: £0.00
Publisher: 1992-98, Wiesbaden, privately published,
Seller ID: 6656
complete set as published, 8 vols, original blue paper wrappers (heavy set).û(1) Schraubenlinienschiffe, Panzerschiffe, Linienschiffe,ûSchlactschiffe, Schlactkreuzer, Flugzeugtrager Anhang: Segellinienschiffeû1696-1856. 1992, 114pp, line illus in text.û(2) Fregatten, Panzerkreuzer, Korvetten, geschutzte Kreuzer Anhang:ûSegelfregatten 1694-1856. 1991, 109pp, line illus in text.û(3) Kanonenboote, Flugkanonenboote, Torpedoboote. 1989, 114pp, line illus inûtext.û(4) ... View more info
Price: £45.00
Publisher: 1878, Washington,
Seller ID: 1406
47pp, 4 text illus, 3 large fold-out tables, original grey paper wrappers. AJS: The growth of the steam navy led to experimentation in all areas ofûship construction and the equipment required for effective use. View more info
By: Gray (E.)
Price: £12.00
Publisher: 1992 rp 1995,
Seller ID: 1305
(vi), 195pp, 20 illus, dw. AJS: Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee, Bismarck, etc., View more info
By: Grehan (A.)
Price: £225.00
Publisher: 1837-42, Paris,
Seller ID: 10543
three volumes, with a fourth published later but not present here, handsomeûproduction, large format (28cm x 20cm), matching dark green half calf, giltûdetailing to spines, raised bands, an attractive publication.û(1) 1837, ii + 408pp, 35 plates (with overlays), general table and index atûend, no list of plates, marbled endpapers.û(2) 1837, ii + 408pp, 49 plates (with overlays), general table and index atûend, list of plates, marbled endpapers.û(3) 1837, ii + 407p... View more info
By: Hayes (J.D.) & Hattendorf (J.B.)
Price: £12.00
Publisher: 1975,
Seller ID: 6751
x + 262pp, 3 illus, paper wrappers. SBS: Luce founded the Naval War College in Rhode Island. He was a navalûstrategist, who while bridging the age of sailing ships and that of steamûdriven armoured battleships, 'taught the US Navy to think'. View more info
By: Hohenzollern-Emden (Prince F. Von)
Price: £45.00
Publisher: 1989, limited edition 100 copies,
Seller ID: 1193
128pp, 100 illus, large format (28.5cm x 21cm), decorated cloth with giltûembossed title to front board, original cloth slipcase, this is one of aûspecial limited issue, 100 numbered copies, signed by the present Prinz vonûHohenzollern-Emden to commemorate the seventy fifth anniversary of the lastûcruise of the SMS Emden 31.VII.1914-9.XI.1914. With a presentationûbookplate, with four original 70 cent postage stamps issued by the Cocosû(Keeling) Islands showing (1) ... View more info
By: Horn (D.)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1969,
Seller ID: 1331
xiii + 346pp, dw. AJS: A follow up to his previous book - War, Mutiny and Revolution in theûGerman Navy: The World War 1 Diary of Seaman Richard Stumpf - (1967). Noteûthat Prof A.J. Marder was impressed by his earlier work. View more info
By: Howard (J.L.)
Price: £10.00
Publisher: 1961,
Seller ID: 8118
xi + 179pp, 76 illus, original black cloth, dw. SBS: The US Navy 1958-1961, by a career naval officer of 26 years. View more info
By: Jurien de la Graviere (Capt E.J.) & Plunkett (Hon Capt E.) Translator.
Price: £275.00
Publisher: 1848,
Seller ID: 6359
two volumes, in later (1960s) half calf. (1) xxxvii + 240pp, 4 folding plates. (2) 300pp, 5 folding plates. AJS: Capt Jurien de la Graviere wrote thirty books and numerous articles. (see Polak (J.) Biblographie Maritime Francaise, entries 4803-4833). This work was born out of a series of articles which he wrote for the journal "Revue des deux Mondes". This English translation was prepared by Captain E. Plunkett, author of The Past and Future of the British Navy. ... View more info
By: Lenton (H.T.)
Price: £8.50
Publisher: 1974,
Seller ID: 10468
64pp, 102 illus, large format (26cm x 20cm), laminated pictorial stiff paperûwrappers. AJS: This book lsts all the auxiliary escort vessels of the USN duringûWW2. View more info
By: Lynch (T.G.)
Price: £6.50
Publisher: 1983, Halifax,
Seller ID: 8765
128pp, 46 illus, landscape format, original stiff paper covers. SBS: The history of the Canadian hydrofoil programme, since Baldwin andûGraham Bell's early experiments on the Bras' d'Or lakes in Cape Bretonûduring the early 1900s. View more info