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THE BRITISH SEAMAN - 1200-1860 A Social Survey.

Lloyd, Christopher, · 1970

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Paladin, London, 1970, 1st in imprint, paperback, 287pp, 16pp half tone ills., [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Brirtish seaman between the Middle Ages and the coming of steam, how he was recruited, paid, fed and punished, and the life he enjoyed ...

H. M. SUBMARINES.

Kemp, Lieut.-Comdr. P.K. R.N., · 1960

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Four Square, London, 1960, 2nd imp., paperback, 192pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers, an account of the Royal Navy's submarine service, by the ex-submariner and Admiralty Archivist Lt-Cdr Peter Kemp. The account covers the period from th...

CLEAR FOR ACTION! - The Royal Navy in defence and in attack.

Langmaid, Kenneth Captain DSC, RN, · 1970

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Jarrolds, London, 1970, 1st edn., xvi, 176pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Royal Navy through the ages with particular emphasis on the Roman to Norman invasions, defence 106...

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HMS HOOD.

Hoyt, Edwin P., · 1977

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Arthue Barker, London, ND (copyright 1977) [viii], 144pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the role of HMS Hood between WW1 and WW2 when she was the symbol of Britains Sea Power, of a brief soj...

THE ROYAL OAK AFFAIR - The Saga of Admiral Collard and Bandmaster Barnacle.

Glenton, Robert, · 1991

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Leo Cooper, London, 1991, 1st edn., vii, 191pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound coloured pictorial dustwrapper by James Leech, an account of an incident and its consequences in the battleship HMS Royal Oak whilst at Malta in th...

A FLEET IN BEING - Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron.

Kipling, Rudyard, · 1898

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Macmillan, London, 1898, 1st edn., paperback, 84pp, monotone pictorial upper paper wrapper by J. Wilkinson, originally published a six articles in the Morning Post, a contemporary account of the ships and men of the Royal Navy, just before Lord Fisher's moderisation, rubbed a...

NAVAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS - Tradition, Lore and Language of the Royal Navy.

Irving, Lieut.-Commander John, · 1943

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Sherratt and Hughes, Altrincham, ND (circa 1943), paperback, 162pp, chapter heads in line, line drawings and half tone ills. in text, coloured pictorial paper wrappers, a comprehenaive guide to the terminology of life in HM Ships with an account, in many cases, to the backgro...

THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH NAVY.

Lewis, Michael, · 1957

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1957, 1st edn., paperback, 288pp, a Pelican original, #A.400, Pelican blue and white livery, a history of Britain's navy from pre-Tudor times until 1945slight roll to spine, a little rubbed and creased at extrems., edges tanned, ink name half title, im...

THE SILENT WAR - A History of Western Naval Intelligence.

Deacon, Richard, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Grafton, London, 1988, revised edn., paperback, 335pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., half tone pictorial upper wrapper, a brief history of earliest days of naval intelligence from examining it in more detail from Elizabethan times to the late 1870s when gathering intelligence wa...

TRAFALGAR.

Warner, Oliver, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan, London, 1971, reprint, paperback, 192pp inc.15pp app. and index, 12pp half tone ills, 1 map of fleet movements before Trafalgar, 3 in text line drawings, the Fighting Memorandum and plan of Nelson's approach, wraparound pictorial cover art by James Leech, in the British ...

CAPTAIN BLIGH - The Man and his Mutinies.

Kennedy, Gavin, · 1989

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Gerald Duckworth, London, 1989, 1st edn., xiii, 321pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps at coloured endpapers, large format (9.5 x 6" approx.), maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative headband, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a definitive account of the Bounty mutin...

THE CROSS AND THE ENSIGN - A Naval History of Malta 1798-1979.

Elliott, Peter, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther / Granada, London, 1982, Special Overseas Edn., paperback, 269pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper shows battleship King George V, a detailed account of the naval history of Malta over two centuries, from...

THE BLOCKADERS.

Hampshire, A. Cecil, · 1980

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

William Kimber, London, 1980, 1st edn., 224pp, maps and half tone photo ills in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Royal Navy vessels that comprised the naval blockade of Germany during two world wars. Vessels in...

THE CROSS AND THE ENSIGN - A Naval History of Malta 1798-1979.

Elliott, Peter, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther / Granada, London, 1982, Special Overseas Edn., paperback, 269pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagrams in text, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper shows battleship King George V, a detailed account of the naval history of Malta over two centuries, from...

THE ROYAL NAVY - An Illustrated History.

Watts, Anthony J., · 1999

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

Brockhampton Press, London, 1999, 256pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps and diagrams in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured decorated laminated boards with matching dustwrapper, re-issue of an original Arm...

WARRIOR - Restoring the World's First Ironclad.

Lambert, Andrew, · 1987

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Conway Maritime Press, London, 1987, 1st edn., 192pp, numerous half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, large format (10 x 8 inches approx.), light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial wraparound dustwrapper, an account of HMS Warrior, th...

HM SUBMARINES IN CAMERA 1901-1996.

Tall, Commander J. J. and Kemp, Paul, · 1996

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Sutton Publishing, Thrupp, Stroud, 1996, paperback, x, 245pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. throughtou, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), half tone photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, a selection of images from the Royal Navy Submarine Museum illustr...

WAR AT SEA IN THE IRONCLAD AGE.

Hill, Richard, · 2002

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Cassell, London, 2002, trade paperback, 240pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, coloured and half tone ills., maps, line drawings and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, in the Cassell History of Warfare series, an account of the rapidly changing technology ...

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S WARSHIPS.

Chant, Christopher, · 2002

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

S. Webb, Menai Bridge, Isle of Angllesey, 2002, 433pp, coloured decorated half title, coloured and half tone pictorial double title, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, [xiii] index, coloured endpapers, landscape format (6.5 x 8.5 inches approx.), laminated coloured phot...

BATTLE HONOURS OF THE ROYAL NAVY : Being the officially authorised and complete listing of Battle Honours awarded to Her/His Majesty's Ships and Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm including Honours awarded to Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ships and merchant vessels.

Warlow, Lt. Cdr. Ben, RN (compiled by), · 2004

£21.00 (€25.17 | $27.74 | ¥4,430)

Maritime Books, Liskeard, 2004, 1st edn., 224pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured decorative dustwrapper, the only published work to include all Royal Navy battle honours awarded since 1588 to the ...