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ULTRA AT SEA.

Winton, John, · 1988

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Leo Cooper, London, 1988, 1st edn., 212pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by John Darlington, the first detailed examination of the use to which the Royal Navy was able to make of the invaluable Enigma intercepts, Ultra,...

HOME FROM SEA - A Chronicle in a Prologue, Three Acts and an Epilogue.

Winn, Godfrey, · 1946

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Hutchinson, London, 1946, 6th impression, 131pp, frontis and 12pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author's autobiographical account of his service in the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman, having previously ...

CAPTAIN GILBERT ROBERTS RN AND THE ANTI-U-BOAT SCHOOL.

Williams, Mark, · 1979

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,253)

Cassell, London, 1979, 1st edn., 186pp incl. 4pp diagrams, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, an account of the naval career of Capt. Gilbert Roberets who joined the Royal Navy in 1913 as a cadet, and had held a number of unusual appointments by 1937 when, in command ...

THE YOUNGER FELTHAMS.

Tute, Waren, · 1953

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Cassell, London, 1953, 1st edn., 222pp, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, continuing the family saga started in the author's previous novel 'The Felthams', edges tanned and lightly foxed, light foxing and tanning to endpapers, dustwrap...

DESTROYER MAN.

Pugsley, Rear-Admiral A. F. (in collaboration with Macintye, Captain Donald), · 1957

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1957, 1st edn., 224pp, 6pp half tone photo ills. and maps, diagrams in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the author graduated from Dartmouth Royal Naval College and witnessed the surrender of the ...

THE BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Macintyre, Donald, · 1964

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Batsford, London, 1964, 1st edn., half tone photo frontis, 216pp inc.22pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt at spine, decorative headband, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, from May 1940 to June 1943 the Royal Navy battled to control the...

THE BATTLE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Macintyre, Donald, · 1964

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Batsford, London, 1964, 1st edn., half tone photo frontis, 216pp inc.22pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt at spine, decorative headband, upper edge coloured, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, from May 1940 to June 1943 the Royal Navy b...

FIGHTING ADMIRAL - The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, GCB, GBE, DSO.

Macintyre, Captain Donald, DSO**, DSC, RN, · 1961

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Evans Brothers, London, 1961, 1st edn., 270pp, half tone frontis portrait, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, maps at endpapers, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, an account of the life and naval career of Admiral Sir James somer...

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...

NICE TO HAVE YOU ABOARD.

Hopkins, Captain Harold R.N., · 1964

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

George Allen and Unwin, London, 1964, 1st edn., 217pp, half tone frontis portrait, 3pp half tone photo ills., [vii] ads., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, coloured lettered dustwrapper, in July 1943 the author held the rank of Commander, RN, and w...

CONVOY ESCORT COMMANDER.

Gretton, Vice-Admiral Sir Peter, KCB, DSO, OBE, DSC, · 1964

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Cassell, London, 1964, 2nd edn., xvi, 224pp, 20pp half tone photo ills., 4 charts in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, at the outbreak of WW2 the author held the rank of Lieutenant and was 1st Lieutenant of a East Coast escort de...

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...

CONVOY IS TO SCATTER.

Broome, Captain Jack, · 1972

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

William Kimber, London, 1972, 1st edn., 232pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps, line drawings / cartoons in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, the tragic story of the fated convoy PQ17 of 36 British and American ships to Russia in ...

CAPTAIN GILBERT ROBERTS RN AND THE ANTI-U-BOAT SCHOOL.

Williams, Mark, · 1979

£96.00 (€115.07 | $126.83 | ¥20,253)

Cassell, London, 1979, 1st edn., 186pp, diagrams in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, an account of the naval career of Capt. Gilbert Roberets who joined the Royal Navy in 1913 as a cadet, and had held a number of unusual appointments by 1937 when, in command o...

RED SETTING SUN - The Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Y'Blood, William T., · 1981

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, ND (copyright 1981), US edn., xi, 257pp, half tone photo ills. and diagrams in text, maps/diagrams at endpapers, red cloth lettered in black at spine, coloured decorative head and tailbands, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, regarded by many a...

MALTA CONVOYS 1940-42 - The Struggle at Sea.

Thomas, David A., · 1999

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Leo Cooper, Barnsley, 1999, 1st edn., [vi] inc. map, 234pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone ills in text, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the vital battles fought by sea and air that ensured that Malta remaine...

THE LAST PASSAGE.

Taylor, J. E. Lt. Commander, R.N.R., · 1946

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

George Allen and Unwin, London 1946, 1st edn., 137pp, half tone photo frontis, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps at endpapers, blue cloth lettered in white at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the Gooseberry breakwater, part of the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanch...

ACTION IMMINENT - Three Studies of Naval War in the Mediterranean Theatre during 1940.

Smith, Peter C., · 1980

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

William Kimber, London, 1980, 1st edn., 352pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., 7 maps/diagrams in text, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, an analysis in great depth of three major naval incidents in 1940 on which judgments were ...

THE RUSSIAN CONVOYS.

Schofield, B. B., · 1964

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1964, 1st edn., 224pp inc. 16pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, decorative headband, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the story of the convoys to Russia during WW2, inc...