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FIVE OF THE FEW - Survivors of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz tell their story.
Darlow, Steve, · 2007
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Grub Street, London, 2007, 3rd impression, 254pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., half tone photo ills. at chapter heads, half tone ills in text, navy blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6.5" approx.), an account of the Battle of ...
TARGET LONDON - Under Attack from the V-Weapons during WW11.
Campbell, Christy, · 2012
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Little, Brown, London, 2012, 2nd impression, xxviii, 516pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, coloured endpapers, dark brown cloth letter and decoated in white at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, (9.5 x 6.5" approx.), a dramatic account of the discovery,...
THE FLEET WITHOUT A FRIEND.
Vader, John, · 1973
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
New English Library, London, 1973, reprint, paperback, 160pp, coloured pictorial wraparound wrappers, an account of the background to and the action of Britain and the Royal Navy to prevent the falling of the French fleet into Axis hands, including the attack at Oran in July,...
TIN CANS - The True Story of the Fighting Destroyers of World War II (originally published under title of United States Destroyer Operations in World War II).
Roscoe, Theodore (abridged by the author), · 1968
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Bantam, New York, 1968, reprint, paperback, x, 437pp, [i] ad., half tone ills. by Lieut.Comdr. Fred Freeman, coloured pictorial wrappers, edges coloured, an account of US Navy's destroyer operations during WW2, featuring every major and a variety of minor destroyer battles, m...
VERY ORDINARY SEAMAN.
Mallalieu, J. P. W., · 1965
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Panther, London, 1965, reprint, paperback, 254pp, line drawing in text, [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a work of fiction but closely based on the author's experiences during WW2, it has been described by a number of reviewers as the finest account of war at sea e...
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY.
Smith, Peter C., · 1978
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
New English Library, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, double page col'd ill. inside upper wrapper, 4pp half tone photo ills., map and 3 battle plans in text, appendices order of battle of task forces, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art continued on pict...
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.
Macintyre, Donald, · 1971
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1971, reprint, paperback, 190pp, 8pp half tone ills., maps in text, [ii] ads., coloured wrap-around pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), in the 'British Battles' series, 'the longest and most vital battle of WW2' was the battle against the u-boats from 1939 to 1...
MIDWAY; THE INCREDIBLE VICTORY.
Lord, Walter, · 2000
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Wordsworth Editions, ware, 2000, 1st in imprint, paperback, xviii, 331pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps/ddiagrams in text, large format (8.5 x 5.5 inches approx.) half tone photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the Battle of Midway, the turning point of the war in t...
THE K BOATS.
Everitt, Don, · 1973
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
New English Library, London, 1973, 2nd imp., paperback, 142pp, maps, diagrams/line drawings in text, [ii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, between August 1816 and May 1918 the Royal Navy commissioned seventeen submersible destroyers, steam submarines designated a...
GHOST CRUISER HK33.
Brennecke, H. J., · 1955
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Kimber, London, 1955, pocket edn., paperback, 188pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by 'sanford', the story of the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin (originally Hansa Line 'Kandelfels'), also know as 'Raider F' or 'Ship 33', from June 1940 until ...
MIDWAY : THE TURNING POINT.
Barker, A. J., · 1971
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Macdonald, London, 1971, 1st edn. UK, trade paperback, 160pp, numerous half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, coloured photo pictorial wrappers, in Purnells' series 'History of the Second World War', Battle Book No. 18, account of the Battle of Midway in June 1942,...
THE LAST GREAT NAVAL WAR - An Historical Retrospect.
Seaforth, A. Nelson, · 1895
£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)
Cassell, London, ND, circa 1895, 4th thousand, paperback, 114pp, folding map frontis, further folding map and folding diagram, lettered card wrappers, edges coloured, work of fiction set in 1930 and which envisions the events of the last 30+ years in which Great Britain and...
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...
W. I. R. - SECRET - Weekly Intelligence Report.
Anon., · 1945
£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)
Naval Intelligence Division, Admiralty, London, 1945, paperback, 68pp, plus 3pp map and diagrams, 12pp half tone photo ills. (4 blank), , side stapled card wrappers printed in two colours, issued by the Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty, for the information ...
BY SEA AND STEALTH.
Wilkinson, Burke, · 1958
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Panther, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 156pp, maps in text, [iv] ads., #861, coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, a collection of accounts of relatively minor naval operations by stealth, including the German invasion of Norway in 1940, the 1941 disabling of t...
IRON COFFINS - A Personal Account of the German U-boat Battles of World War II.
Werner, Herbert, · 1975
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Pan Books, London, 1975, 3rd imp., paperback, xxii, 342pp, 8pp half tone ills., map and plans in text, [iv] ads., wraparound pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), account of his war at sea by an ex U-Boat commander (of U415 and U953) who served in the Atlantic, English Channel, No...
THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR TWO.
Von der Porten, Edward P. (foreword by Grand Admiral Karl Donitz), · 1972
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Pan Books, London, 1972, reprint, paperback, xv, 286pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, [ii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art by Chris Mayger, an account of the German Navy and of German naval strategy in WW2, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and fo...
MALTA CONVOY.
Shankland, Peter and Hunter, Anthony, · 1963
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Fontana, London, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, pictorial panel upper wrapper, account of the major convoy, Operation Pedestal, mounted to relieve Malta in August, 1942, comprising 14 merchant vessels protected by 3 carriers, 2...
THE BATTLE OF MATAPAN.
Pack, S. W. C., · 1968
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Pan, London, 1968, 1st in imprint, paperback, 170pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [vi] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), in the British Battles series, account of the battle between the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Italian Fleet in March, 19...