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H. M. DESTROYERS.

Kemp, Lt. Commander P. K., · 1961

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Four Square Books, London, 1961, 1st in imprint, paperback, 160pp, #346, pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), the Admiralty archivist records the history and development of the Destroyer as a weapon of war and describes a number of actions in which the Destroyer played ...

THE GREAT WAR AT SEA - A History of Naval Action 1914-1918.

Hoehling, A. A., · 1967

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Corgi, London, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 315pp, numerous half tone and line ills. in text, [v] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, the story of naval warfare during WW1 covers from the minor skirmishes to Jutland, the mine barrages and submarines, lightly rub...

THE FAR SHORE.

Ellsberg, Rear Admiral Edward, · 1964

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther, London, 1964, 1st in imprint, paperback, 318pp, maps, in text line drawings by James Macdonald [ii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, described in the introductory blub as a hard-hitting account of the massacre of Americans at Omaha Beach on D-Day, roll and sla...

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...

THE BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA.

Cortesi, Lawrence, · 1980

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

New English Library, London, 1980. 1st in imprint, paperback, 128pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a novel of the successful Allied air attack on the Japanese convoy of troop reinforcements to New Guinea in 1943, remainder mark upper edge, edges tanned, near f...

RETURN OF THE TIGER.

Connell, Brian, · 1980

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Sundial, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 223pp, maps in text, coloured pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), account of the exploits of a young Gordon Highlanders officer who in Malaya, 1942 joned Force 136, a network of spies and sabateurs being built up by Special Operat...

MAKE ANOTHER SIGNAL.

Broome, Captain Jack, · 1977

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Futura, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 255pp, map, line drawings and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a light hearted look at the history of military and naval communications quoting some of the classic signals from significant dates and occasions...

MAKE ANOTHER SIGNAL.

Broome, Captain Jack, · 1977

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Futura, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 255pp, map, line drawings and diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a light hearted look at the history of military and naval communications quoting some of the classic signals from significant dates and occasions...

SCAPA FERRY.

Bridges, Anthony, · 1978

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Arrow, London, 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, 231pp, maps/diagrams in text, [x] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers (unattrib), the story of the Mermaid, a Kings Lynn pilot cutter in use ferrying both explosives and people between Scrabster in Caithness and Scapa F...

THE MIGHTY HOOD.

Bradford, Ernle, · 1961

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1961, paperback, 224pp, sectional drawings and maps in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, since her launch in 1918 the HMS Hood was the pride of the British Navy, the largest vessel afloat. Too late to be involved in WW1, she cruised the wor...

THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT - PROJECT INVISIBILITY.

Berlitz, Charles and Moore, Charles, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the author of The Bermuda Triangle examines the The Philadelphia Experiment in which it is alleged that in 1943 a destroyer was made to disappear for several ...

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

Berlitz, Charles, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Panther, London, 1979, reprint, paperback, 206pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps/diagrams in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an examination of the incidents that have occurred in the area of the West Atlantic between Bermuda and Florida where, since 1...

SWASTIKA AT SEA - The Struggle and Destruction of the German Navy 1939-1945.

C. D. Bekker, · 1956

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Kimber, London, 1956, pocket edn., paperback, 188pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., map in text, [iv] ads., stunning coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Rudland, an account of the 1939-45 war at sea through German eyes by an officer who served in German Naval Intelligence, cover...

HITLER'S NAVAL WAR.

Bekker, Cajus (trans. and ed. by Frank Ziegler), · 1976

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Corgi, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 426pp, maps/diagrams in text, [v] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a comprehensive account of the 1939-45 war at sea from the German point of view by a former intelligence officer of the German Navy, combining evidence co...

HITLER'S NAVAL WAR.

Bekker, Cajus (trans. and ed. by Frank Ziegler), · 1976

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Corgi, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 426pp, maps/diagrams in text, [v] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a comprehensive account of the 1939-45 war at sea from the German point of view by a former intelligence officer of the German Navy, combining evidence co...

VERY SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE - The Story of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre 1939-1945.

Beesly, Patrick (foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, the Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCIE, GCVO, DSO), · 1978

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Sphere, London, 1978, revised edn., paperback, 352pp, maps in text, lettered wrappers, an account of the nerve centre of the Admiralty, WW2, the Operational Intelligence Centre of the Naval Intelligence Division of the Royal Navy, where all aspects of information about German...

IRON COFFINS - A Personal Account of the German U-boat Battles of World War II.

Werner, Herbert, · 1975

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan, 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, North Se...

THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR TWO.

Von der Porten, Edward P. (foreword by Grand Admiral Karl Donitz), · 1972

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan, London, 1972, reprint, paperback, xv, 286pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, [ii] ads., coloured wraparound wrappers depicting the escape of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau through the English Channel, unattributed but in the style of Chris Mayger, an ac...

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LORD MOUNTBATTEN.

Terraine, John, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow Books, London, 1971, 2nd imp., paperback, 256pp, 32 pp half tone photo ills., coloured photo-pictorial upper wrapper, tv tie-in with Rediffusion Television's production of the same name, an illustrated biography from childhood to retirement, including brief details of H...

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY.

Sanford, Donald S., · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi, London, 1976, paperback, 231pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, Universal production of the same name, film tie-in starring Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda, a fictionalised account of the Battle of Midway in which the US Navy pr...