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LAST CALL FOR HMS EDINBURGH - A Story Of The Russian Convoys.

Pearce, Frank, · 1982

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pan, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 202pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [vi] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Geoff Hunt, an account of the last voyage of the cruiser Edinburgh in May 1942. Three days out of Murmansk with the convoy QP11 she was torpedoe...

ATLANTIS.

Mohr, Ulrich (as told to A. V. Sellwood), · 1974

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New English Library, London, 1974, reprint, paperback, 206pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., wrap-around coloured pictorial wrappers, by Paul Wright, an account by Captain Rogge's ADC, Ulrich Mohr, of the exploits of the German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis (original...

CONVOY - The Battle for Convoys SC.122 and HX.229.

Middlebrook, Martin, · 1978

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth - Mddx., 1978, 1st in imprint, paperback, [x], 378pp, 16 pp half tone photo ills, maps/diagrams in text, [iii] ads., photo pictorial montage wrappers by Ken Carroll, comprehensive account of two convoys, SC122 and HX229 (and HX229A), which in Marc...

JUTLAND.

Macintyre, Captain Donald, DSO**, DSC, RN, · 1966

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan, London, 1966, reset edn., paperback, 256pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., 2 double page maps and several plans/diagrams in text, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, account of the greatest naval event of WW1, the meeting of the German High Seas Fleet with the Briti...

MENACE - The Life and Death of the Tirpitz.

Kennedy, Ludovic, · 1981

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Sphere, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, 157pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., diagrams, maps and charts in text, [iii] ads., half tone wraparound pictorial montage wrappers, drawing on the intelligence provided by the Ultra signals the author has produced a biography of...

UNDER THREE FLAGS.

Jones, Geoffrey, · 1975

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Corgi, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 303pp, 54 half tone photo ills. and 6 maps/plans in text, coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, the story of the Nordmark, the German armed supply ship to 'Deutschland', 'Admiral Scheer' and later 'Tirpitz' and 'Scharnhorst', ...

MALTA VICTORY.

Jackson, Robert, · 1981

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Corgi, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159pp, map in text, [i] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, a novel of the air war over Malta during WW2, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges stanned, very good,

THE LAST CRUISE OF THE EMDEN.

Hoyt, Edwin P., · 1969

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Mayflower, London, 1969, reprint, paperback, 250pp, [vi] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the exploits of the German cruiser Emden, part of Germany's Far East Squadron during WW1, sinking some 20 merchant ships as well as a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer until ...

THE HUNTING OF FORCE Z.

Hough, Richard, · 1970

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New English Library, London, 1970, 1st in imprint, paperback, 159pp, [i] ad., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers by Chris Mayger, an examination of the value of capital ships and an account of the development of naval defence against aerial attack. This book records the s...

ONE MAN'S WARS.

Hackforth-Jones, Gilbert, · 1970

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Corgi, London, 1970, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, the naval acreer of David Maskell spanning two world wars, slight slant to lightly creased spine, lightly rubbed at exxtrems., edges tanned, very good,

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.

Costello, John and Hughes, Terry, · 1980

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Fontana, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 352pp inc. 2pp maps by Richard Natkiel, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, an account and analysis of the battle between the escorting Allied warships of the convoys and the German u-boats in th...

ORDEAL BELOW ZERO.

Blond, Georges, · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Mayflower, London, 1965, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, pictorial upper wrapper, an account of some of the allied convoys of supplies to Murmansk and Archangel in Russia through the Arctic Ocean during WW2, including PQ16, QP13, PQ17, the German 'Operation Aurora' and the ...

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

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

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...

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

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

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...

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 ...

THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF.

Smith, Stan, · 1961

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Belmont, New York, 1961, paperback original, 174pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [ii] ads., half tone photo pictorial wrappers, edges coloured, the Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest and heaviest naval battle of WW2 and the last in which battleship fought battleship, between...

CONVOY PQ18 - ARCTIC VICTORY.

Smith, Peter C., · 1977

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New English Library, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 237pp, plans/maps in text, [iii] ads., wraparound pictorial wrappers by Michael Trim, following the disastrous PQ17, the next Russian convoy, PQ18 in September, 1942, has to get through. This is the account of that...

WALKER RN.

Robertson, Terence, · 1966

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Pan, London, 1966, reprint, paperback, 207pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [i] ads., pictorial panel upper wrapper by Peff, the story of Capt. F. J. Walker, CB, DSO***, the Admiraly stated that '...the Battle of the Atlantic...was triumphantly won...(as) a result of the offensi...

THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE.

Robertson, Terence, · 1970

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan, London, 1970, reprint, paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, account of the WW2 experiences of the German U-boat ace Captain Otto Kretschmer of U-99, active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the 'happy time' from October 1939 u...

CHANNEL DASH.

Robertson, Terence, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan, London, 1959, 1st in imprint, paperback, 189pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., #G273, coloured pictorial upper wrapper by BlamFord, an account of the events leading to the escape through the English Channel of the German battle cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and...