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DEATH OF A SUPERTANKER.

Trew, Antony, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 220pp, [iv] ads., wraparound pictorial design (unattrib.), this novel tells of the grounding of a supertanker off the African coast. The Ocean Mammoth's navigation equipment has been sabotaged and each member of the crew is a ...

WINGED ESCORT.

Reeman, Douglas, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 286pp, [ii] ads., unattrib. wraparound pictorial design [Chris Mayger], July 1943 and Lt. Tim Rowan, RNVR, a Seafire pilot joins escort carrier Growler which sees action in the Arctic and Indian Ocean, sl. roll and slant to spin...

PATH OF THE STORM.

Reeman, Douglas, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow, London, 1982, 7th imp., paperback, 320pp, wraparound pictorial design by Chris Mayger, Lt. Cdr. Mark Gunnar, ex-prisoner of the Viet Cong, in command of submarine chaser USS Hibiscus after a refit at Hong Kong with one last mission before the ship is handed over to th...

SLOOP OF WAR.

Kent, Alexander (Douglas Reeman), · 1977

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Arrow Books, London, 1977, 2nd imp., paperback, 319pp inc. 2pp map, wraparound pictorial wrappers by Chris Mayger, 1778 and Lt. Richard Bolitho brings a prize to Antigua and is appointed i/c of the sloop, Sparrow, and involved in the War of Independence and against the French...

SCEND OF THE SEA.

Jenkins, Geoffrey, · 1973

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Fontana Books, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 190pp, [ii] ads., wraparound pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), a novel in which Captain Ian Fairlie aims to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a liner, and years later, an airliner in exactly the same place off the ...

MR. MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER.

Forester, C. S., · 1956

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Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, 253pp [iii] ads, #1115, Penguin orange and white livery with line drawing by Robin Jacques, Hornblower's early days, as a Midshipman in HMS Indefatigable, sl. roll and slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightl...

LORD HORNBLOWER.

Forester, C. S., · 1986

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Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1986, paperback, 237pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Kenneth Wynn, Hornblower is ordered to suppres the mutiny aboard the Flame, before is spreads through the whole British fleet, sl. slant with faint creasing to spine, upper wrapper sl. sunne...

FLYING COLOURS.

Forester, C. S., · 1961

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Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1961, 2nd imp., paperback, 190pp [ii] ads., Penguin orange and white livery with cover drawing by Robin Jacques, Captain Horatio Hornblower evades the Paris firing squad and escapes down the Loire, a little rubbed at tips, spine sun darkened, edges tan...

CHURCHILL'S GOLD.

Follett, James, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Methuen, London, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, wraparound pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), the mission of Robert Garrard, captain of the Tulsar, to bring gold from South Africa back to a 1940 Britain on the verge of bankruptcy, faint vertical crease in spine, edges t...

TRAPP'S WAR.

Callison, Brian, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1979, 3rd imp., paperback, 190pp, [ii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art by Paul Wright, a novel set in the Mediterranean in 1942 where the SS Charon joins the fight against the German Navy's blockade of Malta, faint vertical creasing to sl. sunned spine,...

TRAPP'S PEACE.

Callison, Brian, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1980, 1st in imprint, paperback, 188pp, [iv] ads., 6131, a novel set in the Mediterranean where the Kamaran is hijacked on her last voyage, wraparound pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), sl. slant with light vertical creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, ed...

THE JUDAS SHIP.

Callison, Brian, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Fontana, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, #5576, a novel set in December 1941 in the seas off the Brazilian coast where the Spanish merchantman sighted by the crew of the Maya Star breaks out the ensign of the German Kriegsmarine, wraparound pictorial wrapper...

A PLAGUE OF SAILORS.

Callison, Brian, · 1979

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Fontana, London, 1979, 6th imp., paperback, 192pp, pictorial upper wrapper by Richard Clifton-Day, a mercy mission turning into potential genocide when the grain cargo of M. V. Ayacucho is threatened by a hijacker armed with Anthrax-B, sl. slant to lightly creased spine, ligh...

A FRENZY OF MERCHANTMEN.

Callison, Brian, · 1984

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Fontana, London, 1984, 4th imp., paperback, 191pp, [i] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art by Paul Wright, set during the Cold War, the freighter British Venturer is forced into a showdown with the Russian Navy,sl. sunning to spine, impressed marks fore-edge lower wrapper, e...

THE BROTHER OF DAPHNE.

Yates, Dornford, · 1942

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Ward Lock, London, 1942, reprint, 253pp, olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by van Abbé, variant binding with no lettering upper board, fifteen short stories, lightly rubbed at tips, edges a little dusty, ink name/date front free endpaper, fre...

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Yates, Dornford, · 1944

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Ward Lock, London, 1944, 12th imp., 308pp, iv ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lightly rubbed at tips, some faint marks to cloth, top and fore-edges a little dusty, ink name/date front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

ADÈLE AND CO..

Yates, Dornford, · 1931

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Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1931, 5th imp., 320pp, blue cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered with DY device upper board, an early reprint in October 1931, the same year as first publication, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., boards inclined to bow, small repair t...

FLIGHT INTO SPACE.

Leonard, Jonathan Norton, · 1957

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Pan, London, 1957, 2nd imp., paperback, 192pp, the facts about space exploration, a little rubbed at extrems. esp. edges of spine, edges browned, good plus,

BULLER'S GUNS.

Hough, Richard, · 1982

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Corgi, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 320pp, wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), the first novel in the Archy Buller trilogy, set in Victorian imperialist times, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical crease in spine, edges tanned, very good plus,

A KIND OF COURAGE.

Harris, John (Max Hennessy interest), · 1995

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Sheridan Book Co., 1995, 1st in imprint, paperback, 256pp, wraparound pictorial design (unattrib.), a novel of the consequences of withdrawal of British protection from a Middle East state, small area surface loss upper wrapper where label removed, faint creases, very good,