BRAY, DONALD

Between Two Shores

London: William Kimber, 1983. 1st UK. Hardcover. ISBN: 0718305027. Light edge wear, top edge of DJ spine cresed ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; 252 pages; "Set in the late 18th century, this is a fast-moving, thrilling story of smuggling and privateering between Brittany and Cornwall". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 11261

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0718305027 Historical smuggling Naval

FORREST, ANTHONY

The Pandora Secret

London: Allen Lane, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0713915072. Slight fading of DJ spine. Previous owner's name on blank page, light edge wear. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; A Captain Justice Story; 320 pages; "It is the winter of 1804 and Robert Fulton, the brilliant, unpredictable American inventor, has been spirited from France to build a new and deadly weapon that will change the nature of war as it is known to Collingwood and Nelson. Captain John Justice, newly returned from France after a secret mission that succeeded on thwarting napoleon's invasion of England, is once again called to serve the clandestine Board of Beacons, Bells, Buoys and Mercantile Messengers. This time his task is to protect Fulton and foil a French plot to capture and destroy his secret weapon, the Pandora.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 14939

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0713915072 Naval Robert Fulton Fiction::Historical

FULLERTON, ALEXANDER

Patrol to the Golden Horn

London: Little, Brown, 1994. Second Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316910929. Only slight edge wear, some yellowing of pages. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. This was originally published in 1978 by Michael Joseph. ; Nick Everard No. 3; 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.67 Inches; 229 pages; Set in the final days of WWI. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14882

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0316910929 WWI dardanelles British Fiction

FULLERTON, ALEXANDER

Sixty Minutes for St. George

London: Little, Brown, 1994. Second Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316908924. Only slight wear, some yellowing of pages. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar, unclipped. This was originally published in 1977 by Michael Joseph ; Nick Everard No. 2; 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.6 Inches; 224 pages; The second volume in the Everard series is another thrilling maritime adventure set amid the unpredictable sea battles of World War I. Royal Navy Lieutenant Nick Everard is popular with his crew but clashes with his arrogant, less skilled captain. After Nick averts a disaster during a perilous clash with German destroyers, he becomes master of his own ship in time to participate in Britain's St. George's Day raid on a crucial Belgian port.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14881

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0316908924 zeebrugge WWI British Fiction

HARRIS, JOHN

Corporal Cotton's Little War a Novel of the Aegean Campaign, 1941

London: Hutchinson, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091362504. Price clipped dust jacket shows light wear, some creasing top edge, erasure to front free end paper; A bright, solid book Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector.; 8.43 X 5.67 X 1.18 inches; 287 pages; "Corporal Michael Anthony Cotton was an archetypal Marine, as proper a 'Jolly' as ever Kipling wrote about. But what none of his messmates even suspected was that he had been born Mihale Andoni Cotonou; in London it is true, but of Greek ancestry." It is the spring of 1941 and the Nazis are busy storming his parents homeland. His personal mission was to bring arms and money to the strong Greek resistance.; A novel of the Aegean campaign, 1941. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 16253

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0091362504 Greece Naval FICTION

KENT, ALEXANDER

Heart of Oak

Ithaca: McBooks Press, 2007. 1st US. Hardcover. ISBN: 1590131371. The Bolitho Novels; 9 X 6.10 X 0.90 inches; 272 pages; "After the war with France has ended in 1818, Captain Adam Bolitho is given command of the newly commissioned frigate Onward and sent to North Africa on a diplomatic mission to accompany the French frigate Nautilus in a show of solidarity. He knows he is lucky—the voyage should be easy; but Adam longs for a chance to marry the beautiful Lowenna and settle down on the Bolitho estate in Cornwall. Instead he must deal with the envy and ambition of his officers, hidden agendas among his men, and the former enemy’s proximity. Then the Nautilus becomes a sacrificial offering on the altar of Empire, and the hunt is on for a treacherous foe. Suddenly every man must discover for himself whether the brotherhood of the sea can transcend old hatreds and an ocean of blood.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17636

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 1590131371 Adam Bolitho Naval Fiction::Historical

KENT, ALEXANDER

The Inshore Squadron

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. First American Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399123032. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, short closed tear top edge.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Richard Bolitho #15 (chronological); 8.3 X 5.6 X 1.1 inches; 256 pages; "In September 1800 Richard Bolitho, a freshly appointed rear-admiral, assumes command of his own squadron - but, as the cruel demands of war spread from Europe to the Baltic, he soon realizes that his experience, gained in the line of battle, has ill-prepared him for the intricate manoeuvring of power politics.Under his flag the Inshore Squadron has to ride out the bitter hardship of blockade duty and the swift, deadly encounters with the enemy. An old hatred steps from the past to pose a personal threat to him, but at the gates of Copenhagen, where his flag flies admidst the fury of battle, Bolitho must put all private hopes and fears behind him.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19348

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval::series

Keywords: 0399123032 Richard Bolitho Fiction::Historical

KENT, ALEXANDER

Man of War

London: William Heinemann, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0434010081. DJ and Boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Bolitho #28 (chronological); 9.2 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 276 pages; "Adam Bolitho is a naval man through and through -- a true “man of war.” The sea is where he feels at home. Following the Bolitho series’ Relentless Pursuit, the 28th Bolitho novel picks up where we left off. As captain of His Majesty’s forty-six gun frigate, Unrivalled, Adam and his crew are marshalling the seas of the West Indies, trying to fight the post-war “revolution” against the ban on slavery.But the navy is stretched to the limit. Ships are laid up, and appointments for captains and senior officers are hard to obtain. Adam must manage and endure conditions, which include intense rivalry, plus the distinct discomfort of working with ships and sailors who were so recently deadly enemies. A tall order and Adam and the Unrivalled are in the thick of it.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19763

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0434010081 Adam Bolitho Fiction::Historical

KENT, ALEXANDER

Richard Bolitho, Midshipman

New York: G.P. Putnam Publishing, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399205144. DJ shows very light shelf wear, discoloration.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Stated 1st American edition which followed the British by 1 year. ; Richard Bolitho; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pages; Douglas Reeman created the pseudonym Alexander Kent to differentiate this from his other series. This volume of the Bolitho novels was written eighth but chronologically this is first, introducing the title character. "The book opens with Richard Bolitho arriving at an inn frequented by Midshipmen in Portsmouth. There he meets another midshipman Martyn Dancer. They are retrieved by a lieutenant from the Gorgon. The ship sails towards West Africa, where they encounter an empty Merchantman, the City of Athens. Dancer and Bolitho are sent aboard the ship, and discover that the ship has been pillaged and the crew killed. The officers soon deduce that the ship was raided by Pirates and Captain Conway announces that the Admiralty had dispatched them to investigate the disappearance of ships in the region. In company with the captured City of Athens, the Gorgon approaches a coastal fort surrounded by treacherous reefs and shoals. Upon approaching the fort, they see that two ships are in the nearby harbour, however the fort opens fire and destroys the City of Athens.The Gorgon withdraws and returns during the dark of the night to cut out the ship. Dancer and Bolitho are sent on the mission, commanded by the 4th lieutenant, Mr. Tregorren, who holds a grudge and mistreats Bolitho over Bolitho's prestigious heritage. They succeed at taking the ship, and also capture a Slave Dhow in the escape with the help of the Gorgon. The ships, under the guise at being members of the pilot fleet raid the castle from which the pirates had been using as a base.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17941

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0399205144 Fiction::Historical

KENT, ALEXANDER

Second to None

London: William Heinemann, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0434007218. DJ and boards show light shelf wear with small tears, minor creasing to DJ, top back corner bumped.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Bolitho #26 (chronological); 9.3 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 309 pages; This story features the late Admiral Richard Bolitho's nephew, Captain Adam Bolitho, on the eve of Waterloo. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 19761

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0434007218 Fiction::Historical

KING, DEAN

Patrick O'brian a Life Revealed

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2000. First American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805059768. Only slight wear ; A bright solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 397 pages; The untold life story of a novelist whose greatest fictional creation was his own identity.In a 1998 article in New York magazine, Dean King offered readers a small sampling of the secret history of Patrick O'Brian, the creator of the bestselling series of Aubrey-Maturin novels. O'Brian has always guarded the secrets of his personal history with a zealousness that has bordered on the obsessive. And for years his fanatical readers have speculated on the true story and spun myths about his past based on the lives of his characters.Dean King at last unveils the story of Richard Patrick Russ, a writer and intellectual who emerged from the Second World War as Patrick O'Brian, a persona created in his own imagination and later refined by decades of rumor and speculation. What motivated this radical change of identity? Was it connected to O'Brian's service during the war, or the messy divorce from his first wife? Or was it the inexplicable act of an eccentric genius? King has crisscrossed Europe to speak to long-lost relatives, friends, and colleagues of his famously reclusive subject and has fashioned this wealth of information into a dramatic narrative that will appeal to an audience far wider than O'Brian's already dedicated fans.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16442

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval::Biography

Keywords: 0805059768 Writers O'Brian Patrick aubrey maturin Novels FICTION Biographies & Memoirs

MACOMBER, ROBERT N

At the Edge of Honor a Novel of the Naval CIVIL War

Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, 2002. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1561642525. Light wear to extremities.; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book.; The Honor Series; 8.96 X 6.60 X 1.05 inches; 278 pages; "The year is 1863. The Civil War is leaving its bloody trail across the nation as Peter Wake, born and bred in the North, joins the U.S. Navy and arrives in Florida for duty with the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Assigned to the Rosalie, a tiny, armed sloop, Captain Wake commands a group of seasoned seamen on a series of voyages to seek and arrest Confederate blockade-runners and sympathizers, first in Florida's coastal waters, then in a dirty and corrupt Havana, and finally near the remote out-islands of the Bahamas. Wake learns he must make the ugly decisions of war even in a beautiful, tropical paradise--decisions that take him up to the edge of honor.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16084

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 1561642525 Naval Fiction US Civil War Fiction::Historical

MANKELL, HENNING; LAURIE THOMPSON TRANSLATOR

Depths

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2006. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0676978711. Only light scuffing of DJ ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book ; 1.26 x 9.31 x 6.41 Inches; 403 pages; "October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-southeast. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. His instinct for his profession is reflected in the comfortable domesticity he enjoys with his wife – herself meticulous in every detail. Close to the waters where soundings are taken Tobiasson-Svartman alights on a barren skerry, presumed uninhabited, and is surprised to discover there a young woman, Sara Fredrika. Despite her almost feral appearance, something about her strikes him to the core. The mission is a success and the Svea returns to Gothenburg. Tobiasson-Svartman, however, remains haunted by this chance encounter; his equilibrium has been disturbed, and he is now compelled to find any pretence to return to the remote islet.". Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 13384

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0676978711 WWI Sweden destroyer Fiction::Historical

MCCUTCHAN, PHILIP

Cameron's Commitment

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0297794833. Illustrated by Rodger Towers jacket art. Some creasing and short tear to top of dust jacket spine, yellowing of pages. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Donald Cameron #13; 8.60 X 5.50 X 1 inches; 192 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 15550

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0297794833 Royal navy WWII British Fiction

MCCUTCHAN, PHILIP

Convoy North

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. First British Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0297791486. Light wear only to dust jacket, some yellowing of pages. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 177 pages; Commodore John Mason Kemp, the leader of a convoy of ships during World War II, faces one of his most difficult and dangerous missions, as he battles German attacks in the waters of Norway's North Cape.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15459

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0297791486 Fiction WWII Naval Fiction::Historical