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  Aircraft and Ships of the United States Navy
London, Hutchinson. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Undated, believed first edition. Slight thumbing to corners with edges and extremities slightly rubbed. Slight discolouring to rear cover. Slight chipping to head of spine. 64 pages including 81 black & white photographs with descriptions. Please note that this book weighs considerably less than Abe standard weight and postage will therefore be reduced. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 11251
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  Electrical Measurements and Torpedo Control
London, H.M.S.O. 1933. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Subtitled "Adapted for use in the Naval Torpedo Schools." No inscriptions. Blemishes to front and rear boards with light wear to edges. 453 pages incuding diagrams. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 2439
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  Fore and Aft Seamanship for Yachtsmen
London, Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson. Undated. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled " with names of ropes, spars and sails of a cutter, yawl and schooner". No inscriptions. General rubbing to edges and extremities, with slight chipping to edges and corners. 18 pages including diagrams and illustrations. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP¥ 3705] Book number: 4143
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  H.M.S. Hood
Devonport, Hiorns & Miller. Undated. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No inscriptions. Slight rubbing to head & tail of spine, with light knocking to corners. Two small holes to binding along hinge to front board. Slight spot foxing to page edges. 44 pages including maps and black & white photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39.25 US$ 58.31 | JP¥ 5187] Book number: 5534
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  Sam Noble, A. B.
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Undated. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "'Tween decks in the 'Seventies." Foreword by Rear-Admiral A.P.Davidson. Binding tight. Neat inscription to front pastedown endpaper. Slight bumping to head & tail of spine and corners with edges slightly rubbed and sunned. General sunning & slight lean to spine. Pages roughly cut. 278 pages including black & white frontispiece. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 12518
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  Scottish Shipwreck and Disaster Stories
Midlothian, Lang Syne Publishers Ltd. 1983, First. (ISBN: 0946264457). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No inscriptions. Some slight thumbing to corners, with edges and extremities slightly rubbed and sunned. Some light blemish markings to front & rear covers. Pages unnumbered. Includes black & white illustrations. An anthology. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 8804
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  Self Steering
Hythe, Amateur Yacht Research Society. 1967. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cover reads "The history, theory and development of self steering gears for yachts, with ideas for future improvements by the A.Y.R.S". No inscriptions. Slight bumping to head & tail of spine and corners, with minor warping to boards. Dust-jacket unclipped, with slight rubbing, scuffing and creasing to spine, edges and extremities. Front & rear covers lightly discoloured and marked. 112 pages including black & white photographs and diagrams. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.5 | JP¥ 1111] Book number: 5628
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  The Stokers' Manual
London, HMSO. 1927, Revised. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No inscriptions. Some light fraying to binding along head, tail, front & rear edges, with slight lean to spine. Slight foxing and discolouring to internal pages as usual, and marginal loosening to binding along spine. 180 pages including index, diagrams and two sections for notes and diagrams. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 | JP¥ 3705] Book number: 4712
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ALEXANDER, ROY  The Cruise of the Raider "Wolf"
London, Jonathan Cape. 1939, Second Impression. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No inscriptions. Slight rubbing to corners and tail of spine which is slightly discoloured. Light spot foxing to front & rear endpapers and page edges. 316 pages including appendix and map. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 | JP¥ 1186] Book number: 12427
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BARBER, PHILIP  Some War...
Shropshire, A Shropshire Lad Publication. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0953358704). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The Reflections of a Navy Man 1939-1945". SIGNED by the author to title page i.e. "Best wishes, Philip Barber Aug. '99". Neat owner's bookplate (John Winton) to inside front cover. Slight thumbing to corners. 210 pages including black & white photographs. Near Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author.
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 6192
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BARTELL, JOYCE (EDITOR)  The Yankee Mariner & Sea Power
Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. 1982, First. (ISBN: 0884741052). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "America's Challenge of Ocean Space - Fifteen noted sea specialists examine the diversity of American uses of the Earth's oceans. They trace the ongoing evolution of seagoing America, and assess United States sea power today and the nation's future in ocean space". Foreword by Don Walsh and introduction by Athelstan Spilhaus. No inscriptions. Dust-jacket is unclipped with minor scuffing to head front edge. 299 pages including glossary and black & white diagrams, graphs and maps. Near Fine/Very Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 3786
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BEAVER, PAUL  German Capital Ships
Cambridge, Patrick Stephens. 1980, First. (ISBN: 0850593964). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "A selection of German wartime photographs from the Bundesarchiv, Koblenz". No inscriptions. World War 2 Photo Album Number 14. Light thumbing to corners, with edges and extremities slightly rubbed. Slight sunning to spine, and edges of covers slightly discoloured. Some light scuffing to tail of spine. 95 pages including tables and black & white photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 6976
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BENSTEAD, C. R.  H.M.S. Rodney
Plymouth, Sellicks. Undated. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Subtitled "The Story of an Immortal Name". Foreword dated 1931. No inscriptions - neat owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper i.e."John Winton His Book". Very light bumping to head & tail of spine, with edges, corners and extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed. Some slight discolouring and blemish markings to front board. Slight spot foxing to front & rear free endpapers and page edges. 48 pages including appendix, tables, black & white photographs and frontispiece. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 6241
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BERGREEN, LAURENCE  Over the Edge of the World
London, HarperCollins. 2003, First. (ISBN: 0007118317). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe". No inscriptions. Dust-jacket clipped with a small closed tear to tail edge of front cover. 456 pages including index, acknowledgements, bibliography, maps, black & white and colour illustrations. Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 10022
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BISHOP, PAUL  Tall Ships and the Cutty Sark Races
Henley on Thames, Aidan Ellis. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0856282219). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No inscriptions. Slight lean to spine. Dust-jacket unclipped with some slight wear to head & tail edges and corners. 160 pages including index, bibliography, tables, diagrams and colour photographs. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 10441
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BLAIR, PAULINE HUNTER  A Thorough Seaman
Cambridge, Church Farm House Books. 2000, First. (ISBN: 0953631710). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The Ships' Logs of Horatio Nelson's Early Voyages Imaginatively Explored". No inscriptions. Dust-jacket unclipped. Erratum slip enclosed. 213 pages including bibliography and sources. Fine/Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 10145
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BONNETT, STANLEY  The Price of Admiralty
London, Robert Hale. 1968, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "An indictment of the Royal Navy, 1805-1966". No inscriptions. Dust-jacket unclipped with some slight rubbing to head & tail edges. Small closed tear to tail edge of rear cover. 272 pages including index, bibliography and black & white photographs. Near Fine/Very Good.
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 US$ 14.99 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 8862
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NOTT-BOWER, E. E.  Ten Ton Travel
London, John Murray. 1951, Reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Originally published in 1950. Neat owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight lean & discolouring to spine with light discolouring to board edges. Some slight foxing to front and rear free endpapers and page edges. 176 pages including black & white photographs, maps and frontispiece. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 9771
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BROWN, LT. JOHN MASON  Many a Watchful Night
New York, Whittlesey House. Undated. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by the author to front free endpaper. Light wear to head & tail of spine and corners and slight spot foxing to front & rear free endpapers. Dust-jacket unclipped with some general chipping and loss to head & tail of spine, edges and corners. 1cm closed, but scuffed, tear to head edge of front cover. Rear cover slightly discoloured. 219 pages including black & white photographs and illustrations. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 | JP¥ 1186] Book number: 12430
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BULLEN, FRANK T.  The Way They Have in the Navy
London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1899, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Subtitled "Being a day-to-day record of a cruise in H.M.Battleship 'Mars' during the naval manoeuvres of 1899". No inscriptions. Slight bumping and wear to head & tail of spine and corners with edges and extremities generally rubbed and discoloured. Light blemish markings & slight discolouring to front & rear boards. Considerable discolouring to spine. Light spot foxing to front & rear endpapers. 96 pages. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 9992
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PLATT, CAMERON & WRIGHT, JOHN  Treasure Islands
London, Michael O'Mara. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854790641). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Subtitled The fascinating world of pirates, buried treasure and fortune hunters". No inscriptions. Slight lean to spine. Dust-jacket clipped with some very slight creasing to head & tail edges. Corners slightly rubbed. 224 pages including index, bibliography, notes, maps and black & white illustrations. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.66 | JP¥ 1037] Book number: 10770
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CAMPBELL, A. B.  The Battle of the Plate
London, Herbert Jenkins. 1940, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No inscriptions. Mapped endpapers. Light wear to head & tail of spine and corners. General discolouring to spine with gilt lettering almost illegible. 256 pages including index, tables, appendix and black & white photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.66 | JP¥ 1037] Book number: 10273
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CARL, ERNST  One Against England
London, Jarrold Publishing. 1935, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The Death of Lord Kitchener and the Plot Against the British Fleet". No inscriptions. Slight bumping to head & tail of spine and corners with large split to binding along spine with hinge to rear board. Slight lean to spine and slight discolouring and rubbing to front & rear boards. Spine slightly sunned. Light spot foxing to rear free endpaper. 288 pages. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP¥ 2964] Book number: 6061
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CHATTERTON, E.KEBLE  Seas of Adventures
London, Hurst & Blackett. 1936, 6th Thousand. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The story of the naval operations in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Aegean". Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine oxidised. Neat owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight bumping to head & tail of spine and light rubbing to corners. Light spot foxing to front & rear free endpapers, preliminary pages and page edges. 319 pages including index, 3 maps and 55 black & white photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 12431
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CHESTERTON, D. RIDLEY  British Tugs
London, Ian Allan. 1965, Fourth Edition. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Subtitled "(Including Ocean Tugs based on the nearer Continental Ports)". No inscriptions. Slight thumbing & creasing to corners, with edges and extremities slightly rubbed. Some light blemish markings & slight discolouring to rear cover. 39 pages including tables, photographs and frontispiece. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.66 | JP¥ 1037] Book number: 8956
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