Melvin, Michael J., BEM,

MINESWEEPER - The Role of the Motor Minesweeper in World War II.

Square One Publications, Worcester - UK, 1992, 1st edn., [xii], 226pp, numerous half tone ills., black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper (variant type 2 with monotone image), an account of the state of British minesweeping capacity on the outbreak of WW2, the urgent need for expansion which was met by the Motor Minesweeper (MMS or Mickey Mouse), the first of a new class introduced in 1941, purpose designed to carry the 'LL' sweep to combat the magnetic mine as well as with traditional sweeping methods, later modified to sweep acoustic mines as well, first produced by Richards Ironworks of Lowestoft and subsequently by many different yards, and the stretched version (the Big Mickey) in service from the end of 1942, with accounts of their operational use, details of where they served, production figures and specifications, flotillas, etc, with further reference to the BYMS (British Yard Minesweeper), another design of wooden minesweepers built in USA for British use, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45376

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

Keywords: britain topography east coast convoy anglia suffolk war ww2 navy rnps byms minesweeper

Middlebrook, Martin and Mahoney, Patrick,

BATTLESHIP - The Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1979, 1st in impfint, paperback, 366pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [vii] ads., pictorial montage wrappers, account of the build up to the invasion of Malaya, the raising of additonal naval units and their despatch to Singapore (without the carrier Indomitable as originally proposed), the action in which Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk and an analysis of the acsues and effects, appendices of reports, signals, etc., faint verical c rease in spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 45188

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 singapore far east gulf siam forcez repulse prince of wales navy

Middlebrook, Martin and Mahoney, Patrick,

BATTLESHIP - The Loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1979, 1st in impfint, paperback, 366pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps in text, [vii] ads., pictorial montage wrappers, account of the build up to the invasion of Malaya, the raising of additonal naval units and their despatch to Singapore (without the carrier Indomitable as originally proposed), the action in which Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk and an analysis of the acsues and effects, appendices of reports, signals, etc., faint vertuical c rease in spine, lightly rubbed and creased at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45189

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 singapore far east gulf siam forcez repulse prince of wales navy

Middlebrook, Martin,

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

Allen Lane, London, 1976, 1st edn., x, 378pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 8 maps and 3 diagrams in text, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, comprehensive account of two convoys, SC122 and HX229 (and HX229A), which in March 1943, at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic, set out from North America bound for the British Isles. Ranged against them were 44 U-boats which, despite the best efforts of the 21 escort vessels, claimed 22 merchant ships. This account covers in detail the composition of the convoys, the various tactical moves made by both sides prior to and during the crossing as well as relating the events as they happened, with appendices containing detailed lists of all vessels involved, merchant, escort and U-boats, a roll of honour and an analysis of U-boat losses 1939-1945 light sunning to cloth at upper edges of boards, tanning to edges, ink name stamp front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed with very sl. loss at tips., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 33590

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy convoy atlantic sc122 hx229 hx229a u-boats a/s

Middlebrook, Martin,

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

Allen Lane, London, 1976, 1st edn., x, 378pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 8 maps and 3 diagrams in text, coloured endpapers, dichromatic blue/black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, comprehensive account of two convoys, SC122 and HX229 (and HX229A), which in March 1943, at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic, set out from North America bound for the British Isles. Ranged against them were 44 U-boats which, despite the best efforts of the 21 escort vessels, claimed 22 merchant ships. This account covers in detail the composition of the convoys, the various tactical moves made by both sides prior to and during the crossing as well as relating the events as they happened, with appendices containing detailed lists of all vessels involved, merchant, escort and U-boats, a roll of honour and an analysis of U-boat losses 1939-1945 light sunning to cloth at upper edges of boards, slight rubbing at tips, edges tanned with some faint foxing, replacement endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., uneven folding to flaps, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39032

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy convoy atlantic sc122 hx229 hx229a u-boats a/s

Middlebrook, Martin,

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

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 March 1943, at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic, set out from North America bound for the British Isles. Ranged against them were 44 U-boats which, despite the best efforts of the 21 escort vessels, claimed 22 merchant ships. This account covers in detail the composition of the convoys, the various tactical moves made by both sides prior to and during the crossing as well as relating the events as they happened, with appendices containing detailed lists of all vessels involved, merchant, escort and U-boats, a roll of honour and an analysis of U-boat losses 1939-1945.slight roll to spine, a little rubbed and faintly creased at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 45153

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy convoy atlantic sc122 hx229 hx229a u-boats

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

ATLANTIS.

New English Library, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, 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 (originally the Hansa Lina 'Goldenfels'), also known as 'Raider C' or 'Ship 16', which spent 622 days at sea from March 1940 until she was sunk by HMS Devonshire in the South Atlantic in November 1941, having herself accounted for 22 ships at a gross tonnage of over 145,000, slight roll and slant to lightly creased spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and upper edge foxed, very good,

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Book number: 40058

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy german raider commerce auxilliary merchant cruiser atlantis rogge goldenfels raiderc hsk2 devonshire python dorsetshire vf45

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

ATLANTIS - The Story of a German Surface Raider.

Werner Laurie, London, 1955, 1st edn., xx, 246pp, frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills., map at front endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, account of the exploits of the German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis (originally the Hansa Lina 'Goldenfels'), also known as 'Raider C' or 'Ship 16', which spent 622 days at sea from March 1940 until she was sunk by HMS Devonshire in the South Atlantic in November 1941, having herself accounted for 22 ships at a gross tonnage of over 145,000, lightly rubbed at tips, gilt lettering dull, edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at tips, chipping to head of spine, repaired to reverse, spine browned, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42633

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy german raider commerce auxilliary merchant cruiser atlantis rogge goldenfels raiderc hsk2 devonshire python dorsetshire vf45

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

ATLANTIS.

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 (originally the Hansa Lina 'Goldenfels'), also known as 'Raider C' or 'Ship 16', which spent 622 days at sea from March 1940 until she was sunk by HMS Devonshire in the South Atlantic in November 1941, having herself accounted for 22 ships at a gross tonnage of over 145,000, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing at cnrs., old ink price upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45154

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy german raider commerce auxilliary merchant cruiser atlantis rogge goldenfels raiderc hsk2 devonshire python dorsetshire vf45

Mohr, Ulrich and Sellwood, A. V.,

SEA RAIDER ATLANTIS (orig. published in Great Britain as Atlantis).

Pinnacle, New York, 1974, paperback, 278pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., [x] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, edges coloured, , an account by Captain Rogge's ADC, Ulrich Mohr, of the exploits of the German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis (originally the Hansa Lina 'Goldenfels'), also known as 'Raider C' or 'Ship 16', which spent 622 days at sea from March 1940 until she was sunk by HMS Devonshire in the South Atlantic in November 1941, having herself accounted for 22 ships at a gross tonnage of over 145,000, slight slant to vertically creased spine, a little rubbed and creased at extrems., edges tanned, light overall soiling, good,

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Book number: 45213

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy german raider commerce auxilliary merchant cruiser atlantis rogge goldenfels raiderc hsk2 devonshire python dorsetshire vf45

Monsarrat, Nicholas,

CORVETTE COMMAND.

Cassell, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 100pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, 6pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial paper wrappers with flaps, the third of the author's three titles about his experiences in corvettes during WW2, later published in hardback as part of Three Corvettes, Lt. (later Lt. Cdr.) Monsarrat in command of HMS Winger as escort to coastal convoys in the War Channel, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges foxed, ink name half title, very good,

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Book number: 42412

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

Keywords: war ww2 navy rnps a/s royal naval patrol service

Monsarrat, Nicholas,

CORVETTE COMMAND.

Cassell, London, 1944, 1st edn., paperback original, 100pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, 6pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial paper wrappers with flaps, the third of the author's three titles about his experiences in corvettes during WW2, later published in hardback as part of Three Corvettes, Lt. (later Lt. Cdr.) Monsarrat in command of HMS Winger as escort to coastal convoys in the War Channel, wrappers a little rubbed and creased, light foxing and tanning to edges, lacks one original photo ill. but it has been replaced with a copy, good plus,

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Book number: 44609

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

Keywords: war ww2 navy rnps a/s royal naval patrol service

Monsarrat, Nicholas,

EAST COAST CORVETTE.

Cassell, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, 6pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial paper wrappers with flaps, the second of the author's three titles about his experiences in corvettes during WW2, later published in hardback as part of 'Three Corvettes', Lt. Monsarrat's experiences as 1st Lt. of HMS Dipper, as escort to coastal convoys in the War Channel, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, lower cnrs. inclined to curl, edges foxed, flaps pasted down, ink name half title, very good,

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Book number: 42413

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

Keywords: war ww2 navy east coast convoy escort corvette dipper rnps a/s royal naval patrol service

Monsarrat, Nicholas,

EAST COAST CORVETTE.

Cassell, London, 1943, 1st edn., paperback original, 80pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, 6pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial paper wrappers with flaps, the second of the author's three titles about his experiences in corvettes during WW2, later published in hardback as part of 'Three Corvettes', Lt. Monsarrat's experiences as 1st Lt. of HMS Dipper, as escort to coastal convoys in the War Channel, wrappers a little rubbed, creased and soiled, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44610

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

Keywords: war ww2 navy east coast convoy escort corvette dipper rnps a/s royal naval patrol service

Monsarrat, Nicholas,

THREE CORVETTES, comprising HM Corvette, East Coast Corvette and Corvette Command.

Panther, London, 1969, reprint, paperback, 223pp, [i] ads.coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers by Norman Wilkinson, Sub Lt., Lt. (1st Lt. HMS Dipper), and Lt. in command (HMS Winger - later Lt. Cdr ) Monsarrat's experiences in corvettes on escort duties on the East Coast 'war channel' convoys of the North Sea and in the Western Approaches of the North Atlantic, 1940-43, slight slant to creased spine, a little rubbed and creased at extrems., wrappers a little soiled, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 44979

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - RN Patrol Service, Mines and Minesweeping

Keywords: ww2 war navy east coast convoy corvette dipper winger rnps western approaches battle atlantic