Schofield, B. B.,

BRITISH SEA POWER - Naval Policy in the Twentieth Century.

B. T. Batsford, London, 1967, 1st edn., 271pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt at spine, top edge col'd, photo pictorial dustwrapper, the author spent a lifetime in the Royal Navy, from Midshipman in HMS Indomitable 1912, Naval Attaché at The Hague and Brussels, command of the cruiser HMS Galatea until 1941, Director of the Trade Division of the Admiralty 1941-3, Chief of Staff at the British Joint Services Mission in Washington and retiring as Vice-Admiral in 1951, he relates the peaks and troughs of British Naval Policy through two World Wars, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. surface loss at folds, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28169

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Schofield, B. B.,

THE RUSSIAN CONVOYS.

Pan Books, London, ND (circa 1985), reprint, trade paperback, 237pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps and plans in text, [ii] ads., pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), in the Pan Grand Strategy series, the story of the convoys to Russia during WW2, including material drawn extensively from German sources, with detailed accounts of incidents involving PQ13, PQ17, PQ18 and JW51B with tabular analysis of the convoys together with details of the ships sunk and war eqipment shipped by Britain and USA, slight slant to spine, lightly rubbed at tips and slight creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 40062

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Schofield, B. B.,

THE RUSSIAN CONVOYS.

B. T. Batsford, London, 1964, 1st edn., 224pp inc. 16pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, decorative headband, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the story of the convoys to Russia during WW2, including material drawn extensively from German sources, with detailed accounts of incidents involving PQ13, PQ17, PQ18 and JW51B with tabular analysis of the convoys together with the details of the ships sunk and war equipment shipped by Britain and the USA.erdges a little tanned, ddustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., faint foxing to reverse, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 45339

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy arctic kola murmansk russia convoy escort tirpitz scharnhorst swordfish x-craft xcraft lotus northern pride belfast king george v nairana campania magpie

Scott, Lt. Cdr. Peter, MBE, DSC*, RNVR,

THE BATTLE OF THE NARROW SEAS - A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945.

Country Life, London, 1945, 1st edn., xii, 228pp, 79 half tone photos and line drawings on 48pp, coloured frontis and 7 other coloured plates by author, maps (each different) at endpapers and in text, numerous small line ills. in text, pale blue cloth lettered in dark blue at spine, lettered and decorated in dark blue upper board, large format about 10 x 8 inches, pictorial dustwrapper, the author, already an accomplished wildfowl artist and writer, joined the Royal Navy serving in the destroyer HMS Broke in the Atlantic until the winter of 1941. When Broke paid off for a long refit Scott, the first lieutenant, was offered command of a steam gunboat which he accepted. Steam gunboats were the largest vessels of Coastal Forces, 150 feet long powered by twin steam turbines and the most heavily armed ships of the navy for their size with 1 x 3" gun, 2 x 6 pounder guns, 2 x twin 20mm cannon and 2 x 21" torpedo tubes. His account of the 'Battle of the Narrow Seas' relates his and many of his colleagues personal experiences in the Narow Seas, including Lt. Cdrs. Hichens and Dickens, and many lesser known officers and other ranks. The Narrow Seas comprised the English Channel and the southern North Sea, where the Coastal Forces, the ML's, MTB's and MGB's and his own steam gunboats took the battle to the enemy in his own coastal waters; includes accounts of the raids on St. Nazaire and Dieppe, and Normandy, photo ills. include MTB 19, 20, 21, 23, 74, 205, 360, 447, 621, 724, MGB 61, 88, ML 117, 145, 150, 230, 903, 1368, SGB 8, 9, etc., lightly sunned and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, ink inscr. half title, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at extrems., chips and nicks to edges and folds, repaired to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 42438

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - Coastal Forces, Clandestine Naval Ops and Landing Craft

Keywords: war ww2 navy east coast convoy war channel anglia suffolk lowestoft felixstowe dieppe st nazaire mtb mgb rncf scott hichens dickens channel north sea midge mantis beehive wasp hornet bee aggressive attack

Scott, Lt. Cdr. Peter, MBE, DSC*, RNVR,

THE BATTLE OF THE NARROW SEAS - A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945.

Country Life, London, 1946, 2nd edn., xii, 228pp, 79 half tone photos and drawings on 48pp, coloured frontis and 7 other coloured plates by author, maps (each different) at endpapers and in text, numerous small line ills. in text, pale blue cloth lettered in dark blue at spine, lettered and decorated in dark blue upper board, large format about 10 x 8 inches, pictorial dustwrapper, an accomplished wildfowl artist and writer the author joined the Royal Navy serving in the destroyer HMS Broke in the Atlantic until the winter of 1941. When Broke paid off for a long refit Scott, the first lieutenant, was offered command of a steam gunboat which he accepted. Steam gunboats were the largest vessels of Coastal Forces, 150 feet long powered by twin steam turbines and the most heavily armed ships of the navy for their size with 1 x 3" gun, 2 x 6 pounder guns, 2 x twin 20mm cannon and 2 x 21" torpedo tubes. His account of the 'Battle of the Narrow Seas' relates his and his colleagues personal experiences in the English Channel and the southern North Sea, where the Coastal Forces, the ML's, MTB's and MGB's and his own steam gunboats took the battle to the enemy in his own coastal waters; includes the raids on St. Nazaire and Dieppe, and Normandy, photo ills. include MTB 19, 20, 21, 23, 74, 205, 360, 447, 621, 724, MGB 61, 88, ML 117, 145, 150, 230, 903, 1368, SGB 8, 9, etc., a little rubbed at extrems., several slall patches colour loss to cloth, edges tanned, 2 line ink name/date verso half title, dustwrapper: rubbed with chipping to spine ends. and cnrs. and nicks to edges, restored to reverse, light overall soiling, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44851

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - Coastal Forces, Clandestine Naval Ops and Landing Craft

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Scott, Lt. Cdr. Peter, MBE, DSC*, RNVR,

THE BATTLE OF THE NARROW SEAS - A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945.

Country Life, London, 1945, 1st edn., xii, 228pp, 79 half tone photos and drawings on 48pp, coloured frontis and 7 other coloured plates by author, maps (each different) at endpapers and in text, numerous small line ills. in text, pale blue cloth lettered in dark blue at spine, lettered and decorated in dark blue upper board, large format about 10 x 8 inches, pictorial dustwrapper, an accomplished wildfowl artist and writer the author joined the Royal Navy serving in the destroyer HMS Broke in the Atlantic until the winter of 1941. When Broke paid off for a long refit Scott, the first lieutenant, was offered command of a steam gunboat which he accepted. Steam gunboats were the largest vessels of Coastal Forces, 150 feet long powered by twin steam turbines and the most heavily armed ships of the navy for their size with 1 x 3" gun, 2 x 6 pounder guns, 2 x twin 20mm cannon and 2 x 21" torpedo tubes. His account of the 'Battle of the Narrow Seas' relates his and his colleagues personal experiences in the English Channel and the southern North Sea, where the Coastal Forces, the ML's, MTB's and MGB's and his own steam gunboats took the battle to the enemy in his own coastal waters; includes the raids on St. Nazaire and Dieppe, and Normandy, photo ills. include MTB 19, 20, 21, 23, 74, 205, 360, 447, 621, 724, MGB 61, 88, ML 117, 145, 150, 230, 903, 1368, SGB 8, 9, etc., a little rubbed at extrems., small fray to cloth at tail of spine, edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed with chipping to spine ends. and cnrs. and nicks to edges, restored to reverse, light overall soiling, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44852

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy - Coastal Forces, Clandestine Naval Ops and Landing Craft

Keywords: war ww2 navy east coast convoy war channel anglia suffolk lowestoft felixstowe dieppe st nazaire mtb mgb rncf scott hichens dickens channel north sea midge mantis beehive wasp hornet bee aggressive attack

Sellwood, A. V.,

THE WARRING SEAS (originally published as Dynamite for Hire).

Tandem, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 237pp, iii ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the maritime career of Lt. Cdr. Hein Fehler, from his early years as a boy seaman in sailing merchant vessels in the Baltic and further afield, flirtation with the SA and SS, entrance into the Navy and after the outbreak of WW2 appointment as mines officer on the raider HSK2 Atlantis until she was sunk by HMS Devonshire in November 1941, rescue by U-boat and return to France for a spell training and being trained, eventual command in late 1943 of U-234, a milch-cow supply submarine, slight roll and slant to sunned spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light ringmark upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 40063

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

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Sellwood, A. V.,

THE WARRING SEAS (originally published as Dynamite for Hire).

Tandem, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 237pp, [iii] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the maritime career of Lt. Cdr. Hein Fehler, from his early years as a boy seaman in sailing merchant vessels in the Baltic and further afield, flirtation with the SA and SS, entrance into the Navy and after the outbreak of WW2 appointment as mines officer on the raider HSK2 Atlantis until she was sunk by HMS Devonshire in November 1941, rescue by U-boat and return to France for a spell training and being trained, eventual command in late 1943 of U-234, a milch-cow supply submarine, some roll and slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 41617

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 german atlantis armed merchant cruiser raider hsk2 ship16 raiderc raider-c mohr rogge submarine u-boat u-234 hms devonshire vf45

Shankland, Peter and Hunter, Anthony,

MALTA CONVOY.

Fontana Books, London, 1989, 9th imp., paperback, 192pp inc. 2pp bibliography, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, pictorial upper wrapper, account of the major convoy, Operation Pedestal, mounted to relieve Malta in August, 1942, comprising 14 merchant vessels protected by 3 carriers, 2 battleships, 12 cruisers, and 40 destroyers against 21 submarines, 23 E-boats and 540 aircraft. Only 5 merchant vessels survived including the much needed tanker Ohio. RN losses included the carrier HMS Eagle, cruisers HMS Cairo and Manchester and destroyer HMS Foresight.slight slant to lightly creased spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44986

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean convoy pedestal malta siege ohio eagle manchester cairo foresight vf44

Shankland, Peter and Hunter, Anthony,

MALTA CONVOY.

Fontana Books, London, 1973, 5th imp., paperback, 192pp inc. 2pp bibliography, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, pictorial upper wrapper, account of the major convoy, Operation Pedestal, mounted to relieve Malta in August, 1942, comprising 14 merchant vessels protected by 3 carriers, 2 battleships, 12 cruisers, and 40 destroyers against 21 submarines, 23 E-boats and 540 aircraft. Only 5 merchant vessels survived including the much needed tanker Ohio. RN losses included the carrier HMS Eagle, cruisers HMS Cairo and Manchester and destroyer HMS Foresight.slight slant to lightly creased spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 44987

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean convoy pedestal malta siege ohio eagle manchester cairo foresight vf44

Shankland, Peter and Hunter, Anthony,

MALTA CONVOY.

Fontana, London, 1973, 5th imp., paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the major convoy, Operation Pedestal, mounted to relieve Malta in August, 1942, comprising 14 merchant vessels protected by 3 carriers, 2 battleships, 12 cruisers, and 40 destroyers against 21 submarines, 23 E-boats and 540 aircraft. Only 5 merchant vessels survived including the much needed tanker Ohio. RN losses included the carrier HMS Eagle, cruisers HMS Cairo and Manchester and destroyer HMS Foresight.a little rubbed and creased at exterms., small area surface loss upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45194

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean convoy pedestal malta ohio eagle manchester cairo foresight

Shankland, Peter and Hunter, Anthony,

MALTA CONVOY.

Fontana, London, 1976, 6th imp., paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), account of the major convoy, Operation Pedestal, mounted to relieve Malta in August, 1942, comprising 14 merchant vessels protected by 3 carriers, 2 battleships, 12 cruisers, and 40 destroyers against 21 submarines, 23 E-boats and 540 aircraft. Only 5 merchant vessels survived including the much needed tanker Ohio. RN losses included the carrier HMS Eagle, cruisers HMS Cairo and Manchester and destroyer HMS Foresight.light vertical crease in spine, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 45195

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean convoy pedestal malta ohio eagle manchester cairo foresight

Shankland, Peter and Hunter, Anthony,

MALTA CONVOY.

Fontana, London, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 192pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., map in text, pictorial panel upper wrapper, account of the major convoy, Operation Pedestal, mounted to relieve Malta in August, 1942, comprising 14 merchant vessels protected by 3 carriers, 2 battleships, 12 cruisers, and 40 destroyers against 21 submarines, 23 E-boats and 540 aircraft. Only 5 merchant vessels survived including the much needed tanker Ohio. RN losses included the carrier HMS Eagle, cruisers HMS Cairo and Manchester and destroyer HMS Foresight.slight slant to wrinkled spine, wrappers rubbed, a little creased and soiled, edges tanned, reading copy,

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Book number: 45219

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy mediterranean convoy pedestal malta ohio eagle manchester cairo foresight

Showell, Jak P. Mallmann,

THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR TWO - A Reference Guide to the Kriegsmarine, 1935-1945.

Arms and Armour Press, London, 1979, 1st edn., 224pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills., line drawings, maps and digrams in text, large format (10 x 10 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper, a comprehensive reference guide to the history, command structure and organisation of the German Navy during WW2, with technical data tables for all classes of ships, rank and uniform illustrations with awards and insignia, biographical notes on personalities, a chronology of naval events, a glossary of German terms, etc., heavy, lightly rubbed at tips, light marks to edges, dustwrapper: tiny nick upper edge, lightly rubbed at tips, impressed marks lower panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 41517

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 german navy kriegsmarine reference vessels class uniform ranks

Silverstone, Paul H.,

U.S. WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II.

Ian Allan, London, 1977, reprint, 444pp, half tone photo frontis, half tone photo ills. throughout, navy blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, the most complete and detailed survey yet compiled of all major ships and most support ships of the US Navy and Coast Guard, listing for each the specification, armament, builder, launch date and ultimate fate, with nearly 400 photographs from official sources, many never before published, lists of individual war losses by type and name with details of the action, lightly rubbed at tips, ink reference front free endpaper, ink numerals against entries in the ships lost listing, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 38256

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy us warships