Dickens, Captain Peter, DSO, MBE, DSC, RN,

NIGHT ACTION - MTB Flotilla at War.

Purnell Book Services, London, 1974, club edn., 242pp, 8pp half tone ills., diagrams in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, club edition virtually identical to publisher's edition, the wartime experiences of the author, in the destroyer HMS Somali, a dutch vessel Doggersbank at Dunkirk and 1st Lt. destroyer HMS Cotswold until mined on the East Coast in April, 1942. After survivors leave he took over MTB 234, from June 1942 as Senior Officer 21st MTB Flotilla at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe), HMS Mantis (Lowestoft) until December, again at HMS Beehive to end July, 1943, working with MGB's in the North Sea and off the Dutch coast attacking German shipping, a little rubbed and lightly bumped at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at head of spine, relined at upper edges folds, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40701

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

Keywords: war ww2 navy mtb mgb rncf royal dunkirk naval coastal forces east coast narrow seas convoy anglia suffolk destroyer somali cotswold felixstowe beehive lowestoft mantis a/s

Dickens, Captain Peter, DSO, MBE, DSC, RN,

NIGHT ACTION - MTB Flotilla at War.

Purnell Book Services, London, 1974, club edn., 242pp, 8pp half tone ills., diagrams in text, maps at endpapers, black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the wartime experiences of the author, in the destroyer HMS Somali, a dutch vessel Doggersbank at Dunkirk and 1st Lt. destroyer HMS Cotswold until mined on the East Coast in April, 1942. After survivors leave he took over MTB 234, from June 1942 as Senior Officer 21st MTB Flotilla at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe), HMS Mantis (Lowestoft) until December, again at HMS Beehive to end July, 1943, working with MGB's in the North Sea and off the Dutch coast attacking German shipping, edges a little tanned, dustwrapper: a little rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., relined at head of spine, laminate shrinking at front flap fold, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44260

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

Keywords: war ww2 navy mtb mgb rncf east coast convoy anglia suffolk destroyer somali cotswold beehive mantis coastal forces

Dickens, Captain Peter, DSO, MBE, DSC, RN,

NIGHT ACTION - MTB Flotilla at War.

Corgi, London, 1976, 1st in imprint, paperback, 285pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., several diagrams in line, [iii] ads., wraparound coloured pictorial wrappers by B. Knight, the wartime experiences of the author, in the destroyer HMS Somali, a dutch vessel Doggersbank at Dunkirk and 1st Lt. destroyer HMS Cotswold until mined on the East Coast in April, 1942. After survivors leave he took over MTB 234, from June 1942 as Senior Officer 21st MTB Flotilla at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe), HMS Mantis (Lowestoft) until December, again at HMS Beehive to end July, 1943, working with MGB's in the North Sea and off the Dutch coast attacking German shipping, edges tanned, light creasing to wrappers, very good,

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Book number: 45799

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

Keywords: war ww2 navy mtb mgb rncf east coast convoy anglia suffolk destroyer somali cotswold beehive mantis

Farrell, F. L.,

SURFACE RAIDER.

Trojan, London, ND, paperback, [152pp], wrap-around pictorial cover-art (unattrib.), account of the battle between the cruisers Exeter, Achilles and Ajax with the German pocket-battleship Graf Spee, December 1939, and the subsequent scuttling of the German vessel, lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned, edges tanned, very good plus,

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Book number: 41963

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy exeter achilles ajax graf spee

Fevyer, W. H. (compiler and editor),

THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1946.

J. B. Hayward, Polstead, Suffolk, 1981, 1st edn., [vi], vi, 163pp, [i] blank, in text halftone images of both sides of the medal (on verso half title) and of a group, large format about 10 x 7 inches, dark blue cloth lettered in silver at spine and upper board, decorative headband, clear acetate-type dustwrapper, details of the Distinguished Service Medal during WW2, the medal awarded for bravery and resourcefulness on active service at sea by NCO's and other ranks of the British and Commonwealth forces on active service at sea, containing a chronological list of the awards, the names with rank and serial number, London Gazette date and reference, and the citation, with an alphabetical index by surname and a list of multiple recipients, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39756

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: ww2 royal navy rn navy merchant service raf royal air force army artillery defensively armed merchant vessels dsm distinguised service medal london gazette

Forester, C. S.,

HUNTING THE BISMARCK.

Michael Joseph, London, 1959, 1st edn., 110pp, incl 8 maps, dark blue cloth lettered in white at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a reconstruction of the events involving the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck in May, 1941, the dramatic sinking of the world's largest capital ship, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, and the final sinking of Bismarck, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name front pastedown, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss spine ends and cnrs., internally repaired, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32770

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy hood bismarck battle atlantic battleship battlecruiser forceh swordfish

Forester, C. S.,

HUNTING THE BISMARCK.

Mayflower, London, 1970, 3rd imp., paperback, 118pp, 8 maps in text, [i] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, a reconstruction of the events involving the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck in May, 1941, the dramatic sinking of the world's largest capital ship, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, and the final sinking of Bismarck, slant to spine with lightvertical creasing, rubbed at extrems., some creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, ink inscr. half title, good,

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Book number: 35292

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy hood bismarck battle atlantic battleship battlecruiser forceh swordfish

Forester, C. S.,

HUNTING THE BISMARCK.

Michael Joseph, London, 1973 2nd imp., 110pp, 8 in text maps, dark blue cloth lettered in white at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Kenneth Farnhill, a reconstruction of the events involving the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck in May, 1941, the dramatic sinking of the world's largest capital ship, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, and the final sinking of Bismarck, ex public library, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges sl. dusty and tanned, lacks front free endpaper, usual marks and stamps to prelims., dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, slight label residue to front flap, a good reading copy in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39200

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy hood bismarck battle atlantic battleship battlecruiser forceh swordfish

Forester, C. S.,

HUNTING THE BISMARCK.

Mayflower-Dell, London, 1966, 2nd imp., paperback, 118pp, 8 maps in text, [i] ads., pictorial wrappers, a reconstruction of the events involving the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck in May, 1941, the dramatic sinking of the world's largest capital ship, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, and the final sinking of Bismarck, spine slanted and sunned, creased to wrappers, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 41967

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy hood bismarck battle atlantic battleship battlecruiser forceh swordfish

Forester, C. S.,

HUNTING THE BISMARCK.

Mayflower, London, 1970, 3rd imp., paperback, 118pp, 8 maps in text, [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper, a reconstruction of the events involving the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck in May, 1941, the dramatic sinking of the world's largest capital ship, the battlecruiser HMS Hood, and the final sinking of Bismarck, severe slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, sunning to lower wrapper, fair,

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Book number: 45106

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy hood bismarck battle atlantic battleship battlecruiser forceh swordfish

Frank, Wolfgang (translated by Lynton Hudson),

ENEMY SUBMARINE - The Story of Gunther Prien, Captain of U47.

New English Library, London, 1977, 1st in imprint, paperback, 156pp, map in text, [iv] ads., coloured pictorial wrappers, a translation of the original German text published during WW2, the account of the U-boat commander Gunther Prien who managed to penetrate the defences of Scapa Flow in October 1939 and sink the battleship HMS Royal Oak, based on the authors personal recollections of Prien and contemporary records, with the addition of some later passages concerning Prien's fate, rubbed and a little creased at extrems., a few flakes of surface loss, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 44968

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 german navy submarine u47 prien vf45

Gannon, Michael,

OPERATION DRUMBEAT - The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II.

HarperPerrennial, New York, trade paperback, 490pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagram in text, decorated upper wrapper, an account the German naval campaign against the American mercantile vessels off the east coast of North America during WW2, when Admiral Dönitz, commander of submarines and the senior naval officer during the Battle of the Atlantic formulated Operation Drumbeat in early 1942 to take advantage of USA's lack of preparedness for a naval war, (an episode when USA approached the UK for help resulting in Britain sending 24 Royal Naval Patrol Service anti-submarine trawlers as well as whalers and corvettes), with detailed research of the German archives and contributions from interviews with US, British and German veterans the author has been able to relate in detail the planning and execution of the Operation, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, wrappers lightly creased, remainder mark in ink lower edge, very good,

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Book number: 42395

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

Keywords: war ww2 navy u-boat battle atlantic usa rnps a/s trawlers

Gannon, Michael,

OPERATION DRUMBEAT - The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II.

Harper and Row, New York, 1990, 1st edn. (stated), xxii, 490pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., maps and diagram in text, maps at endpapers, grey paper covered baords with red cloth lettered in silver at spine, , an account the German naval campaign against the American mercantile vessels off the east coast of North America during WW2, when Admiral Dönitz, commander of submarines and the senior naval officer during the Battle of the Atlantic formulated Operation Drumbeat in early 1942 to take advantage of USA's lack of preparedness for a naval war, (an episode when USA approached the UK for help resulting in Britain sending 24 Royal Naval Patrol Service anti-submarine trawlers as well as whalers and corvettes), with detailed research of the German archives and contributions from interviews with US, British and German veterans the author has been able to relate in detail the planning and execution of the Operation, lightly bumped upper tips of boards, edges tanned, dustwrapper: light creasing at extrems., very good in a near fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 44138

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

Keywords: war ww2 navy u-boat battle atlantic usa rnps a/s trawlers

Gasaway, E. B.,

GREY WOLF, GREY SEA.

Futura, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, [vi], 245pp, [ii] ads., coloured wraparound pictorial wrappers, an account of the life of the German U-124, built at Bremen and launched in March 1940, and her two Commanders, Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm Georg Schulz who, when promoted to command th 6th U-boat flotilla, was replaced by Kapitänleutnant Jochen Mohr. U-124 sank 49 ships for a total of over 225,000 tons of allied shipping before being sunk by the RN sloop Black Swan and the Corvette Stonecrop in April, 1943, roll and slant to spine, rubbed at extrems., wrappers creased, edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 45727

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 german navy u-boat battle atlantic convoy

Gordon, John,

ORDINARY SEAMAN.

Walker Books, London, 1992, 1st edn., 112pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Carolyn Piggford, the experiences of a teenager, a refugee from the 1930's depression in Jarrow he moved (with his family) to Wisbech in 1937. He relates his schooling there, WW2 and evacuees and then joining the Royal Navy in 1943 where he served in minesweepers, fine in a fine dustwrapper,

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Book number: 34743

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy minesweeper