BURNS Lt.-Cmdr K.V

Badges and Battle Honours of HM Ships. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Maritime Books, [Liskeard],, [1986]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured badges and photographs in monochrome throughout; green cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37571

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, ships badges, battle honours

BURNS K.V.

Devonport Built Warships since 1860. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Maritime Books, Liskeard,, [1981]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Records all ships built by the naval dockyard with leading details and brief histories of each vessel. Law, 1425

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Book number: 5488

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, shpbuilding, devonport, dockyards

BURT R. A.

Warships Illustrated No. 12. British Cruisers in World War One. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Arms & Armour,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 44675

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, cruisers, british cruisers, warships illustrated, burt

BURT R. A.

Warships Illustrated No. 7. British Destroyers in World War One. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Arms & Armour,, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 44676

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, destroyers, british destroyers, warships illustrated, burt

BURTON Tom

Warship Profile 38: Abdiel-Class Fast Minelayers. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1973]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Perhaps the scarcest title in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 1015

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Book number: 25749

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, warship profiles, warship classes, warship design, tom burton

BUSCH Harald

U-Boats at War. Translated from the German by L.P.R. Wilson. [First English Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Putnam,, 1955. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 36 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little dulled else a very good, bright, clean copy. A U-boat classic by a leading war correspondent, first published as 'So War der U-Boot Krieg' (Bielefeld, 1952). It is one of the earliest (and best) attempts at a balanced German view of the conflict. Well illustrated, with some carefully chosen interiors and uncommon portraits of notable commanders. SCARCE. Enser, p.428; Law, 1711.

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Book number: 49354

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, kriegsmarine, u-boats, atlantic, convoys, busch, harald busch

BUSCH Corvette-Captain Fritz-Otto

The Drama of the Scharnhorst. A Factual Account from the German Viewpoint. Translated from the German by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Hale,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip dulled (but lettering wholly legible) a very good, clean copy. Enser, p.58; Law 1673.

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Book number: 36318

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, scharnhorst, north cape, fritz-otto busch

BUSH Captain Eric Wheeler

Bless Our Ship. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Allen & Unwin,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO A MEMBER OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY OF HMS EURYALUS, WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Bush's autobiography, of which about one third covers his service in WWII. He was with minesweepers at Dunkirk, took command of the new cruiser EURYALUS in the Mediterranean, assisted in staff work for D-Day, and recommissioned HMS MALAYA for bombardment duties. With 6pp publisher's catalogue at end. Law 0669.

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Book number: 37568

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, euryalus, eric bush, eric wheeler bush

BUXTON Ian

Battleship Duke of York. An Anatomy from Building to Breaking. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Pen & Sword, [Barnsley],, [2021]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monchrome pgotograpohs and illustrations; cloth, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The most comprehensive coverage, including builder's plans, of a single British battleship ever attempted.

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Book number: 45423

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, battleships, duke of york, ian buxton, ian johnston

BYWATER Hector C.

Their Secret Purposes. Dramas and Mysteries of the Naval War. With a Chart of the post-Jutland Battle Fleets.

Constable,, 1932. 8vo., First Edition, with a large folding chart at rear, small contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, covers lightly age-soiled else a good, clean copy. Uncommon. Enser, p.228.

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Book number: 23247

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, great war, royal navy, fisher, beatty, jellicoe, jutland, h.c. bywater, naval, wwi, their, secret, purposes

CAMERON Ian

Red Duster, White Ensign. The Story of the Malta Convoys. [Foreword by Captain S.W. Roskill.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frederick Muller,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, red top, slight lean else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the small trade ticket of Barker & Howard of London on front paste-down. Crisp, clean copy of Cameron's classic account of the efforts to maintain supplies to the beleagured island. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.117; Law, 0336.

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Book number: 46814

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, malta, malta convoys, pedestal, harpoon, halberd, ohio, breconshire, ian cameron

CAMPBELL Commander A.B.

The Battle of the Plate. With a Foreword by Lord Chatfield. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1940]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps, title and following leaves lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at edges and lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. One of the earliest published accounts of the action: also covers the release of the Spee prisoners by COSSACK from ALTMARK. Includes ROH and awards. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Law 0104; inexplicably, not recorded by Enser.

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Book number: 44546

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, river plate, battle of the plate, graf spee, exeter, ajax, achilles, archibald campbell

CAMPBELL John

Jutland. An Analysis of the Fighting. With a Preface by Anthony Preston. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations, diagrams and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of Campbell's classic study first published in 1986.

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Book number: 31241

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww1, great war, jutland, john campbell, j. campbell,naval, wwi, jutland

CAMPBELL John

Queen Elizabeth Class. Warship Monograph Two. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, 1972. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous photographs and diagrams (the majority full-page) in the text; cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Warship Monographs. Monograph Two. The five battleships of this class - Queen Elizabeth, Barham, Malaya, Valiant, Warspite - were the last designed under Sir Philip Watts as Director Naval Construction. All served in the latter stages of WWI (Queen Elizabeth controversially at the Dardanelles) and with distinction (especially Warspite) throughout WWII which all save Barham, a tragic early loss, survived. Scarce, especially in this condition. Law, 0994.

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Book number: 18691

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, ww1, ww2, battleships, warship types, warship classes, queen elizabeth, warspite, barham, valiant, malaya, john campbell, naval, wwii, warship, monographs

CAMPBELL Commander A[lexander] B.

Salute the Red Duster . With a Foreword by Admiral Lord Mountevans. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Christopher Johnson,, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 14 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Wide-ranging tribute to the Merchant Navy at war; includes Malta, Russia, Dunkirk, Graf Spee, Jervis Bay and many others. SIGNED COPIES ARE VERY SCARCE. Enser, p.270; Law, 1264.

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Book number: 33145

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, merchant navy, royal navy, alexander campbell