BIDDLE T.E.

The Corinthian Yachtsman, or Hints on Yachting. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. IN FULL MOROCCO

C Wilson late Norie & Wilson,, 1881. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and engraved plate of rigging and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, previous owners' signatures in pencil on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in blue full morocco, gilt back, uncut, original pictorial cloth from upper board and backstrip mounted on separate new leaves, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With 20pp of trade advertisements (a number illustrated) bound in at rear. Lovely copy of this classic and scarce work, which includes an extensive glossary of terms.

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Book number: 15237

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, yaching, tyrell biddle, corinthian yachtsman, t.e. biddle, naval, maritime, corinthian, yachtsman, hints, yachting

BIDLINGMAIER Gerhard

Warship Profile 4: KM Admiral Graf Spee. Pocket Battleship 1932-1939. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1971]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 1670.

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Book number: 38332

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, WWII, german navy, kriegsmarine, battleships, warship types, warship design, warship profiles, gerhard bidlingmaier

BIRD Keith

Erich Raeder. Admiral of the Third Reich. [First US Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD,, [2006]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; brown cloth boards, ivory cloth backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 32721

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, german navy, kriegsmarine, raeder, admiral raeder, erich raeder

BISHOP Patrick

Target Tirpitz. X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters - the epic Quest to destroy Hitler's mightiest Warship. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Harper Press,, [2012]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40562

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, kriegsmarine, tirpitz, battleships, patrick bishop

BITTNER D.F.

A Ghost of a General. Royal Marine General Officers and the Promotion Crisis of the Pre-World War I Era.

Royal Marines Historical Society, Eastney,, 1984]. 8vo.,m with photographs in the the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publications 6. Photofacsimile of the original edition.

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Book number: 26329

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, royal marines, portsmouth, unit histories, unit history, d.f. bittner, naval, royal marines, ghost, general

BITTNER Lieut.-Col. D.

Royal Marines Spies of WWI Era. Part One: Captain B.F. Trench by D.F. Bittner; Part Two: Captain Compton Mackenzie by J.M. Coleby. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Royal Marines Historical Society, [Southsea],, [1993]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publication No. 15. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 44077

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, royal marines, espionage, d bittner, j. m coleby, military, royal, marines, spies, wwi, era

BLAIR Clay

Hitler's U-Boat War. [First UK Edition. Complete set.]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [1997-99]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 126 plates on 48, and 2 double-page plans, 27 tables and 14 maps (8 double-page) in the text; black cloth, red endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid set of the most comprehensive study to date, comprising 'The Hunters 1939-1942' (1997) and 'The Hunted 1942-1945' (1999). The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest, hardest-fought and most critical sea conflict in history: 'they [the U-boats] were the only thing that really frightened me' said Churchill. A study on this scale has been feasible only in the twenty years or so following the release of large official archives (the last of which principally concerned codes and code-breaking) in London and Washington. First published by Random House in New York 1996-98; the UK edition was published in far smaller numbers and in already difficult to find in this state.

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Book number: 38856

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, us navy, german navy, kriegsmarine, u-boats, atlantic, battle of the atlantic, convoys, submarines, clay blair

BLAKE George

The Ben Line. The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships owned and managed by them 1825-1955. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Nelson,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, 35 plates on 30 and endpaper maps; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 42118

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, shipping lines, line history, merchant navy, ben line, william thomson, george blake

BLAKE George

Gellatly's 1862-1962. A Short History of the Firm. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Blackie,, [1992]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in blue and black, and plates; green cloth, green top, green endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With the Firm's presentation slip loosely inserted.

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Book number: 36064

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, gellatly, gellatly's, shipping line histories, george blake

BLORE T.

Commissioned Bargees. The Story of the Landing Craft. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Hutchinson,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy. Largely vernacular account of these severely under-published craft.Enser, p.244; Law, 1088

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Book number: 25722

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, landing craft, t. blore, naval, wwii, commissioned, bargees

BLUNDELL W.D.G.

Royal Navy Battleships 1895-1946. [Paperback Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Almark,, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 37593

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, royal navy, battleships

BLUNDELL Walter D. G.

Royal Navy Warships 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Almark, Edgware,, [1971]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and line drawings in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated with photographs and constant scale drawings. SCARCE. Law 0935.

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Book number: 50207

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, blundell, walter blundell

BONE Sir David William

Landfall at Sunset. The Life of a Contented Sailor. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Duckworth,, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; dark navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, mildly age-marked dustwrapper. Sold with a small quantity of relevant contemporary cuttings. Wrapper illustration by Freda Bone. David Bone's classic autobiography covers almost half a century at sea, including both world wars. He served as Commodore Master of Anchor Line until his retirement in 1946. A fitting complement to his wartime memoir 'Merchantman Rearmed' (1949). Law 1375.

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Book number: 49490

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, bone, david done, freda bone

BONE [Sir] David W.

Merchantman Rearmed. With Drawings by Muirhead Bone. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chatto & Windus,, 1949. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 15 fine plates and numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail of backstrip. The author's war service from master of TRANSYLVANIA to command of the troopship CAESAR. Classic illustrations by his brother, well-known artist Muirhead Bone. Enser, p.270; Law, 1376.

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Book number: 5073

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, ww2, wwii, royal navy. merchant navy, muirhead bone, david bone

BONNER-SMITH D.

Russian War, 1854. Baltic and Black Sea. Official Correspondence. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Navy Records Society,, 1943. 8vo., First Edition, with 5 folding maps on japon (a number folding), top and fore-edge mildly spotted; original series binding of ivory buckram, upper board blocked and ruled in gilt, navy buckram back lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With contemporary signature dated 1944 of a member of the ship's company of Colony-class light cruiser HMS MAURITIUS.

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Book number: 40580

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, crimean war, black sea, baltic, navy records society, hms mauritius