BRICE Martin

Axis Blockade Runners of World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Batsford,, [1981]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.29; Law 0084.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 33164

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, blockade runners,

BRICE Martin H.

The Royal Navy and the Sino-Japanese Incident 1937-41. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Ian Allan, [Shepperton,, 1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text, faint tape marks on endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Full account of the almost forgotten quasi-war on the China Station. Law, 0049

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5973

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, china station, china, japan, martin brice, naval, wwii, royal, navy, sino-japanese, incident, 1937-41

BRICE Martin H.

The Tribals. Biography of a Destroyer Class.

Ian Allan, [Shepperton,, 1971]. 8vo, First Edition, with 105 plates on 64, a full-page plan and numerous illustrations of badges in the text; original blue-grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The standard reference on this memorable class. Covers all 27 RN, RAN and RCN vessels, considered the finest of their type during WWII. Increasingly scarce. Enser, p.125; Law, 1040.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16715

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, destroyers, warship classes, tribal class, martin h. brice, naval, wwii, tribals

BRINNIN John Malcolm

The Sway of the Grand Saloon. [Second Revised Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Arlington,, [1986]. 8vo., Second Edition, with plates and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36092

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, liners, ocean liners, transatlantic liners,

BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.

British Shipbuilding Facilities and Services. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

[Shipbuilding Employers' Federation and others], 1962. 8vo., First Edition, text in blue and black, with numerous photographs and several maps (one folding); blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Valuable record of over 100 major British shipbuilders, enginebuilders and repairers, each with summary of locations, skills, facilities and services. Those were the days!

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 37196

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, shipbuilding, shipbuilders, british shipbuilders

BROMLEY (ed.) J.S.

The Manning of the Royal Navy. Selected Public Pamphlets 1693-1873. NEAR FINE COPY

Navy Records Society,, 1974. 8vo., First Edition; original series binding of navy blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright copy. Navy Records Society, Vol. 119.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 31232

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, navy records society, nrs, manning royal navy, j.s. bromley, naval, navy records society, manning, royal, navy

BROOK Peter

Warships for Export. Armstrong Warships 1867-1927. NEAR FINE COPY

World Ship Society, Gravesend,, 1999. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 31703

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww1, great war, warships, shipbuilding, shipbuilders, armstrong, peter brook

BROOKES Ewart

Destroyer. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jarrolds,, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, neat signature on half-title; black cloth, gilt back, tape marks on endpapers else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dudstwrapper. About half the book concerns better-known British destroyers and their roles in WWII. Law 1041.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 37577

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, destroyers, brookes, ewart brookes

BROOKES Ewart

The Gates of Hell. [With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser of North Cape]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jarrolds,, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition, with 20 plates on 12 and endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red and white, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-regarded account of the Arctic Convoys, particularly PQ17, PQ18 and JW51B. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.32; Law, 0499.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 12855

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, arctic convoys, russian convoys, pq17, pq18, jw51b, ewart brookes

BROOKES Ewart

Prologue to a War. [The Navy's Part in the Narvik Campaign.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jarrolds,, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and 3 maps in the text, fore-edge lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed study of both battles based on secondary sources. Enser, p.298; Law 0122.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36305

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, narvik, first narvik, second narvik, brookes, ewart brookes

BROOKS F.W.

The English Naval Forces 1199-1272. With a Foreword by Professor Geoffrey Callender. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

A Brown,, [1932]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 2 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 37231

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, english naval forces,

BROOKS Richard

The Long Arm of Empire. Naval Brigades from the Crimea to the Boxer Rebellion. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Constable,, [1999]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 38310

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, naval brigades, naval divisions, crimea, boxer rebellion, boer war, richard brooks

BROOME Captain Jack

Convoy is to Scatter. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Kimber,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. This classic account follows the operational sequence of actual signals received or exchanged by the ill-fated convoy PQ17 (1942) in which the author took part. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE. Law, 0514

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 46433

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: military, naval, ww2, wwii, arctic convoys, pq17, convoys, kola inlet, murmansk, broome, jack broome

BROOME Captain Jack

Convoy is to Scatter. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Kimber,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This classic account follows the operational sequence of actual signals received or exchanged by the ill-fated convoy PQ17 (1942) in which the author took part. Law, 0514

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 6080

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: military, naval, ww2, wwii, arctic convoys, pq17, convoys, kola inlet, murmansk, broome, jack broome

BROWN J.D.

Carrier Operations in World War II. Edited by David Hobbs. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Seaforth, [Barnsley],, [2009]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout; dark green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36601

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, naval aviation, carriers, carrier operations, aircraft carriers,