CONNELL G. G.

Mediterranean Maelstrom. HMS Jervis and the 14th Flotilla. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Kimber,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with 101 plates on 24, and full-page illustrations, full-page chart and double-page map in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. HMS Jervis served continuously from the outbreak of WWII to the cessation of hostilities in Europe. As leader, successively, of 7th and 14th flotillas she was awarded no fewer than thirteen battle honours, a record shared by only two other ships of the fleet. Connell concentrates on her time as leader of the 14th Flotilla, mainly in the Mediterranean, using much first-person material and a wealth of well-chosen photographs (many from previously unpublished personal collections). Several useful appendixes. Law 1046.

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Book number: 44637

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, destroyers, mediterranean, normandy, jervis, j-class, k-class, connell

CONNELL G. G.

Valiant Quartet. His Majesty's Anti-Aircraft Cruisers CURLEW, CAIRO, CALCUTTA and COVENTRY. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Kimber,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with 53 plates on 16 and 4 maps in the text, top and fore-edge very lightly age-marked; navy 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. With a small trade stamp on front paste-down. First-hand account marred by irritating printing errors. The four 'C' AA cruisers fought hard from the outset (Norway, Dunkirk, Malta, Greece); all were sunk through enemy action by October 1942. They were manned partly by reservists from London Division RNR whose story shines through. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.61; Law, 1016

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, royal naval reserve, rnr, cruisers, curlew, cairo, calcutta, coventry, malta convoys

CONNELL G.G.

Valiant Quartet. His Majesty's Anti-Aircraft Cruisers Curlew, Cairo, Calcutta and Coventry.

Kimber,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with 53 plates on 16 and 4 maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. First-hand account marred by irritating printing errors. The four 'C'-class AA cruisers fought hard from the outset (Norway, Dunkirk, Malta, Greece); all were sunk through enemy action by October 1942. They were manned partly by reservists from London Division RNR whose story shines through. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.61; Law, 1016

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COOKE Francis B.

The Corinthian Yachtsman's Handbook. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Edward Arnold,, 1913. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams in the text, and 22 folding plates, free endpapers lightly spotted; navy cloth, gilt back, small pull at headband, lower joint mildly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean, fresh copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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COOKE Francis B.

Practical Yachting Hints. Letters to a Novice. Illustrated by Archie White. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1946]. 8vo. Second Impression with frontispiece plates and numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; blue cloth gilt back blue top a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Archie White

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Book number: 27496

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COOKSLEY Peter G.

Operation Thunderbolt. The Nazi Warships' Escape 1942. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hale,, 1981. 8vo., First Edition, with 27 plates on 16 and 6 maps (several full-page) jn the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The best recent dedicated account of the Channel Dash, respectively code-named THUNDERBOLT (British) and CERBERUS (German), with striking dustwrapper artwork by Peter Endsleigh Castle. Published to mark the fortieth anniversary. Enser, p.109; Law 0492.

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Book number: 44532

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CORFIELD Richard

The Silent Landscape. In the Wake of HMS Challenger 1872-1876. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, [2004]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of arguably the greatest oceanographic mission of all, aiming to prove or refute Darwin's theory of evolution.

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Book number: 32376

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Keywords: naval, maritime, oceanography, hydrography, hms challenger, darwin, charles darwin, evolution, genetics, corfield, richard corfield

CORRY Commander Alvin Coote

The Executive Officer's Orders, etc. with regard to the Internal Economy of a Man-of-War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Griffin, Portsmouth,, 1888. 8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, expertly recased, a near fine copy. With the QRAI revision slip (printed in red) mounted facing p. 71. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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CORSON F. Reid

The Atlantic Ferry in the Twentieth Century.

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, [1937]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured folding frontispiece, 5 coloured plates, 35 plates in monochrome, 16 coloured plates of house funnel colours and 30pp of ships drawn in outline, fore-edges lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, case a little bruised, joints mildly rubbed else a good, sound copy. Sold with a small quantity of relevant ephemera, including several pages of ship's photographs.

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Book number: 18717

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Keywords: naval, maritime, liners, translatlantic liners, atlantic ferry, atlantic ferries, f. reid corson, naval, maritime, atlantic, ferry, twentieth, century

CORSON P.F.R.

Call the Middle Watch. An Account of Life at Sea in the Royal Navy 1905 to 1963. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Pentland Press, [Bishop Auckland],, [1991]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, fore-edge faintly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.Two consecutive lives: Rear Admiral E R Corson, between 1905 and 1916, and his son Commander P.F.R. Corson, from 1944 to 1987.

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Book number: 47977

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

COUHAT Jean Labayle

French Warships of World War II. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1971]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail of backstrip. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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COULTER Surgeon Captain J. L. S.

The Royal Naval Medical Service. Volume II. Operations.. [Official History of the Second World War.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY WITH RELEVANT PROVENANCE

HMSO,, 1956. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 18 plates on 16 and full-page map in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of the Squadron Medical Officer, HMS WIZARD, Dartmouth Training Squadron, and carries its stamps on front paste-down. Published in the official History of the Second World War. United Kingdom Medical Series. Second of Coulter's two volumes on the RNMS (the first volume deals with administration). The present volume is much more wide-ranging that its title suggests, for it is virtually a history of the war at sea. It is inevitably fuller on the earlier years of the war when casualties were heavier. Importantly, it includes the diary of the MO of HMS Scylla covering almost a year. Very scarce. Enser, p.258.Law, 1206.

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Book number: 14109

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COURSE Captain A.G.

Painted Ports. The Story of the Ships of Devitt & Moore. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hollis & Carter,, 1961. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 23 plates on 12 and tables in the text; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, small dent in lower board else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes full particulars of vessels, register of captains, and list of vessels and captains.

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COURSE A.G.

Pirates of the Eastern Seas. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Muller,, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; salmon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. NMM IV, 104.

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Book number: 29518

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, piracy, pirates, indian ocean, china sea, sea of japan

COUSINS Geoffrey

The Story of Scapa Flow. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frederick Muller,, [1965]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map and 16 plates on 8; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Astonishingly, this is the sole history to date of the main base of the Royal Navy's Atlantic fleet of both world wars. Good coverage of the scuttling and salvage of the German High Seas Fleet after WWI, and of the Royal Oak disaster in the early days of WWII. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.322; Law 1398.

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Book number: 28431

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