DONALD Alastair J.

The Story of Colours in the Royal Marines.

Royal Marines Historical Society, Portsmouth,, 2001. 8vo., with coloured and monmochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publications 23.

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Book number: 26321

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, royal marines, unit histories, unit history, alastair j. donald, naval, royal marines, story, colours, royal, marines

DORNAN Peter

Diving Stations. The Story of Captain George Hunt. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Pen & Sword, [Barnsley,, 2010]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and 4 full-page maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The latest monograph on U-class submarines operating from Malta. One of the most successful Allied submarine commanders of WWII, George Hunt commanded ULTOR during no fewer than fifteen missions, sinking a total of 28 enemy vessels and damaging a further four. He ended his career as post-war SNO West Indies.

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Book number: 16702

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, submarines, u-class, malta, george hunt, peter dornan, naval, wwii, diving, stations

DORRIAN James G.

Storming St. Nazaire. The Gripping Story of the Dock-Busting Raid March, 1942. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Leo Cooper,, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with 45 plates on 16 and several maps in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable complement to Phillips, Ryder and Newman, this is a carefully crafted retelling through eye-witness accounts. Useful photographs, especially of other ranks.

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Book number: 46449

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, commandos, operation chariot, st. nazaire, nazaire, james g. dorrian

DOUGAN David

The Shipwrights. The History of the Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association 1882-1963 BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frank Graham, Newcastle upon Tyne,, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, primrose endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 36105

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, shipwrights, shipconstructors, shipbuilders, david dougan

DOUGLAS Major General Sir Howard

A Treatise on Naval Gunnery. Published with the Approbation and Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. SPLENDID COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING

John Murray,, 1829. 8vo., Second Edition, with several tables in the text, 5 folding engraved diagrams and 4 folding tables; contemporary half calf, gilt back, marbled boards, sprinkled edges, a remarkably crisp, fresh, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of M. John Phillips on front paste-down. A handsome and highly desirable copy of a classic work in contemporary binding. Son of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Howard Douglas (1776-1861) enjoyed a distinguished military career and developed a well-earned reputation for enquiry and innovation. By 1811 he had perfected and patented 'Douglas's reflecting circle'; in 1816 he published an important study of military bridges and in 1819 a treatise on Carnot's system of fortification. He then turned his attention to naval matters and produced the first edition of his famous volume on naval gunnery in 1820. It is a comprehensive study covering theoretical, practical and tactical aspects and its impact was significant. Its success, both at home and in translation, led eventually to the establsihment of 'H.M.S. Excellent' as a gunnery training school.

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Book number: 3125

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, royal navy, admiralty, gunnery, howard douglas, hms excellent

DUCKWORTH Admiral Sir John Thomas

Papers and Correspondence of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth. Volume I: The French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802. Edited by John D. Grainger. NEAR FINE COPY

Routledge, [Abingdon] [for] Navy Records Society,, 2022. 8vo., First Edition; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 169.

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Book number: 46901

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, navy records society, duckworth, john thomas duckworth, admiral duckworth, french revolutionary war

DUCKWORTH Christian Leslie Dyce

Railway and other Steamers. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Stephenson & Sons, Prescot,, [1968]. 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and 102 plates on 32; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of the standard reference, first published in 1948.

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Book number: 13437

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Keywords: naval, maritime, merchant navy, steamers, railway steamers, christian duckworth, graham langmuir

DULL Paul S.

A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945). NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD,, [1978]. Roy. 8vo., with photographs and charts in the text, and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrappwr.

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Book number: 50213

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, japanese navy, paul dull

DUNMORE Spencer

Lost Subs. From the Hunley to the Kursk, the greatest submarines ever lost - and found. [Introduction by Dr. Robert Ballard.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Madison Press, [Toronto ON],, [2002]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40102

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, submarines, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, salvage

DURHAM Dick

Where the River meets the Sea. One Hundred Years of the Sussex Yacht Club. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

[Privately Printed, Shoreham,, 1991]. 8vo., First Edition, with pictorial title and numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 28437

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: topography, sussex, shoreham, southwick, portslade, maritime, yachting, sailing, dinghies

DYER Vice Admiral George C.

Naval Logistics. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

US Naval Institute, Annapolis MD,, [1990]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and charts in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 37578

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, logistics, naval logistics, george dyer

EARLE Peter

The Last Fight of the Revenge. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins & Brown,, [1992]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 38370

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, revenge, grenville, elizabethan navy, richard grenville

EDWARDS Lt. Col. Brian

After Limbang. A Royal Marines Anthology of Experiences of the Confrontation with Indonesia, December 1962 to September 1966. NEAR FINE COPY

Royal Marines Historical Society, [Portsmouth],, [2008]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publications 36.

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Book number: 50624

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Keywords: mstock, naval, royal marines, indonesia, limbang, brian edwards

EDWARDS, Kenneth

Anatomy of the Ship. The Four-Masted Barque Lawhill. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Conway Maritime Press,, [1996]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. A scarce title in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications

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Book number: 37777

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Keywords: mstock, naval, maritime, aots, anatomy of the ship, barque lawhill, ship construction, kenneth edwards, roderick anderson, richard cookson

EDWARDS Bernard

Beware Raiders!. German Surface Raiders in the Second World War. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Leo Cooper, [Barnsley],, [2001]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 10082

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, german navy, kreigsmarine, battleships, pocket battleships, surface raiders, bernard edwards