HM NAVAL BASE PORTSMOUTH

Oliver Warner 1903-1976.. [A Naval Review. An Exhibition in the Lambert-McCarthy Gallery, Royal Naval Museum, HM Naval Base Portsmouth, 21 October 1983]. NEAR FINE COPY

[Privately Printed, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth,, 1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Includes a bibliography. SCARCE.

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Book number: 28052

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, oliver warner hm naval base portsmouth, naval, general, oliver, warner, 1903-1976.

HMS HOWE

HMS Howe 1944-45. [With a Foreword by Captain H. W.U. McCall, Royal Navy]. [First and Sole Edition.] RECORD OF HER LAST WARTIME COMMISSION: A RARE SURVIVAL

[Privately Printed, Durban],, [n.d.?1946]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, 25 plates on 18, numerous illustrations (one full-page) in the text and front endpaper map in red and black; original grey-blue cloth, upper board blocked with ship's crest in blue, very neatly recased with old endpapers preserved, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the possession of G.A.J. Seymour (possibly Chief Shipwright). HMS Howe's last wartime commission took her from Scapa Flow to Auckland, including the UK naval ports, Gibraltar, Algiers, Port Said, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Trincomalee, Singapore, Colombo, Fremantle, Sydney and Auckland. Then she travelled across the Pacific to take part in air strikes against Leyte. Then back to Fremantle and on to Durban (where this publication seems to have been printed), Cape Town, Mombassa, the Seychelles and Colombo again, after which she retraced her outward route back to the UK. This record is the usual ship's mixture of chronology, geography, anecdote, private reminiscence, humour, cartoons and Crossing the Line. There is much coverage of her gunnery for which she was renowned throughout the Pacific Fleet. AN IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE OPERATIONAL RECORD OF THE KGV BATTLESHIPS IN WWII. RARE. We can find no record of this publication in any reference known to us.

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Book number: 15293

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, howe, hms howe, battleships, kgv, king george fifth

HMS GANGES.

[Order of Ceremony of] Review by Vice-Admiral A C G Madden, 7 June 1951. In Honour of the Birthday of His Majesty the King. A RARE SURVIVAL

[Privately Printed],, 1951. 8pp 8vo., printed in blue, with one full-page photograph; wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, fresh copy. HMS GANGES (1865-1976) was the Royal Navy's junior rates training establishment at Shotley in Suffolk. Vice-Admiral Alexander Gordon Cumming Madden was then Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel. During WWII he commanded BIRMINGHAM and ANSON. In 1949, as Flag Officer Far East Station, he was involved with AMETHYST and the Yangtze Incident. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 33079

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Keywords: naval, royal navy, hms ganges, shotley, naval training, admiral madden, alexander madden

HMS KENT

A Short History of HMS Kent 1653-1928. [Sole Edition].

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, [1928]. 8vo., First and Sole Edition, with 4 plates; ribbed blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Brief histories of the eight RN vessels to bear the name to 1928, from the fourth rate of 1653 (Battle of St. James's Day) to the 8-inch cruiser of WWI. Extremely scarce.

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Book number: 18410

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Keywords: naval, royal navy, hms kent, hms kent, naval, to 1914, short, history, hms, kent, 1653-1928

HOBSON Robert W.

Chariots of War. [The Story of the WWII 'Human Torpedoes']. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Ulric Publishing, [Church Stretton],, [2004]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams in the text, and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The definitive study of Human Torpedos in WWII. By piecing together otherwise lost or fragmented pieces of history, Hobson captures the spirit of the day and pays homage to the (largely) British and Italian Charioteers.

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Book number: 47091

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, human torpedoes, chariots, valiant, takao

HODGES Peter

Destroyer Weapons of World War 2.

Conway Maritime Press,, [1979]. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference comparing British (Hodges) and American (Friedman) destroyer equipment and design. Law, 1780.

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Book number: 3851

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, us navy, destroyers, warship classes, peter hodges, norman friedman, naval, wwii, destroyer, weapons, world, war, 2

HOEHLING A. A.

The Great War at Sea. A History of Naval Action 1914-1918. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Arthur Barker,, [1965]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, rose top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped and frayed with minor loss at edges. Enser, p.229.

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Book number: 29524

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, hoehling

HOEHLING A. A.

Lonely Command. A Documentary. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Cassell,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and with small loss at head of backstrip. The story of the German High Seas raider SMS EMDEN in the Great War. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.117.

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Book number: 46421

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, sms emden, german raiders, hoehling

HOGG Ian

Naval Gun.

Blandford Press, Poole,, [1978]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations and drawings in the text, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Well-illustrated survey of naval gunnery from broadside to Bofors.

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Book number: 14407

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, naval gunnery, gunnery, cannon, ian hogg, john batchelor, naval, general, naval, gun

HOLLOWAY Adrian

From Dartmouth to War. A Midshipman's Journal. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Buckland,, [1993]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and photographs 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 TITLE. The author was appointed to HMS INDOMITABLE just prior to the Japanese surrender.

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Book number: 46140

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, pacific, hms indomitable, adrian holloway

HOLMAN Gordon

Stand by to Beach!. [Second Impression.] BRGHT, CLEAN COPY

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1944]. 8vo., Second Impression, with 23 plates (one double-page); blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Early contemporary account of the reality of the D-Day Landings. Published in the same month as the first edition. Enser, p.31; Law, 0553.

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Book number: 37310

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, normandy, d-day, overlord, neptune, holman, gordon holman

HOLMES Harry

The Last Patrol. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Airlife, [Shrewsbury],, [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Operational history of the fifty-two US submarines lost during WWII.

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Book number: 37146

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, submarines, submarine losses, harry holmes

HOOLE, ed. Rob

Last of the Wooden Walls. An Illustrated History of the TON Class Minesweepers and Minehunters. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Halsgrove, [Wellington],, [2015]. Sm. folio, Second Impression, with title-vignette and numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 2012, in association with the TON Class Association. Pictorial survey of the Royal Navy's world-famous class of coastal minesweepers.

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Book number: 45298

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, post-1945, ton class, minesweepers, minesweeping, minehunters, rob hoole, ton class association

HOPKINS Captain Harold

Nice to have You Aboard. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Allen & Unwin,, [1964]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Personal account of the Pacific war from 1943 to 1945 by a British naval officer attached to the US Pacific Fleet. Enser, p.459; Law 0608.

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Book number: 34272

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, pacific, far east, us pacific fleet, harold hopkins

HOPKINS Captain Harold

Nice to have You Aboard. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin,, [1964]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal account of the Pacific war from 1943 to 1945 by a British naval officer attached to the US Pacific Fleet. Enser, p.459; Law 0608.

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Book number: 37258

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, pacific, far east, us pacific fleet, harold hopkins