CHALMERS Rear-Admiral W.S.

Max Horton and Western Approaches. A Biography of Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates, and maps in the text; blue gilt, gilt device on upper board, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (just affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by C.E. Turner. The greater part concerns Horton's career in WWII; as C-in-C Western Approaches he was ultimately responsible for decisive victory in the Atlantic. An important and readable account. The first edition is increasingly elusive in this condition. Enser, p.266; Law, 0199; NMM II/1 685.

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Book number: 46081

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, battle of the atlantic, western approaches, max horton, w.s. chalmers

CHAPMAN Paul

Submarine Torbay. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hale,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the most eminent members of the famous T-class, TORBAY operated out of Alexandria as part of First Submarine Flotilla and continued a distinguished career throughout WWII. Includes coverage of the later Miers controversy.

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Book number: 46063

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, submarines, t-class, torbay, first submarine flotilla, alexandria, paul chapman, charles cook

CHAPPELL Connery

Island Lifeline. [The Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., Ltd.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

T. Stephenson, Prescot,, [1980]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter worn and frayed at edges with one long closed tear. Published to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Company.

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Book number: 37271

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, shipping lines, iom, isle of man, isle of man steam packet, connery chappell

CHATTERTON E. Keble

The Big Blockade. Sixth Thousand. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Hurst & Blackett,, [c.1934]. 8vo., Sixth Thousand, with coloured frontspiece, numerous plates and maps; navy cloth, backstrip heavily sunned (but all lettering legible), a good, firm copy. With publisher's advertisement at front and 8pp publisher's catalogue at end. Enser, p.45 (recording the first edition).

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Book number: 37446

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, naval blockade, keble chatterton

CHATTERTON E. Keble

Down Channel in the 'Vivette'. Illustrated by Norman S. Carr. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

Sidgwick & Jackson,, 1912. Sm. 4to., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 50 monochrome illustrations and full-page map in the text, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original coarse-grained blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, case a little shaken (but binding entirely sound) else a good, clean copy. The first of two 'Vivette' cruising titles, this work was first issued in 1910.

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Book number: 12899

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, yachts, yachting, cruising, chatterton, keble chatterton, vivette

CHATTERTON E. Keble

Leaders of Britain. Leaders of the Royal Navy. [Leaders of Britain No. 1].

Hutchinson,, [1940]. 8vo., First Edition, small contemporary inscription on half-title, page-edges browning as always; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, firm copy. Published as No. 1 in the series 'Leaders of Britain', this remarkably well-preserved volume contains concise biographies of Admirals Pound, Forbes and Cunningham. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Law, 0674. Not recorded by Enser.

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Book number: 12129

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, chatterton, pound, forbes, cunnignham, admirals, e. keble chatterton, naval, wwii, leaders, britain

CHATTERTON E. Keble

Old Sea Paintings. The Story of Maritime Art as depicted by the Great Masters. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

John Lane The Bodley Head,, 1928. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, 14 coloured plates, and 95 monochrome plates on 61, title and preface lightly spotted; original navy blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, blue top, uncut, backstrip and boards unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. A standard reference. The technical commentaries on the vessels depicted are of a high standard.

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Book number: 10555

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, fine art, paintings, marine painting, chatterton, e. keble chatterton

CHATTERTON E. Keble

Old Ship Prints. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Spring Books,, [1965]. 8vo., with numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Reissue of a classic work first published in 1927.

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Book number: 37148

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ship prints, maritime, marine painting, marine artists, keble chatterton

CHESNEAU Roger

Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present. An Illustrated Enclyclopedia.

[Brockhampton Press,, 2000]. 4to., with photographic title-spread and very numerous photographs throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Geoff Hunt. This valuable addition to the literature of naval aviation was first published in 1984. A significantly revised edition appeared in 1992, with re-issues in 1998 and thereafter (as here).

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Book number: 11280

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, ww2, naval aviation, aircraft carriers, fleet air arm, roger chesneau, naval, wwii, aircraft, carriers, world, 1914, present

CHIHAYA Masataka

Warship Profile 22: IJN Yukikaze. Destroyer 1939-1970. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications Limited, Windsor],, [1972]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. One of the scarcest titles in this valuable and much sought-after series.

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Book number: 14404

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, ijn yukikaze, japanese navy, destroyers, warship design, warship types, warship profiles, masataka chihaya, yasuo abe

CHIHAYA Masataka

Warship Profile 30: IJN Yamato and Musashi. Battleships. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1973]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-marked else a near fine copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series.

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Book number: 24012

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, japanese navy, battleships, warship types, warship design, warship profiles, masataka chihaya, yamato, musashi

CHIHAYA Masataka

Warship Profile 12: IJN Kongo. Battleship 1912-1944. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1971]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy in original wrappers. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series.

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Book number: 34793

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, japanese navy, battleships, ijn kongo, kongo, warship types, warship design, warship profiles, masataka chihaya, yasuo abe

CLARKE W.V.J.

Cole's Shipmasters' Handbook to the Merchant Shipping Acts. Being a practical Guide to the Ascts and Regulations for Shipmasters and all concerned with the Mercantile Marine. Seventh Edition.

Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow,, [1953]. 8vo., free endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 3379

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, merchant navy, mercantile marine, seamanship, w.v.j. clarke, naval, maritime, cole's, shipmasters', handbook, merchant, shipping, acts

CLAYTON Tim

Trafalgar. The Men. The Battle. The Storm. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [2004]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, illustrations and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in bronze, brown endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 25064

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: history, biography, nelson, trafalgar, t. clayton, p. craig,naval, nelson, trafalgar

CLEEMPOEL Koenraad van

Astrolabes at Greenwich. A Catalogue of the Astrolabes in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. With Contributions from Silke Ackermann, Francois Charette, Elly Dekker, Paul Kunitzsch and A.J. Turner. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum,, [2005]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and very numerous monochrome photographs (a number full-page) in the text; black cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case with twin thumb-holes. A sumptuous standard reference, and the third of the NMM catalogues of instruments (following globes and sundials).

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Book number: 48581

Catalogue: Naval0

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