CLOWES William Laird

The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Vol. I. [This Volume only.] BRIGHT, CLEAN WORKING COPY

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1897. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure, title in red and black, 4 plates in photogravure (original tissue guards present) and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, a few leaves frayed at bottom margin, last few leaves lightly damp-marked at bottom margin; original navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, blue endpapers, hinges reinforced (thus binding entirely sound), covers mildly age-soiled else a bright, clean working copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, and press-marks on front endpaper verso and half-title. A sound working copy.

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Book number: 36808

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COBB David

Warship Profile 7: HM MTB. Vosper 70ft. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor,, 1971]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy in original wrappers. Law, 1097.

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Book number: 17463

Catalogue: Naval0

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COCKER M.P.

Mine Warfare Vessels of the Royal Navy 1908 to date. [Includes Minelayers and Minesweepers]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Airlife,, [1993]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent addition to an under-written aspect of the RN, providing technical and biographical detail of all minelayers and minesweepers from 1908 onwards.

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Book number: 8074

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COCKER Maurice P.

Observer's Directory of Royal Naval Submarines 1901-1982. With Drawings by John Lambert. Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Lancelot Bell Davies. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frederick Warne,, [1982]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first [and only] single volume work listing every RN submarine from Holland 1 to Trafalgar.

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Book number: 47017

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Keywords: naval, royal navy, submarines, warship classes, warship design, maurice cocker

CODRINGTON E.

Piracy in the Levant 1827-8. Selected from the papers of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington and edited by Lieutenant-Commander C. G. Pitcairn Jones. NEAR FINE COPY

Navy Records Society,, 1934. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a folding map on japon; original series binding of navy blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Navy Records Society, vol. LXXII. VERY SCARCE

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Book number: 22547

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COLEMAN Terry

Nelson. The Man and the Legend.

Bloomsbury,, [2001]. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, 20 coloured plates on 8, 41 monochrome plates on 16 and pictorial endpapers; navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 16284

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COLES K. Adlard

Creeks and Harbours of the Solent. [Seventh Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Edward Arnold,, [1963]. 4to., Seventh Edition, with numerous photographs and maps throughout, and endpaper maps; green cloth, backstrip letterded in silver, a very good,bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at backstrip.

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Book number: 37276

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, solent, adlard coles, sailing, cruising, iow, isle of wight

COLLEDGE J.J.

Ships of the Royal Navy. An Historical Index. COLLEDGE COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

David & Charles, Newton Abbot,, [1969-1970]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; navy cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped). The set comprises: Vol. I: Major Ships (some 13,000 vessels; 1969); Vol. II: Navy-built Trawlers, Drifters, Tugs and Requisitioned Ships (some 11,000 vessels; 1970). Bright set of the standard reference.

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Book number: 37267

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COLLEDGE J.J.

Ships of the Royal Navy. The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Revised by Lt.-Cmdr Ben Warlow. [Revised Edition.] FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Greenhill,, [2003]. 8vo., black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Colledge's famous index was first published in 1970 and serially revised and updated.

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Book number: 37630

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COLLINGWOOD Donald

The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War. An Operational History of the American-built Destroyer Escorts serving under the White Ensign from 1943-46.

Leo Cooper,, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with 29 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. First dedicated history of the seventy-eight vessels of this class (built in the US as Buckley or Evarts classes). The work itself is arranged by Escort Group (with which most of the class served) with some useful photographs both of ships and individuals. Includes a bibliography, and a valuable roll of the class with DE hull no., RN pennant no., origin of name, CO(s) and Escort Group attachments

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Book number: 12632

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COMPTON H.J.

Isle of Wight Here We Come. The Story of the Southern Railway's Isle of Wight Ships during the War 1939-1945.

Oakwood Press, [Headington,, 1997]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.

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Book number: 13522

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COMPTON-HALL Richard

Submarine Boats. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Excellent early history with fascinating and well-captioned photographs.

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Book number: 7298

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CONNELL G.G

Arctic Destroyers. The 17th Flotilla. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Kimber,, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with 48 plates on 16 and 5 full-page map in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Already scarce account of the 'O'-class destroyers which between them escorted forty-four Arctic convoys. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Law, 1044

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Book number: 33717

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CONNELL G.G.

Fighting Destroyer [HMS Petard]. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Crecy,, [1994]. 8vo., Second Edition, with numerous plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. PETARD's wartime career recounted by her gunnery officer and covering 1942-1944. She served in the Eastern Mediterranean and briefly with the Eastern Fleet. Revised and updated version of the original Kimber edition of 1976. Enser, p.64; Law 1045.

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Book number: 37266

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CONNELL G.G.

Jack's War. Lower-deck Recollections from World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

William Kimber,, [1985]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.197.

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Book number: 37265

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