DANIELSSON Bengt

What happened on the Bounty?. Translated from the Swedish by Alan Tapsell. [First English Edition.] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin,, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; green boards, blue cloth back lettered in silver, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper.

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Book number: 38395

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, hms bounty, mutiny, bligh, william bligh, mutiny on the bounty, pitcairn, fletcher christian

DANNREUTHER Raymond

Somerville's Force H. The Royal Navy's Gibraltar-based Fleet, June 1940 to March 1942. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Aurum,, [2005]. 8vo., First Edition, with 20 plates on 8; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first dedicated account of Somerville's legendary Force H, a fighting unit almost constantly in action between June 1940 and November 1941. Charged with maintaining the Navy's command of two theatres, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, during a crucial period, its best-known actions were the disabling of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, the pursuit and destruction of the Bismarck and the supply of fighter aircraft to the beleagued fortress of Malta.

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Book number: 8537

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, gibraltar, atlantic, mediterranean, force h, somerville, bismarck, ark royal, raymond dannreuther, naval, wwii, somerville's, force, h

DAVIES David

Fighting Ships. Ships of the Line 1793-1815. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Constable,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 48708

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, nelson, napoleon, napoleonic wars,

DAVIES John

Lower Deck. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Macmillan,, 1945. 8vo., First Edition, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With dustwrapper artwork by Eric Fraser. The author's sequel to 'The Stone Frigate' describes the career of the fictional Tribal HMS Skye in the Mediterranean in 1942. Although presented as fiction it is based closely on personal experience. This work was awarded the Macmillan Centenary Award for 19 45. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p. 125; Law 1047.

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Book number: 32117

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, mediterranean, destroyers, john davies

DAVIS John

The Post-Captain or the Wooden Walls well manned. Comprehending a View of Naval Society and Manners. Edited with Introduction from the Third Edition, 1808, by R.H. Case. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Scholartis Press,, 1928. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original boards, red cloth back lettered in gilt, dark, uncut, fore-edge a little dusty else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES.

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Book number: 36217

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, post-captain, naval society, naval manners, john davis

DEACON Richard

The Silent War. A History of Western Naval Intelligence. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

David & Charles, Newton Abbot,, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a good, bright, copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal book-label on front free endpaper. Law 0819.

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Book number: 36106

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, naval intelligence, richard deacon

DEANE Anthony

Nelson's Favourite. HMS Agamemnon at War, 1781-1809. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Caxton,, [2003]. 8vo., Second Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and numerous photographs and maps throughout; laminated boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Geoff Hunt. First published by Chatham in 1996.

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Book number: 46139

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, nelson, napoleonic wars, napoleon, hms agamemnon

DICKENS Captain Peter

Warship Profile 20: HMS Hesperus. Ex-Brazilian 'H'-Class Destroyer.. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1972]. 4to., First Edition, with double-page spread of coloured illustrations and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers laminated at edges, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. The ex-Brazilian 'H-class' destroyers featured heavily in the Atlantic. Law, 1049.

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Book number: 48479

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, hms hesperus, warship classes, destroyers, escorts, warship types, warship design, warship profiles, peter dickens

DILLON Sir William Henry

A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839). Edited by Michael A. Lewis. Volume I: 1790-1802; Volume II: 1802-1839. COMPLETE SET

Navy Records Society, Aldershot,, 1953-1956. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, plates and maps, free endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of ivory buckram blocked in gilt, blue buckram backs ruled and lettered in gilt, boards very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean set. Navy Records Society, vols. 93 and 97.

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Book number: 39228

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Keywords: naval, navy records society, nrs, royal navy, dillon, william henry dillon, michael lewis

DIXON T.B.

The Enemy Fought Splendidly. Being the 1914-1915 Diary of the Battle of the Falklands and its Aftermath by Surgeon T.B. Dixon of HMS KENT. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Blandford Press, Poole,, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 32868

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, falkland islands, battle of the falklands, hms kent,

DOENITZ Admiral Karl

Memoirs. Ten Years and Twenty Days. Translated by R.H. Stevens in collaboration with David Woodward. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Doenitz planned the U-boat war, was appointed C-in-C of the Kriegsmarine in 1943, and became head of state following Hitler's death. 'A major source on German naval planning' Low). First published in Germany in the previous year. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.265; Law 1650.

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Book number: 50197

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, third reich, kriegsmarine, german navy, doenitz, karl doenitz, admiral doenitz

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

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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