EVANS Wilson P.

Deeds not Words. [The Victorian Navy]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Hawthorn Press, Melbourne,, 1971. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 36082

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Keywords: naval, to 1914, victorian navy, wilson evans

FAIRHOLME E.

A Dinghy on the London River. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Peter Davies,, [1937]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 23870

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: london, thames, sailing, cruising, e. fairholme, p. powell, naval, maritime, dinghy, the, london, river

FAIRLEY Gordon

Minute by Minute. The Story of the Royal Yachting Association (1875-1982). FINE COPY

Royal Yachting Association, Woking,, 1983. 8vo., First Edition; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.

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Book number: 32549

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Keywords: naval, maritime, sailing, yachting, cruising, rya, royal yachting association, gordon fairley

FANNING A. E.

Steady As She Goes. A History of the Compass Department of the Admiralty. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

HMSO,, 1986. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

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Book number: 41301

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, navigation, royal navy, admiralty, compass, compasses

FARQUHARSON-ROBERTS Captain the Rev. D.A.

Royal Marines and D-Day. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY

Royal Marines Historical Society, [Southsea],, [2012]. 8vo., Second Edition; printed wrappers a fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publications SP18. SCARCE

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Book number: 50623

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, wwii, royal marines, d-day, overlord, normandy

FAWCETT H. W.

The Fighting at Jutland (Abridged Edition). The Personal Experiences of Forty-Five Officers and Men of the British Fleet. [Abridged Edition.] BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

Macmillan,, 1921. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, and illustrations and plans in the text; blue cloth boards, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, grey cloth back blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, backstrip gilt dulled but wholly legible, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.186.

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Book number: 50208

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Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, royal navy, jutland, fawcett

FENTON] [R.

Ships in Focus Record. Issue Number 2 Volume 1. FINE COPY

Ships in Focus Publications,, 1996. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and plans in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Includes (among others) Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, the 'missing Merseys', Ropner trunk-deck steamers and Goole Colliers.

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Book number: 3347

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Keywords: naval, maritime, merchant navy, merchant shipping, r. fenton, j. clarkson, naval, maritime, ships, focus, record

FERGUSON Julie H.

Through a Canadian Periscope. The Story of the Canadian Submarine Service. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Dundurn Press, Toronto ON,, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37580

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal canadian navy, canadian navy, rcn, submarines, julie ferguson

FERNALD John

Destroyer from America. Illustrated by John Worsley. [Third Impression]. THE 'ENIGMA CAPTURE'; A SPLENDID ASSOCIATION COPY

Jonathan Cape,, [1942]. 8vo., Third Impression, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial cloth blocked in black, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned, and frayed with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Published three months after the first edition. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED BY DONALD RUSSELL OF THE LYGON ARMS AT BROADWAY, WORCESTERSHIRE, TO E B DAVIES, FIRST LIEUTENANT OF HMS BROADWAY - A DOUBLE 'BROADWAY' CONNECTION. It carries Davies's signature and Russell's inscribed business card on front paste-down. The Town-class destroyer HMS Broadway became famous as one of three escorts (the others being HMS Aubretia and HMS Bulldog) which captured U-110 intact in May 1941. The U-boat's capture led to the first seizure of a working Enigma machine and many vital cipher documents. The capture, subsequently code-named Operation PRIMROSE, was one of the greatest secrets of the Battle of Atlantic and was not revealed until ULTRA began to be declassified in the 1970s. Donald Russell was the owner-manager of the prestigious The Lygon Arms. The hotel was purchased, restored and made famous by his father, but during WWII Donald Russell turned it into a haven for servicemen on leave. It was doubtless while Davies was staying there that Russell caught sight of the 'Broadway' connection that resulted in the presentation. It is a remarkable added coincidence that HMS Broadway and HMS Newmarket should be sister ships. 'Destroyer from America' is a vividly-written and personal account of the war service of Town-class destroyer HMS Newmarket (here thinly disguised as 'HMS Porchester'). The simple device nevertheless allows the author to describe the war in the Atlantic with much less than the usual censorship. In addition to his work as a book illustrator, the artist John Worsley is best remembered as the creator of 'Albert RN', the dummy prisoner so lifelike that it enabled a series of successful escapes from the famous naval prison camp Marlag Milag Nord. The story is told in Lewis Gilbert's well-known feature film 'Albert RN' (1953) starring Jack Warner and Anthony Steel. Law 0231 (recording the first edition).

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FEVYER W. H.

The 1914 Star to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Naval & Military Press,, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 38676

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Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, royal navy, royal marines, awards, decorations, 1914 star

FEVYER W. H.

The Africa General Service Medal to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. NEAR FINE COPY

London Stamp Exchange,, [1990]. 8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 38677

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, awards, decorations, africa, africa general service medal, royal navy, royal marines, gambia, jubaland, somaliland, jidbali, nigeria

FINCHAM John

A History of Naval Architecture. Introduction by John Leather. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Scolar Press,, 1979. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, tables and diagrams throughout; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37576

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, naval architecture, fincham, john fincham, john leather

FLEMING Peter

The The Fate of Admiral Kolchak. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hart-Davis,, 1963. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates on 14 and 4 maps in the text; ochre cloth, backtrip lettered in navy, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser p.330.

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Book number: 43775

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Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, russia, kolchak, black sea fleet, bolsheviks, peter fleming

FLEMING George

Magennis VC. The Story of Northern Ireland's only Winner of the Victoria Cross. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SCARCE CLOTHBOUND ISSUE

History Ireland, [Dublin],, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and numerous photographs and maps in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO VICE ADMIRAL SIR ROY NEWMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. A splendid association copy of the very scarce clothbound issue (the paperback edition is difficult enough!). Mulholland & Jordan, F22.

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Book number: 11213

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, vc, victoria cross, magennis, far east, jahore, submarines, midget submarines, x-craft, cruisers, takao, george fleming

FOCK Harald

Fast Fighting Boats 1870-1945. Their Design, Construction and Use. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Nautical Publishing Company, [Lymington],, [1978]. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title, many hundreds of photographs and detailed drawings in the text, and pictorial endpapers, neat signature on front free endpaper; ochre cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference first published in Germany in 1973. Covers all navies which developed such craft; predictable emphasis on German vessels. Law, 1768

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Book number: 36597

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, german navy, kreigsmarine, coastal forces, warship classes, warship design, harald fock