FRACCAROLI Aldo

Italian Warships of World War I. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1970]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, laminated dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 44638

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, italian navy, italian warships, aldo fraccaroli

FRACCAROLI Lieut.-Commander Aldo

Warship Profile 17: RN Zara Heavy Cruiser 1929-1941. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1972]. 8vo., 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: 25308

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, regia nautica, italian navy, cruisers, warship types, warship design, warship profiles, aldo fraccaroli

FRIEDMAN Norman

Battleship Design and Development 1905-1945. Drawings by John Roberts. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, [1978]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Technical appreciation of the ability of designers to meet the demands of both politicians and admirals. SCARCE. Law 1769.

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Book number: 44632

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, battleships, warship design, norman friedman, john roberts

FRIEDMAN Norman

British Cruisers of the Victorian Era. Ship Plans by A D Baker III, with additional drawings by Paul Webb. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Naval Institute Press, [Annapolis MD],, 2012. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and over 300 photographs and illustrations; blue cloth, gilt back, purple endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The only comprehensive study of cruisers of this era.

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Book number: 21932

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, royal navy, cruisers, friedman, norman friedman

FRIEDMAN Norman

British Cruisers. Two World Wars and After. Ship Plans by A.D. Baker III, John R. Dominy, Alan Raven and Paul Webb. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Pen & Sword, [Barnsley],, [2010]. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous plates and illustrations in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the most important revaluations of recent years, and a worthy complement to his earlier work on destroyers

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Book number: 37877

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, royal navy, cruisers, friedman, norman friedman

FRIEDMAN Norman

British Destroyers and Frigates. The Second World War and later. Ship Plans by A D Baker III. With additional Drawings by Alan Raven. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chatham,, [2006]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first major study of RN destroyers in forty years, and the first ever of the smaller escorts, this book is a landmark contribution to the history of British warships. Beginning with the radically different 'Tribal' class of 1936, it traces the development of destroyers, sloops, frigates and corvettes through the post-war era, in which these traditional categories began to blur, culminating in Type 45 - the biggest 'destroyers' ever built for the Royal Navy. Highly recommended.

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Book number: 9839

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, post-1945, royal navy, destroyers, frigates, warship types, warship design, warship classes, friedman, norman friedman

FRIEDMAN George

The Coming War with Japan. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

St. Martin's Press, New York NY,, [1991]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous maps in the text, and endpaper maps; white fleck boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37264

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, far east, pacific, japan, george friedman, meredith lebard

FRIEDMAN Norman

Modern Warship Design and Development. Drawings by John Roberts. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, [1979]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with two short closed tears. A standard summary of post-war advances.

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Book number: 4301

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, post-1945, warship design, norman friedman

FRIEDMAN Norman

Ship's Data No. 7. USS YORKTOWN (CV10). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Leeward Publications, [Annapolis MD],, [1977]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations (a number folding); pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 45374

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, uss yorktown, cv10, aircraft carriers, norman friedman, arnold lott, robert sumrall

FRIEDMAN Norman

US Naval Weapons. Every Gun, Missile, Mine and Torpedo used by the US Navy from 1883 to the Present Day. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway Maritime Press,, [1983]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. Detailed standard reference. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 18685

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, us navy, naval weapons, friedman, norman friedman

FRISCHAUER Willi

The Navy's Here! The Altmark Affair. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Gollancz,, 1955. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map in red and black, 13 plates on 12 and 4 maps in the text; navy blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM FRISCHAUER WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Classic account of ALTMARK and GRAF SPEE from the outbreak of war to COSSACK's rescue of the internees. The title-phrase entered the language during WWII. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.29; Law, 0108.

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Book number: 49038

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, german navy, kreigsmarine, graf spee, altmark, cossack, destroyers, willi frischauer, roberrt jackson

FUCHIDA Mitsuo

Midway. The Battle that doomed Japan. Foreword by Professor Michael Lewis. [Introduction by Admiral Kondo. Translation by M. Chihaya. Edited from the Japanese edition by C.H. Kawakami and R. Pineau]. [First UK Edition]. FIRST UK EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Hutchinson,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 49 plates on 16, several maps and charts in the text and endpaper maps; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The standard account from the Japanese perspective and a classic of WWII. One of the foremost figures in the IJNAF, Mitsuo Fuchida was strike force commander at Pearl Harbor. Unable to take part in operations at Midway due to a recent appendix operation he watched the action from the deck of the flagship, taking notes as events unfolded. Subsequently, he was one of the few Japanese naval officers permitted to study the reports of the battle and is therefore uniquely qualified to deliver this account. For the first US edition (published for USNI) the Japanese original was translated into English by Commander Chihaya and edited by Kawakami and Pineau; their text is repeated here. Importantly, the Japanese photographs (although of poorer quality) are retained, and supplemented by a small number of well-chosen USN pictures. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Albion, p.297; Enser, p. 515.

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Book number: 46748

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, ijn, imperial japanese navy, pacific, midway, coral sea, yorktown, lexington, mitsuo fuchida, masatake okumiya

FUKUI SHIZUO

Japanese Naval Vessels Survived. Their Post-War Activities and Final Disposition. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Shuppan Kyodo Publishers, Tokyo,, 1961. 4to., First Edition, text entirely in Japanese, skeleton picture captions in English, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; original blue boards, blue cloth back, upper board lettered in gilt in English, backstrip lettered in gilt in Japanese, brown silk marker, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in the publisher's original card slip-case, the case mildly worn and frayed at extremities. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO ANTHONY PAVIA WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With the publisher's separately printed slip giving the context of the work, and the original bilingual price slip. The publisher's note makes it clear that this work, although the first to appear in print, was conceived as the third volume of a projected three-volume series 'Survey on the Japanese Naval Vessels 1925-1947'. It seems unlikely, however, that any further volumes were published and that this volume therefore stands alone; CERTAINLY IT CONSTITUTES THE FINEST PUBLISHED COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF ITS TYPE. Constructor Lieutenant-Commander Shizuo Fukui (1913-1993), Imperial Japanese Navy, was one of the world's foremost experts on ship design and naval construction. He was the author of some fourteen books and numerous magazine articles, which form collectively the definitive photographic record of the IJN. His wartime appointments ranged from the HQ of the Combined Fleet to the Navy Technical Institute; he ended his service career as Chief Officer and Director of Naval Construction at one of the major naval shipyards. After the war he devoted himself to historical research and made a lifelong contribution to the preservation of the records of ships of the Imperial Navy. His private library eventually contained over 20,000 photos, most of them unique, of which the great majority remains unpublished. Anthony Pavia was the owner of an archive of related photographs which it is believed found a home in the UK after Pavia's death. We are indebted to Mr. Robin Bursell for the information on Anthony Pavia. SIGNED COPIES OF ANY WORK BY FUKUI ARE RARE.

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Book number: 19373

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, japanese navy, ijn, warship types, warship classes, tsushima, pacific, shizuo fukui

FUKUI Shizuo

Japanese Naval Vessels at the End of World War II. With a Foreword by John B. Lundstrom. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Greengill,, [1992]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and tables in the text; green boards, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 30176

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, japan, ijn, imperial japanese navy, pacific, shizuo fukui

GALANTIN Admiral I.J.

Take Her Deep. A Submarine against Japan in World War II. With an Introduction by Edward L. Beach. [First UK Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Unwin Hyman,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 36100

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, usn, us navy, uss halibut