HAINES Gregory

Destroyers at War.

Ian Allan, [Shepperton,, 1982]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated account of selected engagements in which destroyers played prominent roles. Striking wrapper artwork by Robert Taylor depicting HMS Kelly.Law 1053.

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Book number: 7968

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, destroyers, warship classes, gregory haines, naval, wwii, destroyers, war

HALPERN, ed. Paul

The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929. NEAR FINE COPY

Ashgate [Farnham] for Navy Records Society,, 2011. 8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece and maps in the text; original series binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 158.

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Book number: 45693

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, navy records society, royal navy, ww2, wwii, mediterranean, mediteranean fleet, nrs, paul halpern

HANSEN Clas Broder

Passenger Liners from Germany 1816-1990. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Schiffer, West Chester PA,, [1991]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, marbled endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37651

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, liners, ocean liners, passenger liners, hansen, clas broder hansen

HANSER Richard

Victory at Sea. Captions by Henry Salomon with Richard Hanser. Text by Richard Hanser. Photographs selected by Charles Osborn. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Doubleday, New York NY,, [1959]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; black, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and red, a good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34646

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, war at sea, us navy, richard hanser, henry salomon

HANSON H.J.

Ianthe Cruises. Ushant - Gironde. [French West Coast]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

McGibbon & Kee,, 1950. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, plans and charts in the text; small neat signature on front free endpaper, green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip and with minor loss at upper edge of rear panel. Ianthe is a 7-ton gaff cutter. Includes full sailing directions. VERY SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 22895

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, sailing, cruising, hanson, ianthe, h.j. hanson, naval, maritime, ianthe, cruises

HARA Captain Tameichi

Japanese Destroyer Captain. Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - the Great Naval Battles as seen through Japanese Eyes. With Fred Saito and Roger Pineau. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis MD,, [2007]. 8vo., with plates; black cloth boards, orange cloth back lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hara's classic account was first published in the USA in 1961, and in Japan in 1967. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.235.

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Book number: 50212

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, japanese navy, hara, tameichi hara, pacific war, pearl harbor, guadalcanal, midway

HARDY A. C.

The Book of the Ship. An exhaustive pictorial and factual Survey of World Ships, Shipping and Shipbuilding. NEAR FINE COPY

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs, diagrams and advertisements throughout, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 40107

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, ships, shipping, shipbuilding, hardy

HARMON J. Scott

USS Cassin Young (DD-793). A Fletcher Class Destroyer. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Pictorial Histories, Missoula MT,, [1990]. Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with numerous photographs in the text and large folding plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 37598

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, cassin young, destroyers, fletcher class destroyers, scott harmon

HARRISON Leslie

A Titanic Myth. The Californian Incident [with] A Titanic Myth. Part Two. Defending Captain Lord. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

[Privately Printed,, 1992-96]. 2 vols., Best Editions; with photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, gilt backs a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises A Titanic Myth. The 'Californian' Incident (Second and Best Edition, revised, 1992); A Titanic Myth. Part Two. Defending Captain Lord, (First Edition, 1996). Leslie Harrison devoted many years to an appraisal of Lord's handling of the 'SS Californian' during the Titanic sinking. After eight decades it remains an international controversy dividing Lord's supporters and critics. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 25131

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: military, naval, titanic, disasters at sea, l. harrison, naval, titanic, titanic, myth

HASE Commander Georg von

Kiel and Jutland. Translated by Arthur Chambers and F.A. Holt. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

Skeffington & Sons,, [1927]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and plates; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. The author was First Gunnery Officer of SMS DERFFLINGER. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.186.

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Book number: 50196

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Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, kiel, jutland, von hase, georg von hase,

HASTINGS, ed. Commander D J

Bombay Buccaneers. Memories and Reminiscinces of the Royal Indian Navy. Collected and edited by Commander D.J. Hastings. NEAR FINE COPY

BACSA,, 1986. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 37664

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, rin, royal indian navy

HAWKEY Arthur

HMS Captain. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Bell,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text, neat signatures on front paste-down and frront free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the ill-fated early ironclad.

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Book number: 31865

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, hms captain, ironclads, arthur hawkey

HAWS Duncan

The Ships of the Hamburg America, Adler and Carr Lines.. Merchant Fleets in Profile 4. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

[Privately Printed,, 1992]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous scaled line drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes, as usual, complete fleet lists with individual career records.

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Book number: 37165

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, merchant navy, shipping line, line histories, merchant fleets, canadian pacific, canadian australasian, incan, mersey towing, ozmillion, pennsylvania ontario, quebec salvagei, d. haws, naval, merchant, fleets, 23

HAWS Duncan

Union Castle, Allan and Canadian Pacific Lines.. Merchant Fleets in Profile 3. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Patrick Stephens, Cambridge,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous scaled line drawings in the text; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes, as usual, complete fleet lists with individual career records.

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Book number: 12300

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, merchant navy, shipping lines, line histories, merchant fleets, union castle, allan, canadian pacific, duncan haws, naval, shipping line histories, merchant, fleets, 3

HAY David

The Last of the Confederate Privateers. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Paul Harris, Edinburgh,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and illustrations and pedigrees in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 38355

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, piracy, privateering, privateers, john clibbon brain, american civil war, confederate navy, confererates, david hay