HOUGH Richard

The Hunting of Force Z. The brief, controversial Life of the modern Battleship, and its tragic Close with the Destruction of the 'Prince of Wales' and 'Repulse'. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps, front free endpaper clipped at lower corner; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, worn and frayed dustwrapper. A full acount of the tragedy. Enser, p.58; Law 0402.

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Book number: 37240

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, force z, prince of wales, repulse, hough, richard hough

HOUGH Richard

The Longest Battle. The War at Sea 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.159.

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Book number: 37186

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, war at sea, hough, richard hough

HOUGH Richard

The Pursuit of Admiral von Spee.

Allen & Unwin,, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 16 and front and rear endpaper maps in red and black; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges and with small scar on backstrip. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted. Detailed account of the actions at Coronel and the Falklands in the early days of WWI. Albion, p.272; Enser, p.101.

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HOWARTH Stephen

Morning Glory. A History of the Imperial Japanese Navy. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton,, [1983]. 8vo. First Edition with plates; red cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.139

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Book number: 27492

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HOWARTH David

Nelson. The Immortal Memory. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Dent,, [1988]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written biography by two of Britain's leading naval historians.

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Book number: 29967

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, nelson, lord nelson, horatio nelson, napoleonic wars, trafalgar, copenhagen, nile, st. vincent

HOWARTH David

Trafalgar. The Nelson Touch. J H OWEN'S COPY

Collins,, 1969. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With an obituary cutting of the author loosely inserted. This copy was formerly in the library of the eminent naval historian J.H. Owen with his signature on front free endpaper. Loosely inserted in a folded sheet containing MS notes in his hand relating to this work. Albion p.245.

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Keywords: naval, royal navy, nelson, trafalgar, david howarth, naval, nelson, trafalgar

HOYT Edwin P.

U-Boats Offshore. When Hitler struck America. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Stein & Day, New York NY,, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, red boards, upper board lettered in gilt, black cloth back lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Covers the period January-July 1942 and the autumn of 1943 when U-boats prowled freely off the American coast [Operation DRUMBEAT]. 'Shows the American High Command at its worst' (Law). Enser, p.220; Law 0236.

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, u-boats, us navy, drumbeat, operation drumbeat, edwin hoyt

HOYT Edwin P.

Bowfin. The Story of one of America's fabled Fleet Submarines in World War II. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York NY,, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.214.

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Book number: 37180

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HOYT, Jr. Edwin P.

The Elusive Seagull. The Adventures of the World War One German Minelayer, the MOEWE. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Leslie Frewin,, [1970]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.156.

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Book number: 37177

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, german navy, moewe, minelayers,

HOYT Edwin P.

The Life and Death of HMS Hood. NEAR FINE COPY

Arthur Barker,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Good account of the career of a well-loved ship. Law 0985; not recorded by Enser.

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Book number: 37453

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HOYT Edwin P.

The Lonely Ships. The Life and Death of the US Asiatic Fleet. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

David McKay, New York NY,, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37250

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, us asiatic fleet, edwin hoyt

HUDDART William

Unpathed Waters. Account of the Life and Times of Joseph Huddart. Foreword by Dr. R S Porter.

Quiller Press,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with 4 plates, and illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Joseph Huddart (1741-1816) was a Captain in the East India Company, latterly an Elder Brother Of Trinity House, and inventor of steam-driven machinery for laying up rope.

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HUGHES Lt.-Colonel Henry

Immortal Sails. A Story of a Welsh Port and some of its Ships.. Third Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

T. Stephenson, Prescot,, 1977. 8vo., Third Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, tiny signature on front free endpaper; olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The rise, development and decline of Portmadoc and the Festiniog slate trade.

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HUGILL Stan

Shanties and Sailors' Songs. With Drawings by the Author. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition;, with musical scores; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. THE UK EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 31576

Catalogue: Naval0

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HUME John R.

of england. Essex. The History of P. MacCallum & Sons, Ltd of Greenock 1781-1981. A Study in Survival. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

[Privately Printed], Greenock,, 1981. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout, and pictorial endpapers; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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