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IRVING Commander John
The Smoke Screen of Jutland. JOHN WINTON'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE
William Kimber,, [1966]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF NAVAL HISTORIAN JOHN WINTON AND BEARS HIS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Enser, p.186.
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Book number: 37315
GBP 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.5 US$ 43.15 | JP¥ 6275]
Catalogue: Naval0
Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, royal navy, high seas fleet, jutland, battle-cruisers, battleships, donald macintyre, winton, john winton

 
JACKSON (ed.) T.S.
Logs of the Great Sea Fights 1794-1805. Edited by T. Sturges Jackson. [Facsimile reissue]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET
Navy Records Society,, 1981. 2 vols., 8vo., with maps and diagrams in the text, small neat signature on front free endpapers; original series binding of white buckram blocked and ruled in gilt, navy blue buckram gilt back, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean set. Navy Records Society, vol. XVI, XVIII. With a copy of the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. Much-needed reissue of the original editions of 1899-1900.
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Book number: 25705
GBP 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 117 US$ 134.86 | JP¥ 19611]
Catalogue: Naval0
Keywords: naval, nrs, navy records society, sea fights, t.s. jackson, naval, navy records society, logs, great, sea, fights, 1794-1805

 
JACKSON G.V.
The Perilous Adventures and Vicissitudes of a Naval Officer 1801-1812. Being Part of the Memoirs of Admiral George Vernon Jackson (1787-1876). Edited by Harold Burrows.
Blackwood, Edinburgh,, 1927. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 6 plates and maps on front and rear paste-downs; navy blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from and institution with its bookplate and markings on front free endpaper, and neat blind stamp on title. Very scarce. NMM II/1 701.
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Book number: 21124
GBP 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 152.25 US$ 175.32 | JP¥ 25494]
Catalogue: Naval0
Keywords: naval, royal navy, nelson, napoleon, napeolonic wars, george vernon jackson, g.v. jackson, naval, nelson, perilous, adventures, vicissitudes, naval, officer, 1801-1812

 
JAMES Admiral Sir William Milbourne
The British Navies in the Second World War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Longmans, Green,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with 22 plans coloured in outline (the majority folding); blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Brief (and early) general account of the war at sea. Enser, p.381; Law, 0022.
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Book number: 5600
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.25 US$ 24.27 | JP¥ 3530]
Catalogue: Naval0
Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, william james

 
JAMES William
The Naval History of Great Britain. from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV. A New Edition, with Additions and Notes, and an Account of the Burmese War and the Battle of Navarino, by Captain Chamier. BRIGHT WORKING SET IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
Insel, Leipzig,, [1939]. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 engraved portrait frontispieces, 19 engraved portraits, numerous diagrams in the text and 28 folding abstracts, some light and inoffensive age-staining; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, marbled boards, backs with flat bands lettered and numbered in gilt, red edges, three volumes expertly rebacked to style with old backstrips laid down, a good, bright, firm copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs, and neat press-mark on title rectos and versos.
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Book number: 34059
GBP 364.00 [Appr.: EURO 426 US$ 490.89 | JP¥ 71383]
Catalogue: Naval0
Keywords: naval, to 1914, royal navy, william james, nelson, chamier

 
JAMES William
The Naval History of Great Britain. from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV in January 1820. A New Edition, with considerable Additions and Improvements, including Diagrams of all the principal Actions. [VOLUMES V and VI. THESE VOLUMES ONLY] TWO ODD VOLUMES IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING
Harding Lepard & Co.,, 1826. 2 vols., [of 6], 8vo., with diagrams in the text,and 9 large folding Abstracts in second volume, some mild spotting (slightly heavier in second volume); strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, backs with flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartments lettered in gilt, both very good, firm copies. With the fine nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of James Wells Armstrong on front paste-downs. Volume V covers the period 1808-1811; Volume VI from 1811 to 1820.
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Book number: 44445
GBP 64.00 [Appr.: EURO 75 US$ 86.31 | JP¥ 12551]
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JAMES William
Old Oak. The Life of John Jervis Earl of St. Vincent. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Longmans Green,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with very minor loss at edges. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. NMM II/1 720.
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Book number: 25193
GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 US$ 21.58 | JP¥ 3138]
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Keywords: naval, earl st vincent, william james, w. james, naval, to 1914, old, oak

 
JAMESON William
Ark Royal 1939-1941. IN FULL MOROCCO
Hart-Davis,, 1957. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 24 plates on 16, a double-page plan and numerous maps (a number full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an anchor device, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. One of the most detailed and scholarly single-ship biographies, this is the best account of the wartime career of one of the most famous ships of WWII. Includes a bibliography. Enser, p.21; Law, 0961.
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Book number: 37474
GBP 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 462.25 US$ 532.69 | JP¥ 77462]
Catalogue: Naval0
Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, ark royal, aircraft carriers, naval aviation, graf spee, force h, william jameson

 
JAMESON William
Ark Royal 1939-1941. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Hart-Davis,, 1957. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 24 plates on 16, a double-page plan and numerous maps (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. With the publisher's errata slip at p.141. One of the most detailed and scholarly single-ship biographies, this is the best account of the wartime career of one of the most famous ships of WWII. Includes a bibliography. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.21; Law, 0961.
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Book number: 40383
GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 47 US$ 53.94 | JP¥ 7844]
Catalogue: Naval0
Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, ark royal, aircraft carriers, naval aviation, graf spee, force h, william jameson

 
JAMESON Rear-Admiral William
The Most Formidable Thing. The Story of the Submarine from its earliest Days to the End of World War I. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Hart-Davis,, [1965]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter scuffed at backstrip.
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Book number: 46555
GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 US$ 21.58 | JP¥ 3138]
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Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, submarines, u-boats, william jameson

 
JAMESON Rear-Admiral Sir William S.
Submariners VC. With a Foreword by Rear-Admiral G.W.G. Simpson. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Peter Davies,, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nine of the fourteen submarine VCs were won in WWII. Law 0809; Mulholland & Jordon J10.
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Book number: 37138
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 US$ 26.97 | JP¥ 3922]
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Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, royal navy, submarines, vc, victoria cross

 
JANE Frederick T.
The British Battle Fleet. Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries to the Present Day. With Illustrations in Colour from Original Water-Colour Drawings by W.L. Wyllie. [Second Edition].
Library Press,, 1915. 2 vols., 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with coloured frontispieces, titles in red and black, 23 fine coloured plates by Wyllie, 17 plates in monochrome, 11 plates of portraits, and 23 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text; original pictorial blue cloth gilt, cloth backs gilt, backstrips mildly faded else a very good, clean copy. This standard work was first published in 1912 (though NMM gives 1914). This edition is 'revised and brought up to date in order to present to the reader the exact state of our Navy when the fighting began'. Nice set of this important survey, augmented by Wyliie's splendid colour plates. NMM V/1 2558 (recording the original edition).
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Book number: 20427
GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 128.75 US$ 148.35 | JP¥ 21572]
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Keywords: naval, royal navy, ww1, fleet development, fleet strategy, wyllie, frederick t. jane, naval, wwi, british, battle, fleet

 
JANE Frederick T.
The British Battle Fleet. Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries to the Present Day.
Tri-Service Press,, [1990]. 2 vols., 8vo., with numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a fine copy. Jane's classic history first appeared in 1912 [not, as stated in NMM5, 1914], with a revised edition in two volumes in 1915. This facsimile reproduces the latter version with Jane's final amendments.
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Book number: 7960
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 35.25 US$ 40.46 | JP¥ 5883]
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Keywords: naval, royal navy, battleships, naval history, fleet development, frederick t. jane, naval, wwi, british, battle, fleet

 
JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS.
Jane's Fighting Ships 1941. (Issued March 1942). Forty-Fifth Year of Issue. Edited by Francis E. McMurtrie. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION: BOOKMARKS INTACT
Sampson Low Marston,, 1941. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and many hundreds of illustrations, drawings and advertisements in the text; original navy ribbed cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, two ribbon markers with bookmarks, a near fine copy. Most WWII editions were delayed in preparation and production. This edition is the largest to date and updates Allied and enemy losses. Includes photographs of TIRPITZ, PRINZ EUGEN and BISMARCK. A KEY WWII EDITION, AND VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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Book number: 46741
GBP 188.00 [Appr.: EURO 220 US$ 253.54 | JP¥ 36868]
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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, janes, janes fighting ships, warship classes, warship design, mcmurtrie

 
JEFFERS et al 'Jeff'
LCS (L). Landing Craft Support (Large). NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
Turner, Paducah KY,, [1995]. Folio, First Edition, with title-vignette, very numerous photographs throughout, front endpaper map and rear endpaper photographs; original laminated boards, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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Book number: 34565
GBP 94.00 [Appr.: EURO 110 US$ 126.77 | JP¥ 18434]
Catalogue: Naval0
Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, pacific, landing craft, landing craft support, amphibious landings, lcs (l)

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