JONES Tristan

A Steady Trade. A Boyhood at Sea.

Bodley Head,, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper, one or two spots on fore-edge; green cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Vividly-written autobiography by the author of 'An Incredible Voyage'. Striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Withams.

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Book number: 22015

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, tristan jones, autobiography, tristan jones, naval, maritime, steady, trade

JORDAN Humfrey

Mauretania. Landfalls and Departures of Twenty-Five Years. With Drawings by Frank H. Mason. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1936]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; orange and black cloth to Cunard house design, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 37451

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Keywords: naval, maritime, cunard, cunard line, mauretania, rms mauretania, ocean liners, passenger liners, humfrey jordan,

JORDAN, ed. Gerald

Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century 1900-1945. Essays in Honour of Arthur Marder. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Croom Helm,, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Festschrift collecting thirteen essays by established authorities, two of which concern WWII: Combined Ops policy prior to Dieppe, and the RCN during the conflict. Includes checklist of Marder's works. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Law, 1805.

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Book number: 40356

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, wwii, arthur marder, gerald jordan

JORDAN David

Wolfpack. The U-Boat War and the Allied Counter-Attack, 1939-1945.

Spellmount, Staplehurst,, [2002]. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous photographs and coloured drawings in the text and pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated chronological survey with some good insights into U-boat design and construction. Many very useful photographs (not easily available elsehere) though some of the captions tend towards the superficial and a few are amusingly simplistic

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Book number: 5218

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, u-boats, battle of the atlantic, atlantic, convoys, royal navy, german navy, kriegsmarine, david jordan, naval, wwii, wolfpack

JULLIAN Marcel

H.M.S. Fidelity. [Translated by Mervyn Savill]. [Uncorrected Proof Copy.] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY

Souvenir Press,, 1957. 8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy; original printed wrappers, covers mildly age-soiled. Proof copies were issued without the plates found in the published edition. The truly remarkable story of a unique vessel - a largely Free French Q-ship enrolled wholesale into the Royal Navy and eventually sunk in the Atlantic in December 1942. This account is based largely on facts provided by Pat O'Leary who survived the sinking to organise the 'Pat' escape routes from France. First published in France in the preceding year. PROOF COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Enser, p.381; Law, 0861.

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Book number: 11605

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Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, q-ships, battle of the atlantic, atlantic, marcel jullian, naval, wwii, h.m.s., fidelity

JULLIAN Marcel

HMS Fidelity. [Translated by Mervyn Savill. First English Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Souvenir Press,, 1957. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 11 plates on 8 and an illustration in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter mildly creased and frayed at edges. The truly remarkable story of a unique vessel - a largely Free French Q-ship enrolled wholesale into the Royal Navy and eventually sunk in the Atlantic in December 1942. This account is based largely on facts provided by Pat O'Leary who survived the sinking to organise the 'Pat' escape routes from France. First published in France in the preceding year. Uncommon in this condition. Enser, p.381; Law, 0861.

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Book number: 31571

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, royal navy, q-ships, battle of the atlantic, atlantic, marcel jullian, naval, wwii, hms, fidelity

JULLIAN Marcel

HMS Fidelity. [Translated by Mervyn Savill. First English Edition]. IN FULL THEMED MOROCCO

Souvenir Press,, 1957. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 11 plates on 8 and an illustration in the text; handsomely bound in full navy 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 with anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The truly remarkable story of a unique vessel - a largely Free French Q-ship enrolled wholesale into the Royal Navy and eventually sunk in the Atlantic in December 1942. This account is based largely on facts provided by Pat O'Leary who survived the sinking to organise the 'Pat' escape routes from France. First published in France in the preceding year. An elegant copy. Enser, p.381; Law, 0861.

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Book number: 41210

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, q-ships, hms fidelity, battle of the atlantic, atlantic, jullian, marcel jullian

KEEGAN John

The Price of Admiralty. War at Sea from Man of War to Submarine. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hutchinson,, [1988]. 8vo. Second Impression, with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the later sunned on front panel.

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Book number: 46115

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, admiralty, keegan, john keegan

KEEVIL J. J.

Medicine and the Navy 1200-1900. Introduction by Sir Henry Dale. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Livingstone,, 1957 [-1963]. 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 3 frontispiece and numerous plates and charts (a number folding); navy cloth, backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt and red, a near fine set in dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly sunned as usual at backstrips. BRIGHT, CRISP SET OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1200-1649 (1957); Vol. II: 1649-1714 (1958); Vol. III: 1714-1815 (1961); Vol. IV: 1815-1900 (1963). With relevant ephemera loosely inserted and/or mounted on paste-downs. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 43922

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, royal navy, medicine, naval medicine, keevil,

KEILHAU Wilhelm

Norway and the Bergen Line. A Centenary Publication. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

[Privately Published], Bergen,, 1953. 4to., First Edition, with title and chapter heads in blue and black, numerous plates (many full-page and toned in sepia), several illustrations in the text and decorative endpapers; pictorial blue cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip dulled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The standard reference, including staff war losses, detailed fleet listing (156 vessels 1851-1952) and separate indexes of names and shipping companies. UNCOMMON.

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Book number: 36907

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: maritime, merchant marine, shipping lines, house histories, merchant navy, norway, convoys, w. keilhau, naval, shipping line histories, norway, the, bergen, line

KEMP Peter

The British Sailor. A Social History of the Lower Deck. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Dent,, [1970]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 43098

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, british sailor, lower deck, peter kemp

KEMP P.K.

HM Destroyers. [With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly dust-soiled on (predominantly white|) rear panel. As always from this author, an excellent general survey. About half the text covers the major destroyer actions of WWII. Enser, p.126; Law, 1058.

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Book number: 25482

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, ww2, royal navy, destroyers, p.k. kemp, naval, wwii, hm, destroyers

KEMP Paul

Midget Submarines of WWII (ShipShape). NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chatham,, [1999]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations and drawings in the text and large folding double-sided plan laid in as issued; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Chatham's 'ShipShape' series. The folding plan provides detailed scale drawings of British X-Craft X5--10, X20-25 and German Type XXVIIB Seehund. The most comprehensive single-volume study to date, this work supersedes the same author's 'Midget Submarines' (1991) in the 'Fotofax' series and complements his operational history 'Underwater Warriors' (2000)

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Book number: 47018

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, germany navy, kriegsmarine, italian navy, japanese navy, submarines, warship types, x-craft, chariots, human torpedoes, kaiten, paul kemp, naval, wwii, midget, submarines, wwii, (shipshape)

KEMP Paul

Underwater Warriors. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Arms & Armour,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue-green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37142

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, submarines, midget submarines, x-craft, chariots, human torpedoes, paul kemp

KEMP Lieut.-Commander P. K.

Victory at Sea 1939-1945. Written with the Approval of the Admiralty. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Muller,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and mapsin the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An authorised account by the Head of the Admiralty's Historical Section, this work can be seen a most useful summary and companion to Roskill's full-scale history. Enser, p.381; Law 0024.

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Book number: 49757

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, peter kemp