KENNEDY Ludovic

Pursuit. The Chase and Sinking of the Bismarck. IN FULL MOROCCO; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Collins,, 1974. 8vo., First Edition, with plates, double-page map in the text and endpapers maps; 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 an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Vivid account of the chase by the well-known broadcaster (who served as a sub-lieutenant in TARTAR during the action). Particularly good on the resistance-sourced intelligence of BISMARCK's from Norway. Includes a bibliography. Enser, p.59; Law, 0251.

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Book number: 47439

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, atlantic, bismarck, kennedy, ludovic kennedy

KENNEDY Walter

Shipping in Dublin Port 1939-1945. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Pentland Press, [Bishop Auckland],, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37206

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, dublin, walter kennedy

KENT Captain Barrie

Signal!. A History of Signalling in the Royal Navy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Hyden House, [Clanfield],, [1993]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.

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Book number: 35477

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, signals, signalling, flags, semaphore, morse, hms mercury, barrie kent

KERR George F.

Business in Great Waters. The War History of the P&O 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and large folding panorama at end; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Anecdotal history with factual and tabular appendices. The P&O fleet was savaged during WWII but won immortal fame with the last action of RAWALPINDI. Law 1336.

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Book number: 37139

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, p&o, peninsular and orient, shipping line histories, rawalpindi

KERR J. Lennox

The R.N.V.R. A Record of Achievement. With a Foreword by Rear-Admiral G. Thistleton-Smith.

Harrap,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 46 plates on 22; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed at extremities and lightly browned with one short closed tear at rear panel. A full history, half of which is devoted to WWII. Law, 0862. Inexplicably, not recorded by Enser.

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Book number: 10862

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, great war, ww2, royal navy, rnvr, rnr, wavy navy, j. lennox kerr, wilfred granville, naval, wwii, r.n.v.r

KERR J. Lennox

Wavy Navy. By Some who served. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Harrap,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With small personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Twenty-eight accounts of RNVR service, both routine and action, by serving members. Uncommon in this condition. Law, 1807

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Book number: 30132

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, rnvr, royal naval volunteer reserve, wavy navy, rnr, royal naval reserve, lennox kerr, david james

KERR J. Lennox

Wavy Navy. By Some who served. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. [Signed Limited Edition.] SIGNED BY ''ABC' ADMIRAL LORD CUNNINGHAM: 260 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Harrap,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured plates, some mild offsetting on half-title; elegantly bound in full navy morocco, upper board blocked in gilt, back with flat bands lettered in gilt, gilt top, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, uncut, one or two scuffs on lower board else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 260 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET LORD CUNNINGHAM (THIS COPY. NO. 145). Twenty-eight accounts of RNVR service, both routine and action, by serving members. Enser, p.382; Law, 1807 (recording the standard edition).

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Book number: 41542

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, signed, ww2, wwii, royal navy, rnvr, royal naval volunteer reserve, wavy navy, rnr, royal naval reserve, lennox kerr, david james, abc, admiral cunningham, admiral lord cunningham

KILLINGRAY, David

Maritime Empires. British Imperial Maritime Trade in the Nineteenth Century. FINE COPY

Boydell [with] National Maritime Museum,, [2004]. 8vo., First Edition; green cloth, upper board with printed paper label, gilt back, a fine copy. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 42485

Catalogue: Naval0

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KIMMINS A.

It is upon the Navy….

Hutchinson,, [1942]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Twelve radio broadcasts on the work of the RN giving personal impressions of a dozen incidents covering the range of war at sea. Uncommon in this condition. Law 0863. Not recorded by Enser.

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Book number: 17034

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, a. kimmins, naval, wwii, is, upon, navy…

KING, ed. Rear-Admiral Randolph W.

Naval Engineering and American Seapower. Associate editor: Lt. Commander Prescott Palmer. EDITOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY

Nautical & Aviation Publishing, Baltimore MD,, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams in the text; black boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THRE ASSOCIATE EDITOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.

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Book number: 37147

Catalogue: Naval0

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KING Cecil

Rule Britannia.

The Studio,, [1941]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 56 plates, numerous illustrations in the text and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed, creased and worn with minor loss at edges. With the trade ticket of Dymock of Sydney on front paste-down. Vivid history of the important naval actions of the war to date, relating them to parallel incidents of the past. Most of the plates are by members of the Society of Marine Artists; the text illustrations are by the author. Enser, p. 382; Law, 1824.

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Book number: 11004

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, marine artists, cecil king, naval, wwii, rule, britannia

KING Commander William

The Stick and the Stars. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hutchinson,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and front and rear endpaper maps, endpapers lightly spotted; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter reinforced at lower joint and lightly frayed at edges. The wartime autobiography of the only British submarine commander to serve almost continuously for those six years. Includes service in HM submarines SNAPPER, TRUSTY and TELEMACHUS. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.382; Law, 1123

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Book number: 23188

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, submarines, snapper, trusty, telemachus, william king

KINGSWELL Peter

Fidelity will Haunt me til I die. [Fourth Edition.] FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Royal Marines Historical Society, [Southsea],, 2010]. Sm. 4to., Fourth Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publications SP13.

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Book number: 50622

Catalogue: Naval0

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KNAPP, Jr Arthur

Race Your Boat Right. Introduction by Harold S. Vanderbilt. Drawings by William H.Burroughs Jr. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Macmillan,, 1953. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 30966

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, sailing, yachting, yacht racing, dinghy racing

KNIGHT Frank

The Clipper Ship. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs (several double-page) in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37207

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, sail, clippers, clipper ships, frank knight