LAVERY Brian

Anatomy of the Ship. The 74-Gun Ship Bellona. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, [1985]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications

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Book number: 9416

Catalogue: Naval0

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LAVERY Brian

In Which They Served. The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, [2012]. 8vo. First Edition, with plates, illustrations and diagrams in the text, and pictorial front and rear endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Excellent companion to the author's acclaimed lower-deck trilogy.

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Book number: 47256

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, lavery, brian lavery

LAVERY Brian

River-Class Frigates and the Battle of the Atlantic. A Technical and Social History. NEAR FINE COPY

National Maritime Museum,, [2006]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, slight forward lean else a near fine copy.

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Book number: 44673

Catalogue: Naval0

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LAXTON Edward

The Famine Ships. The Irish Exodus to American 1846-1851. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Bloomsbury,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates, numerous illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 22268

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, ireland, irish emigration, famine ships, irish americans, e. laxton, naval, maritime, famine, ships

LAYMAN R.D.

Naval Aviation in the First World War. Its Impact and Influence. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Caxton,, [2002]. 8vo., Second Edition, with plates; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1996.

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Book number: 37154

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, naval aviation,

LECH Raymond B.

All the Drowned Sailors. [The Sinking of USS INDIANAPOLIS.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Military Heritage Press, New York NY,, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs; black boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37175

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, uss indianapolis, raymond lech

LEE David

Beachhead Assault. The Story of the Royal Naval Commandos in World War II. Foreword by Tony Parsons. Preface by Ken Oakley. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Greenhill,, [2004]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Inception as Royal Naval Beach Parties, training at HMS ARMADILLO and Achnacarry Commando, action at Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Arakan, Normandy, Walcharen and virtually all other Allied amphibious landings, eventual disbandment and post-war replacement by the Royal Marines.

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LENTON H. T.

American Fleet and Escort Destroyers. Volume 1 [with] Volume 2. [Complete set.]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Macdonald,, [1971]. 2 vols., oblong 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Macdonald's valuable series 'Navies of the Second World War'.

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Book number: 3841

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LENTON H.T.

British and Empire Warships of the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Greenhill Books,, [1998]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title and over 630 illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Here is Lenton's magnum opus - the culmination of nearly forty years' research and a moumental study. As the definitive reference it builds upon (and in some cases supersedes) his earlier works and is now not likely ever to be surpassed.

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Book number: 33233

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LENTON H. T.

German Warships of the Second World War. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Macdonald and Jane's,, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 40105

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, kriegsmarine, german warships, lenton

LENTON H.T.

German Warships of the Second World War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Macdonald and Jane's,, [1975]. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and drawings throughout; original buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Standard reference, covering capital ships to small auxiliaries, with technical details and notes of service careers. Law, 1655

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Book number: 8648

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, german navy, kreigsmarine, warship classes

LENTON H. T.

Navies of the Second World War. German Surface Vessels 1 and 2. [Complete set]. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Macdonald,, [1966-68]. 2 vols., oblong 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with very numerous illustrations in the text; black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, one wrapper with a long closed tear. Vol.I: Second Edition; Vol. II: First Edition. Published in the series 'Navies of the Second World War'

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Book number: 4075

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LENTON H. T.

Navies of the Second World War. German Submarines 1. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Macdonald,, [1968]. Oblong 8vo., Second, with very numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Macdonald's valuable series 'Navies of the Second World War'. First issued in 1965.

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Book number: 46938

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LENTON H. T.

Navies of the Second World War. German Submarines 1 and 2. [Second Edition. Complete set.]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

Macdonald,, [1968]. 2 vols., oblong 8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrips lettered in silver, a bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, wrappers with loss on front and rear panels respectively. Published in Macdonald's valuable series 'Navies of the Second World War'. First published in 1965.

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Book number: 46951

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LENTON H.T.

Warships of the British and Commonwealth Navies. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1971]. Oblong 8vo., Third Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and updated version of a standard reference first published in 1966.

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Book number: 34582

Catalogue: Naval0

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