LENTON H. T.

Warships of World War II. Second [and Best] Edition. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1973]. 8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at extremities. A standard reference on the RN of WWII. Initially issued as a series of eight booklets categorised by warship type throughout the early 1960s, the work was first published as an omnibus volume in 1964. This edition incorporates much new material throughout, including updated fates and war losses; the sections on trawlers, drifters and smaller craft in particular are substantially expanded. Law, 0948

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Book number: 46527

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, warship classes, h.t. lenton, j.j. colledge

LENTON H. T.

Warships of World War II. [First Omnibus Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1964]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs in the text, neat personal book-stamp on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sold with a small quantity of relevant cuttings. A standard reference on the RN of WWII. Initially issued as a series of eight booklets categorised by warship type throughout the early 1960s, this is the first omnibus edition. It includes numerous revisions and additions, and a brief index. INCREASINGLY ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION. Law, 0948

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Book number: 7869

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, warship types, warship classes, h.t. lenton, j.j. colledge, naval, wwii, warships, world, war, ii

LENTON H. T.

WW2 Fact Files: American Gunboats and Minesweepers. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS

Jane's,, [1974]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in the series 'WW2 Fact Files'. As usual in this series, a fully illustrated directory with good statistical detail and interesting photographs.

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Book number: 37635

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, us gunboats, us minesweepers

LENTON H. T.

WW2 Fact Files: British Escort Ships. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS

Macdonald and Jane's,, 1974. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, bright clean copy. With the exception of some of the earlier sloops and ex-US patrol frigates, this work includes a complete listing of all the front-line escorts (frigates, corvettes and sloops) in service with the RN and RCN. Law, 0946

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Book number: 9346

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, escorts, frigates, corvettes, warship design, warship classes, lenton, wwii fact files

LEONOV Viktor

Blood on the Shores. Soviet Naval Commandos in World War II. Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by James F. Gebhardt. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

NIP, Annapolis,, [1993]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and maps in the text; green boards, black cloth back lettered in bronze, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 17886

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, russian navy, soviet navy, viktor leonov

LEPOTIER Rear-Admiral [Adolphe]

Raiders from the Sea. Foreword by Admiral the Earl Mountbatten. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

William Kimber,, [1954]. 8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. Includes Vaagso, Bruneval, St. Nazaire and Dieppe. Published two months after the first edition. Enser, p.111; Law 0462.

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Book number: 34502

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2,, wwii, vaagso, bruneval, st. nazaire, chariot, dieppe, jubilee, lepotier

LESLIE H.W.

The Royal Mail War Book. being an Account of the Operations of the Ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., 1914-1919. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Heinemann,, 1920. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, blue tweed endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 36325

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, royal mail line, royal mail steam packet, shipping line histories

LEWIS Michael

Spithead. An Informal History. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Allen & Unwin,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; tan cloth, backstrip letterd in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 37204

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, spithead, isle of wight, mutinies, mutiny, michael lewis

LIDDLE Peter H.

The Sailor's War 1914-18. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Blandford Press, [Poole,, [1985]. 4to., First Edition, with photographic title-spread, very numerous photographs, illustrations and facsimiles throughout and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An excellent and well-illustrated summary of life and war at sea during WWI.

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Book number: 22216

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Keywords: naval, ww1, great war, royal navy, p.h. liddle, naval, wwi, sailor's, war, 1914-18

LIPSCOMB Commander F. W.

The British Submarine. With an Introduction by Vice-Admiral Raikes, Flag Officer Submarines. [Second, Revised and Expanded Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, [1975]. 4to., Best Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text, neat inscription on front paste-down; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Greatly enlarged version of a standard survey first published in 1954.

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Book number: 47016

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, submarines, lipscomb

LLOYD'S OF LONDON

Lloyd's List. 250th Anniversary Special Supplement. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Lloyd's Of London,, [1984]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and advertisements throughout; pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. With the separately printed Index of Advertisers loosely inserted.

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Book number: 40104

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, lloyds of london, lloyds list, marine insurance, shipwrecks

LOFTHOUSE Alistair

Shiny Sheff. The Story of Sheffield's Fighting Ships NEAR FINE COPY

ADL, [Sheffield],, [1998]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout, and large folding coloured plan; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 37656

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, hms sheffield, bismarck chase, force H, spartivento, alistair lofthouse

LONDON GAZETTE

Battle of the Java Sea, 27th February 1942. Supplement to the London Gazette. No. 38346, 7 July 1948. NEAR FINE COPY

HMSO,, 1948. Folio, 12pp (one blank) with large folding plan; wire-stitched as issued, one or two small rust marks as often, lower edge light dust-soiled else a near fine copy. 'Supplements to the London Gazette' are of great value to the naval and military historian. In many cases they represent the first publicly published accounts of the engagements concerned, and normally contain excellent maps and plans together with direct transcripts from official despatches not easily available elsewhere. This supplement includes the following transcripts: Commodore J. A. Collins RN (Commanding China Force) to C-in-C Eastern Fleet 17 March 1942; Report by Captain H. M. L. Waller RAN (HMAS PERTH) 27 February 1942; Report by T. J. Cain RN (Senior Surviving Officer, HMS ELECTRA) 27 February 1942; Despatch by Captain O. L. Gordon RN (HMS EXETER) to Admiralty 1 October 1945.

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Book number: 45212

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, us navy, java sea, hms exeter, hmas perth, hms electra, hms encounter, hms jupiter, uss houston, uss john d edwards, uss alden, uss john d ford, uss paul jones

LONDON GAZETTE

Fleet Air Arm Operations against Taranto on 11th November 1940. Supplement to the London Gazette. No. 38023, 24 July 1947. NEAR FINE COPY

HMSO,, 1947. Folio, 8pp (one blank) with a large folding plan; wire-stitched as issued, one or two small rust marks as often else a near fine copy. 'Supplements to the London Gazette' are of great value to the naval and military historian. In many cases they represent the first publicly published accounts of the engagements concerned, and normally contain excellent maps and plans together with direct transcripts from official despatches not easily available elsewhere.This supplement includes the following transcripts: Cunningham (CinC Mediterranean): despatch to Admiralty 16 January 1941; Boyd (Captain of HMS Illustrious): despatch to Admiralty 13 November 1940; Lyster ( Rear-Admiral Commanding Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers): covering note 26 November 1940; fine folding plan of the harbour and environs with attack details noted.

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Book number: 5579

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, fleet air arm, taranto, naval aviation, aircraft carriers, mediterranean, london gazette, naval, wwii, fleet, air, arm, operations, against, taranto, 11th, november, 1940

LORD Walter

Day of Infamy. [First UK Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Longmans, Green & Co.,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 50 plates on 32 and front and rear endpaper maps, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities. With striking dustwrapper artwork by W. Harry Sheldon. Classic early account of Pearl Harbor by the author of 'A Night to Remember'. Using a similar technique Lord interviewed nearly six hundred eye-witnesses and others associated with the disaster. The first UK edition is strangely elusive in this condition. Enser, p.325.