LUCAS W.E.

Eagle Fleet. The Story of a Tanker Fleet in Peace and War. [Foreword by Sir George Legh-Jones]. COMPANY PRESENTATION COPY WITH EPHEMERA

Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, [1955]. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, and numerous coloured, tinted and monochrome photographs and maps throughout; original black holland, upper board with company crest blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased (without material loss) at edges. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE COMPANY WITH ITS NAMED BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. With the separately printed leaf 'Amendments to the Appendices' loosely inserted. Sold with a quantity of relevant company and commercial ephemera, and with a few notes and cuttings loosely inserted. A splendid fleet history, with due space accorded to 'San Demetrio' and 'Ohio' from WWII. Includes ROH, detailed fleet profile and lists of officers. Scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 14867

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, merchant navy, tankers, wagle fleet, san demetrio, ohio, shipping line histories, w.e. lucas, naval, shipping line histories, eagle, fleet

LUND Paul

Night of the U-Boats [Convoy SC7]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Foulsham,, [1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with 38 plates on 12; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A moving account of convoy SC7 [from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the UK] in October 1940. The convoy was badly mauled by the first use of 'wolf-pack' tactics, later to become commonplace in the North Atlantic. Well-illustrated with valuable photographs of ships and men not easily available elsewhere. Dustwrapper artwork by Admiralty War Artist Jim Morris. Enser, p.429; Law, 0270.

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Book number: 3823

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, atlantic, convoys, sc7, paul lund, harry ludlam

LUND Paul

Nightmare Convoy. The Story of the Lost Wrens [Convoy OG71]. [Drawings by Tom Shuttleworth]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Foulsham, [Slough,, 1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with 29 plates on 12 and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Moving account of convoy OG71 which sailed from Liverpool for Gibraltar in August 1941. The convoy was badly hit by U-boats resulting in the loss of several escorts and merchant vessels. Most dreadful of all was the death of twenty-two Wrens (the first such loss of the war) in the Commodore's steamer Aguila. Dustwrapper artwork and text illustrations by Tom Shuttleworth who served during the convoy abroad HMS Wallflower. It is notable that Nicholas Monsarrat, present aboard the Flower-class corvette HMS Campanula, termed this action 'my particular nightmare' and later based Lt.-Cmdr George Ericson of 'The Cruel Sea' on Captain Charles Cuthbertson, captain of HMS Zinnia. Another vividly-written account by a team with a well-deserved reputation for historical accuracy and carefully collected vernacular material.

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Book number: 22073

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, atlantic, convoys, gibraltar, og71, corvettes, wrens, monsarrat, paul lund, harry ludlam, naval, wwii, nightmare, convoy

LUND Paul

Out Sweeps! The Story of the Minesweepers in World War II. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Foulsham,, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with 42 plates on 16, pages browning at edges as usual; blue cloth, gilt back, dustwrapper laminated to boards else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable collection of vernacular reminiscences; an excellent contribution to a still largely forgotten (and largely thankless) aspect of the RN's operations in WWII. ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.156; Law, 0842.

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Book number: 47665

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, minesweeping, minesweepers, mine warfare, mine countermeasures, paul lund, harry ludlam

LUND Paul

Trawlers go to War. The Story of 'Harry Tate's Navy'. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Foulsham,, [1971]. 8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 16; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at extremities. The second collaboration by a team with an established reputation for combining successfully history and personal recollection. This is the story of the Royal Navy Patrol Service, whose extemporised fleet of trawlers, drifters and whale-catchers fought in virtually every naval theatre of WWII. Based largely on eye-witness accounts, this is the first dedicated account and already very scarce, the more so in this condition. Enser, p.427; Law, 1105.

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Book number: 48291

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, patrol service, trawlers, warship types, paul lund, harry ludlam

LYON Lieutenant David J.

Warship Profile 10: HMS Illustrious. Aircraft Carrier 1939-1956. Technical History.. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1971]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly browned at edges else a very good, clean copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 0964.

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Book number: 12516

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, warship profiles, royal navy, carriers, hms illustrious, warship types, warship design, david lyon

LYON David

Warship Profiles 10 and 11: HMS Illustrious Aircraft Carrier 1939-1956. Technical History [with] Operational History. ILLUSTRIOUS COMPLETE: NEAR FINE SET IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor,, 1971]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. Both titles of this well-known series are hard to find. Law, 0964, 0958 respectively.

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Book number: 23956

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, carriers, warship types, warship design, warship profiles, david lyon, hms illustrious

LYON David

Warship Profile 2: HMS Cossack. Tribal Class Destroyer. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1970]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Probably the scarcest title in this splendid series.

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Book number: 43880

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, warships, destroyers, tribal class, warship types, warship design, warship profiles, david lyon, hms cossack

MACDONALD Rod

Dive Scapa Fow. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS

Mainstream, [Edinburgh],, [1993]. 8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. Extensive guide to diving the wrecks of the German High Seas Fleet and blockships.

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Book number: 34568

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, scapa flow, salvage, wrecks, diving

MACDOUGALL, ed. Philip

Chatham Dockyard 1815-1865. The Industrial Transformation. NEAR FINE COPY

Ashgate [Farnham] [for] Navy Records Society,, 2009. 8vo., First Edition; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Navy Records Society, vol. 154.

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Book number: 45687

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, navy records society, nrs, royal navy, chatham, chatham dockyard, philip macdougall

MACDOUGALL Philip

Chatham Built Warships since 1860. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Maritime Books, Liskeard],, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Records all ships built by the naval dockyard with leading details and brief histories of each vessel. Chatham built many of the submarines and cruisers which served in WWII. Law, 1437

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Book number: 7979

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal navy, dockyards, shipbuilding, chatham

MACDOUGALL Philip

Royal Dockyards. NEAR FINE COPY UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

David & Charles, Newton Abbot,, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and plans in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34245

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, to 1914, royal dockyards, dockyards, royal navy

MACE Martin

The Royal Navy at Dunkirk. Commanding Officers' Reports of British Warships in Action during Operation Dynamo. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frontline,, [2017]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First publication of many reports. Includes accounts of warships lost or sunk during the evacuation.

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Book number: 33462

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, wwii, dunkirk, operation dynamo

MACGREGOR David R.

The China Bird. The History of Captain Killick and the Firm he founded: Killick Martin & Company. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND DENYS GODIN

Chatto & Windus,, 1961. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in blue and black, numerous plates, several illustrations and diagrams in the text, 3 folding maps and plans, and endpaper maps; buckram, gilt back, covers mildly age-soiled, backstrip faded (but gilt partially legible) else a very good, clean copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND W DENYS GODIN, CHAIRMAN OF KILLICK MARTIN, ON HALF-TITLE. Splendid presentation and association copy of an uncommon and substantial shipping history. Founded in 1861 and here celebrating its centenary, Killick Martin was one of the foremost runners tea clippers.

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Book number: 10385

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, shipping line histories, maritime, merchant navy, sail, tea clippers, tea, china, killick martin, godin, david macgregor

MACGREGOR David R.

Schooners in Four Centuries.

Allied and Model Publications, [Hemel Hemstead,, 1982]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 1760

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, david r. macgregor, naval, maritime, schooners, four, centuries