MCCART Neil

Tiger, Lion & Blake 1942-1986. Foreword by Rear-Admiral M L Stacey. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Fan Publications, Cheltenham,, [1999]. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout and illustrated endpapers;cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The first detailed account of the RN's last three cruisers, from wartime service to their final role as as helicopter/landing ships.

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Book number: 33217

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, cruisers, mccart, neil mccart,

MCCART Neil

Town Class Cruisers. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

[Maritime Books, Liskeard],, [2012]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and illustrated endpapers, neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Detailed career histories of the ten vessels of this well-known class.

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Book number: 44564

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, cruisers, town class cruisers, belfast, sheffield, mccart, neil mccart

McCLUSKIE Tom

Ships from the Archives of Harland and Wolff. The Builders of the Titanic. [First US Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Chartwell, [Edison NJ],, [1998]. Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and numerous coloured illustrations from builder's drawings throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34644

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, harland and wolff, harland & wolff, belfast, titanic, shipbuilders, shipbuilding, tom mccluskie

MCGEOCH Ian

An Affair of Chances. A Submariner's Odyssey 1939-1944. [Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Terence Lewin]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Imperial War Museum,, [1991]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations and 2 full-page maps in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Told by her commander, this is the story of HM S/m Splendid through to her sinking, and the author's subsequent escape back to Britain. McGeoch rose to Rear-Admiral after the war. Already scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.

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Book number: 12139

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, royal navy, submarines, ian mcgeoch, naval, wwii, an, affair, chances

MCGUIRE Frances Margaret

The Royal Australian Navy. Its Origin, Development and Organisation. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Oxford University Press, Melbourne,, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and pictorial endpapers, neat contemporary signature on half-title; sand cloth, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly rubbed and age-soiled else a bright, clean copy. Still the best account to the end of WWII. SCARCE. Law, 1468.

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Book number: 23253

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, ww2, wwii, royal australian navy

MCKAY John

Anatomy of the Ship. The Flower Class Corvette Agassiz. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway Maritime Press,, [1993]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the 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: 15251

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, aots, anatomy of the ship, royal navy, corvettes, flower class corvettes, atlantic, convoys, u-boats, ship construction, john mckay, john harland

MCKAY John

Anatomy of the Ship. The 100-Gun Ship Victory. [Second Impression].

Conway Maritime Press,, [1992]. Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with a frontispiece, very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text, terracotta cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series. First issued in 1987. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 23262

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, aots, anatomy of the ship, royal navy, nelson, victory, trafalgar, first rate ships, ship construction, john mckay, naval, anatomy of the ship, anatomy, ship., 100-gun, ship, victory., second, impression

McKAY Richard C.

South Street. A Maritime History of New York. [Second Edition.] SECOND EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

7 C's Press, Riverside CT,, [1969]. 8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece (of signal flags) and very numerous photographs in the text; ivory cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-browned dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1934.

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Book number: 34615

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, new york, south street, richard mckay

McKEE Fraser M.

HMCS Swansea. The Life and Times of a Frigate. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Airlife, [Shrewsbury],, [1994]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 34658

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, canada, canadian navy, hmcs swansea, fraser mckee

McLAUGHLIN Redmond

The Escape of the 'Goeben'. Prelude to Gallipoli. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Seeley Service,, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; rose cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.157.

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Book number: 49228

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, gallipoli, sms goeben, goeben, enver pasha, souchon

MCMULLEN R.T.

Down Channel. Third Edition. With Introduction by Dixon Kemp. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF A YACHTING CLASSIC

Horace Cox,, 1903. 8vo., Third Edition, with portrait frontispiece, engraved title-vignette, 11 plates and plans, 3 maps and several smaller illustrations in the text, 3 folding maps (2 coloured in outline) and 2 folding plans; original purple cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, patterned endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. Elegant copy of a yachting classic first published in 1891. Includes details of voyages in LEO, SIRIUS, ORION, PROCYON and PERSEUS. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 32946

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, sailing, yachting, cruising, mcmullen, dixon kemp

MCMURTRIE Francis E

Ships of the Royal Navy. with Forces of British Dominions overseas. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Sampson Low Marston & Co.,, 1947. Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, upper board framed and lettered in black, case lightly shaken else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 29907

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy

MCQUEEN Andrew

Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle Wheels. [First Trade Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Gowans & Gray, Glasgow,, 1924. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with folding frontispiece (neatly reinforced with linen at folds) and 30 plates, title and half-title faintly spotted; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. A classic and scarce study, with appendices listing Clyde steamers by period and both general and vessel indexes.

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Book number: 25

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, merchant navy, paddle-steamers, scotland, clyde, andrew mcqueen

MCQUEEN Andrew

Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle Wheels. 100 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Gowans & Gray, Glasgow,, 1924. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with folding frontispiece and 30 plates; blue cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 COPIES (THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES). A classic and scarce study, with appendices listing Clyde steamers by period and both general and vessel indexes.

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Book number: 36756

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, merchant navy, paddle-steamers, scotland, clyde, andrew mcqueen

MEHL Hans

Naval Guns. 500 Years of Ship and Coastal Artillery. Drawings by Rudolf Roth. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Chatham,, [2002]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations, and endpaper diagrams; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

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Book number: 44175

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, naval guns, naval gunnery, coastal artillery, hans mehl