BEESLY Patrick

Room 40. British Naval Intelligence 1914-1918. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton,, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition, with 23 plates on 16 and 5 maps (one double-page) in the text, page edges tanned as usual; original black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip. The story of Reginald Hall's famous Room 40, the Admiralty's codebreaking organisation during the Great War. Like its WWII successor at Bletchley, it was successful in breaking and manipulating German naval and diplomatic codes, and its achievements had a profound effect on the outcome of the conflict. ALREADY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION

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Book number: 41289

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww1, wwi, great war, room 40, reginald hall, naval intelligence, codebreaking, cryptography, bletchley park, beesly, patrick beesly

BEHE George

Titanic. Psychic Forewarnings of a Tragedy. Foreword by Edward S. Kamuda. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Patrick Stephens, [Wellingborough,, 1988]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; black cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 22307

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, shipwrecks, titanic, white star, cunard, lightoller, icebergs, marconi, g. behe, naval, titanic, titanic

BEKKER Cajus

The German Navy 1939-1945. [First English Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Hamlyn,, [1974]. 4to., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This lavishly illustrated summary was first published in Hamburg in 1972; some photographs are scarce. Law, 1644

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Book number: 5484

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, german navy, kriegsmarine, bekker, cajus bekker

BEKKER Cajus

Hitler's Naval War. Translated and edited by Frank Ziegler. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER

Macdonald,, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, maps in the text and illustrated endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Broad survey of the German view, first published in Hamburg in 1971. Enser, p.187; Law 1645. UNCOMMON.

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Book number: 32693

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, german navy, kriegsmarine, cajus bekker,

BEKKER Cajus D.

Swastika at Sea. The Struggle and Destruction of the German Navy 1939-1945.

William Kimber,, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, plates and a full-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, covers a little faded else a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed at edges. With the errata slip. One of the earliest accounts of the war at sea from the German viewpoint; scarce and remarkable photographs. Law, 1647.

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Book number: 3033

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, battle of the atlantic, kriegsmarine, cajus d. bekker, naval, wwii, swastika, sea

BELLABARBA Sergio

Anatomy of the Ship. The Royal Yacht Caroline 1749. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway Maritime Press,, [1989]. Oblong 4to., First English Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text, small inked number on front panel; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series, featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 42868

Catalogue: Naval0

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BENHAM Hervey

The Salvagers. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Essex County Newspapers, Colchester, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Salvage operations along the Essex and Suffolk coasts.

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Book number: 37251

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, salvage, shipwrecks, salvagers, essex, suffolk, hervey benham

BENNETT G.H.

Admiralty Despatches. The Story of the War from the Battlefront 1939-45. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Amberley, [Stroud],, [2017]. 8vo., with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes despatches from Mediterranean and Russian convoys, Dieppe, D-Day and many others.

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Book number: 41001

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, admiralty, admiralty despatches

BENNETT Geoffrey

Cowan's War. The Story of British Naval Operations in the Baltic, 1918-1920. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, 1964. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 23 plates on 12 and 3 full-page maps in the text; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The standard history. Includes some interesting photographs, notes on the principal warships employed and bibliography. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 40961

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: mstock, naval, ww1, great war, royal navy, russian navy, baltic, baltic fleet, cowan, geoffrey bennett, naval, wwi, cowan's, war

BENSTEAD C.R.

Shallow Waters. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Hale,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps, small neat inscription on half-title; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 37566

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, home waters, north sea, english channel, solent, benstead

BENSTEAD C.R.

Steady, Boys Steady!. A Profound Study of the Royal Navy. With Drawings by Edgar Norfield. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Frederick Muller,, [1943]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at extremities. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 37230

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy,

BENTINCK Major Mark

Mutiny in Murmansk. The Hidden Shame. The Royal Marines in Russia 1918-1919. NEAR FINE COPY

Royal Marines Historical Society, [Southsea],, [1999]. Sm. 4to., with photographs and charts in the text; printed wrappers, small personal labvel on front wrapper, a near fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publications SP21. SCARCE

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Book number: 50621

Catalogue: Naval0

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BENTINCK Major Mark

Vertical Assault. The Story of the Royal Marines Mountain Leaders' Branch. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY

Royal Marines Historical Society, [Portsmouth],, 2013. 8vo., Second Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Royal Marines Historical Society Special Publication SP34.

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Book number: 50618

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, royal marines, climbing, rock climbing, mountain leaders, unit history, unit histories, mark bentinck

BERCUSON David J.

Bismarck. The Story behind the Destruction of the Pride of Hitler's Navy. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hutchinson,, [2002]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written hour-by-hour account of the chase, the battle and the sinking. First published in the US in the previous year.

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Book number: 45055

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, german navy, kreigsmarine, royal navy, bismarck, battleships, david bercuson, holger herwig

BERTHOLD Willi

The Sinking of the Bismarck. Translated from the German by Michael Bullock. [First English Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Longmans,, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 6 plates on 4 and a double-page map in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Imaginative account of the battleship's last cruise from the German viewpoint; strong depiction of the horror of the final engagement. Increasingly uncommon in this condition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.58; Law, 0247.

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Book number: 36032

Catalogue: Naval0

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