BROWN J.D.

Carrier Operations in World War II. Edited by David Hobbs. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Seaforth, [Barnsley],, [2009]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout; dark green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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BROWN J.D.

Carrier Operations in World War II. Volume One. The Royal Navy. [This volume only. Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir Donald Gibson].

Ian Allan, [Shepperton,, 1968]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled at edges. Enser, p.21; Law 0014.

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BROWN, ed. D. K.

The Design and Construction of British Warships 1939-1945. [Volume 3]. Landing Craft and Auxiliary Vessels. The Official Record. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Conway,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and technical drawings throughout; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 36081

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, royal navy, warship design,

BROWN David

Warship Profile 35: HMS Eagle. [Aircraft Carrier]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

[Profile Publications, Windsor],, [1973]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 0957

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Book number: 13337

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BROWN David

Warship Losses of World War Two. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Arms & Armour,, [1990]. 8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 43884

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, warship losses, david brown

BROWN David

Warship Profile 11: HMS Illustrious Aircraft Carrier 1939-1956. Operational History. NEAR FINE 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, a near fine copy. Law, 0958

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Book number: 49298

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BROWNRIGG Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas

Indiscretions of the Naval Censor. IN SIGNED MORRELL BINDING

Cassell,, 1920. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, some occasional spotting throughout; attractively bound in contemporary half calf BY MORRELL, blue cloth sides ruled in gilt, back with raised bands, second and third compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, fore-edge lightly spotted, a bright copy. Enser, p.94.

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BRYAN III Lt. Cmdr. Joseph

Mission beyond Darkness. FIRST BATTLE OF PHILIPPINES

Duell Sloan & Pearce, New York NY,, [1945]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy. Covers Task Force 58 in the concluding phase of the First Battle of the Philippines, particularly Air Group 16 from USS LEXINGTON. SCARCE. Enser, p.154.

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Book number: 40623

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, us navy, pacific, philippines, task force 58, air group 16, uss lexington, joseph bryan, philip reed

BRYANT et al K.

Even More Submarine Memories. More Less Known Facts from the Gatwick Submarine Archive. FINE PRESENTATION COPY

Gatwick Submarine Archive, Upper Beeding,, 2005. 8vo. First Edition, with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM BRYANT WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.

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Book number: 27130

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BRYSON Thomas A.

Tars, Turks and Tankers. The Role of the United States Navy in the Middle East, 1800-1979. NEAR FiNE COPY

Scarecrow Press, Metuchen NJ,, 1980. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 37565

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Keywords: naval, us navy, middle east, thomas bryson

BUCHHEIM Lothar-Gunther

U-Boat War. Translated by Gudie Lawaetz. With an Essay by Michael Salewski. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, 1978. Roy. 4to., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number double-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; black boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Evocative and moving summary by the author of 'Das Boot'. Very well illustrated by over 200 striking photographs from the author's private collection, many of which emphasise the human aspects of undersea war.

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Book number: 48859

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BUCKNALL Rixon

Boat Trains and Channel Packets. The English Short Sea Routes. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Vincent Stuart,, 1957. 4to., First Edition, with illustrations throughout, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 10422

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, maritime, dover, boat trains, channel packets, rixon bucknall

BUDZBON Przemyslaw

Soviet Navy at War 1941-1945. NEAR FINE COPY

Arms & Armour,, [1989]. 4to., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 44670

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Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, soviet navy, przemyslaw budzbon

BUDZBON, Przemyslaw

Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939-1945. [Complete set.]. Line Drawings by Jerzy Lewandowski, Tomasz Grotnik, Jaroslaw Dzierzawski. SOVIET FLEETS OF WWII: COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Seaforth, [Barnsley],, [2022-23]. 3 vols., roy. 4to., First Edition; profusely illustrated with photographs, line drawings and diagrams throughout, and front and rear endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Volume I: Major Combatants (2022); Volume II: Escorts and Smaller Fighting Ships (2022); Volume III: Naval Auxiliaries (2023).

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Book number: 49948

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BULLEN Frank T.

The Log of a Sea-Waif. being Recollections of the First Four Years of my Sea Life. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Smith Elder & Co.,, 1899. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 7 plates, first 12pp lightly stained at outer margin; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, cholcolate endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With subscription library label on front paste-down (and consequent light offsetting to front free endpaper), and 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Well-above copy of the first appearance of this Victorian maritime classic.

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Book number: 30616

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