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PARKINSON, C. Northcote Britannia Rules. in dj.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977,
PARKINSON, C. Northcote. Britannia Rules : The Classic Age of Naval History 1793-1815. L: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1977). Pp 199, [16] pp plates. 8vo, brown cloth. A popular analysis of the great age of Fighting Sail that seeks to get beyond national chauvinism to form an accurate estimate of the relative strengths of contemporary world navies. Top edge dusty, else vg in slightly rubbed dj. 50.00
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PARKINSON, C. Northcote Dead Reckoning : A Delancey Novel. 1st UK in dj.
John Murray, London, 1978, ISBN:0719534844
PARKINSON, C. Northcote. Dead Reckoning : A Delancey Novel . (London): JohnMurray, (1978). First UK Printing. Pp. [1]-276,(8) of maps at rear,(2). 8v o, green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "After his dramatic exploits in the Atlantic, Richard Delancey is posted to command the frigate Laura forservice in the East Indies... After taking part in the capture of the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch, Delancey becomes involved in the protection o f the East India Company's China Fleet which the French are seeking to intercept. He is then ordered to pursue and destroy the privateer Subtile, commanded by the elusice Pierre Chatelard, before playing his part in the combined operations against the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius." - from the dj. Top- and fore-edges lightly spotted, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. 40.00
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PARKINSON, C. Northcote Devil To Pay. signed. 1st UK in dj.
John Murray, London, 1973, ISBN:0719528380
PARKINSON, C. Northcote. Devil To Pay. (London): John Murray, (1973). FirstUK Printing. Pp. [1]-273,(1),[4] of maps,(2). 8vo, forest green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "A flurry of snow, the sound of a coach in the st reet outside and almost before he knows it Richard Delancey's naval career has taken a new turn. An injured man is carried into the inn and Delancey hears who it is. In a matter of minutes he is ducking the freezing spray in sheets of a ferry close-hauled for Cowes. His ruses during the following weeks against the smugglers of Poole attract the attention of the Guernsey privateers, who divert him to Biscay and the French coast. But he scarcely expected to find himself at the head of a band of desperadoes in the highlands of Spain - playing a dangerous hand far from the sound of the sea." - from the dj. A faint rectangular brown discolouration to ffep, else vg-fine ina crisp, clean, unclipped dj. Signed by Parkinson on the ffep. 300.00
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PARKINSON, C. Northcote Fireship. 1st UK in dj.
John Murray, London, 1975, ISBN:0719531756
PARKINSON, C. Northcote. The Fireship. (L.): John Murray, (1975). First UK Edition. Pp 187. 8vo, blue cloth. The second of Parkinson's Delancey novels. "Here is life in the British navy at its heyday, when bravery and action were married to the stately beauty of sail." -from the dj. Vg in price-clipped dj. 65.00
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PARKINSON, C. Northcote Fireship. 1st UK in unclipped dj. with name
John Murray, London, 1975, ISBN:0719531756
PARKINSON, C. Northcote. The Fireship. (London): John Murray, (1975). FirstUK Edition. Pp 187. 8vo, blue cloth. The second of Parkinson's Delancey no vels. "Here is life in the British navy at its heyday, when bravery and action were married to the stately beauty of sail." -from the dj. Previous owner's name inked to ffep, else vg-fine in unclipped dj. 55.00
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PARKINSON, C. Northcote Fireship. 1st US in dj.
Houghton Mifflin, 1975,
PARKINSON, C. Northcote. The Fireship. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. First US Edition. Pp 187. 8vo, blue cloth. Parkinson "pursues the further adventures of Lieutenant Richard Delancey in the Royal Navy's war against the French-- this time as he commands one of the most dangerous missions of his career, the destruction of a French ship of the line by means of a delicately maneuvered fireship. But before he can bring off this feat, Delancey musttest his courage in a mutiny and his wits in defending a brother officer d uring a highly charged court-martial." -from the dj. Vg in slightly rubbed dj. 37.50
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RANSOME, Arthur PARKINSON, C. Northcote Racundra's First Cruise. Century Seafarers ed.
Century Publishing / Hippocrene Books Inc., London / New York, 1984, ISBN:0712604464
RANSOME, Arthur. 'Racundra's' First Cruise. Introduction by C. Northcote Parkinson. London : Century Publishing / New York : Hippocrene Books Inc., (1984). Pp [1]-221,(3). Maps. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. In The Century Seafarers series. See Toy 0931. Racundra, built in 1921-22 in Riga, Latvia, was one of Arthur Ransome's first cruising yachts. Racundra's cruise from Riga, across the Baltic, to Helsingfors and back with Ransome, the Cook,and the "Ancient Mariner", Carl Sehmel, is detailed in Racundra's First Cr uise, considered a classic of sailing literature. Gift inscription, else very good. 15.00
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PARKINSON, C. Northcote So Near, So Far. ex-lib. 1st UK in dj.
John Murray, London, 1981, ISBN:0719539130
PARKINSON, C. Northcote. So Near, So Far . London: Jiohn Murray, (1981). First UK Printing. Pp. (6),1-227,(1), + 6 p. of maps at rear. 8vo, blue clothwith gilt lettering to spine. Another Delancey naval novel, Parkinson's fi fth, where that pesky Napoleon ruins Delancey's stay in Guernsey by increasing hostilities with the English yet again. Ex-library (tape ghosts, stamp to top edge and ffep, pouch forcibly removed at rear), marking to copyrightpage, else vg in price-clipped dj. 20.00
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PARKINSON, C. Northcote Touch and Go. 1st UK in dj.
John Murray, 1977, ISBN:0719533716
PARKINSON, C. Northcote. Touch and Go. (London): John Murray, (1977). FirstUK Edition. Pp. [1]-230,(6), + [4] pp maps. 8vo, blue-green cloth with gil t lettering to spine. "The vivid detail and narrative pace which have made Devil to Pay and The Fireship the unrivalled successors of the Hornblower series are fully in evidence in Parkinson's third novel about the adventuresat sea of Richard Delancey. In Touch and Go Delancey is posted to Gibralta r to command the sloop Merlin for convoy protection in the Mediterranean. Overcoming problems of discpline, gunnery and sail-drill among his crew, Delancey quickly proves his mettle by capturing an enemy ship during the siegeof Valletta." -from the dj. Faint spotting to top edge, else vg in price-c lipped dj. 30.00
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