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1812 : War with America. First Edition in dustjacket

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, England, 2007, ISBN:9780674025844

Seller ID: 113581

LATIMER, Jon. 1812 : War with America. Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007. First Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-xiv,(4),[1]-637,(1). Illustrated. Maps. Index. 8vo, red cloth spine, tan paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spin e. "In the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British perspective, JonLatimer offers an authoritative and compelling account that places the con flict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars. The British viewed the War of 1812 as an ill-fated attempt by the young American republ...
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300,000 Sea Miles : An Autobiography.

By: PELLY, Henry, Admiral Sir.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Chatto and Windus, London , 1938,

Seller ID: 85955

PELLY, Henry, Admiral Sir. 300,000 Sea Miles : An Autobiography. London : Chatto and Windus, 1938. First Edition. Pp [i]-xi,(1),1-222,(2), port. frontis. + 7 leaves of plates + 1 folding plan. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt signature to front board, top edge dyed blue. Contents : Preface. The Far East. The West Indies. The South Seas. The Royal Yachts. The Channel and Mediterranean. More or Less a Civilian. H.M.S. Tiger – First Year. H.M.S. Tiger – Second Year. Portsmouth. Egypt and the Red Sea. Gibraltar. Very good in unclipped dustjacket. Very scarce. 250.00
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300,000 Sea Miles : An Autobiography.

By: PELLY, Henry, Admiral Sir.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Chatto and Windus, London , 1938,

Seller ID: 94765

PELLY, Henry, Admiral Sir. 300,000 Sea Miles : An Autobiography. London : Chatto and Windus, 1938. First Edition. Pp [i]-xi,(1),1-222,(2), port. frontis. + 7 leaves of plates + 1 folding plan. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt signature to front board, top edge dyed blue. Contents : Preface. The Far East. The West Indies. The South Seas. The Royal Yachts. The Channel and Mediterranean. More or Less a Civilian. H.M.S. Tiger – First Year. H.M.S. Tiger – Second Year. Portsmouth. Egypt and the Red Sea. Gibraltar. Light rubbing to boards, some sparse spotting to fore-edge, occasional m...
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75th Anniversary Naval Service of Canada : A Pictorial History. First Edition in dust jacket

By: CRANSTON, Bobby

Price: $30.00

Publisher: 75th Anniversary Publishing Co, Halifax , 1985, : 1985

Seller ID: 18837

CRANSTON, Bobby. 75th Anniversary Naval Service of Canada : A Pictorial History. (Halifax, Nova Scotia : The 75th Anniversary Publishing Co., 1985). First Edition. "Printed in Canada - Printed by Wm. MacNab & Son Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia". Unpaginated. [Pp 154]. Illustrated throughout. Oblong 8vo (260 x 215 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering and a gilt ship illustration to the front board, with no lettering to spine. Robert 'Bobby' D. Cranston (b. 1941). Foreword by Cranston. The Admirals : Admiral Sir Charles Edmund Kingsmill. Admiral Walter Hose. Admiral Percy Walker Nelles...
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A Leader Born : The Life of Admiral John Sidney McCain, Pacific Carrier Commander. First Edition in dustjacket

By: McCAIN, John Sidney) GILBERT, Alton Keith.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Casemate, Philadelphia , 1975, ISBN:1932033505 : 1975

Seller ID: 84657

ISBN-13: 9781932033502

(McCAIN, John Sidney). GILBERT, Alton Keith. A Leader Born : The Life of Admiral John Sidney McCain, Pacific Carrier Commander. Philadelphia : Casemate, (2006). First Printing. Pp [i]-xiii,(1),1-274 + 16 pages of b&w photos. 8vo, dark-grey paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Admiral John Sidney McCain (b. August 9, 1884, Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi – d. September 6, 1945, Coronado, California). Alton Keith Gilbert (b. ca 1930). With a Foreword by his grandson, Senator John McCain. "John S. 'Slew' McCain was an old-school sailor. Wiry, profane, a cusser and a ...
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Admiral Byng and the Loss of Minorca. First Edition

By: TUNSTALL, Brian BYNG, John, Admiral)

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Philip Allan & Co., London, 1928,

Seller ID: 56033

TUNSTALL, Brian. Admiral Byng and the Loss of Minorca. London : Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., (1928). First Edition. Pp. (4),v-x,1-293,(1), portrait frontispiece., + 11 leaves of plates. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. The story of Byng's loss of the island of Minorca to France during the Seven Years' War, and his eventual execution. Byng was the governor of Newfoundland in the 1740s. "Admiral Byng has had to wait a long time for his vindication. Although he lingers in the memory of most of us as the unlucky Admiral who was shot, in the words of Voltaire, 'to encourage the others,...
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Admiral George Dewey : A Sketch of the Man

By: BARRETT, John DEWEY, George, Admiral)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Harper, 1899,

Seller ID: 32657

BARRETT, John. Admiral George Dewey : A Sketch of the Man. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1899. Pp 279. 23 leaves of plates. Small 8vo, blue cloth, gilt anddec. to front, gilt to spine. Something of an instant book whose publicati on was occasioned by the ongoing war with Spain; nevertheless, the author has the proper credentials as former United States Minister to Siam and Special Correspondent with Dewey at Manila. While the focus is on the Admiral'srecent feats, there is also considerable analysis of his early history and character. Vg. A remarkably clean copy. 50.00
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Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves, USN.

By: REEVES, Joseph Mason, Admiral). HAYES, John D. Naval War College Review, Volume XXIII, Number 3 November 1970 ROBINSON, William H. BEX, John E.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Naval War College, Newport, RI, 1970,

Seller ID: 67609

(REEVES, Joseph Mason, Admiral). HAYES, John D. "Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves, USN". An article in Naval War College Review, Volume XXIII, Number 3 November 1970, pp. 48-57. Newport, RI: Naval War College, 1970. Pp. 99. Illustrated. Double column. 8vo, illustrated card covers. Also: "An Element of International Affairs - The Military Mind" by Commander William H. Robinson, Jr., U.S. Navy; "Quantitative Information for Strategic Decisions" by MajorStuart J. Yuill, U.S. Army; "Navy and Polity: A 1973 Baseline" by Professo r John M. Roberts and Lieutenant Commander ...
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Admiral Never Forgets : Reminiscences of thirty-seven years on the active list of the Royal Navy. 2nd ed.

By: SMITH, Humphrey Hugh

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Seeley, Service & Co, London, 1936,

Seller ID: 88754

SMITH, Humphrey Hugh, Vice-Admiral. An Admiral Never Forgets : Reminiscences of thirty-seven years on the active list of the Royal Navy. London: Seeley, Service & Co., [1936]. Second Edition. Pp. (12),13-317,(3), frontis. + [15] leaves of plates. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. The book isfilled with fascinating anecdotes of a man who loved life and thoroughly e njoyed his career in the Royal Navy. Plate between pp. 258-259 loose but present, some light spine ridging, nick to head of spine, name to ffep, else good. No dj. 20.00
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Admiral Never Forgets : Reminiscences of thirty-seven years on the active list of the Royal Navy. 2nd ed. blue cloth.

By: SMITH, Humphrey Hugh

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Seeley, Service & Co, 1936,

Seller ID: 54322

SMITH, Humphrey Hugh, Vice-Admiral. An Admiral Never Forgets : Reminiscences of thirty-seven years on the active list of the Royal Navy. L.: Seeley, Service & Co., [1936]. Pp 317, including frontis. + [15] pp of plates. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. The book is filled with fascinating anecdotes of a man who loved life and thoroughly enjoyed his career in the Royal Navy. Slightly cocked, somewhat worn, bumping to extremities, ow vg. 30.00
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Admiral Number One : Some Incidents in the Life of Esek Hopkins, 1718-1802,First Admiral of the Continental Navy. ex-lib.

By: MILLER, Charles H HOPKINS, Esek.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: William-Frederick Press, 1962,

Seller ID: 40928

MILLER, Charles H. Admiral Number One : Some Incidents in the Life of Esek Hopkins, 1718-1802, First Admiral of the Continental Navy. NY: William-Frederick Press, 1962. Pp 74, [8] pp plates. 8vo, blue cloth. A popular, revisionist biography of Rhode Island-born first commander of the Continental Navy, examining the events leading to his dismissal and disgrace. Ex-library (pouch, spine label, inkstamps), rubbed, else vg. Uncommon. 60.00
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Admiral of the Fleet : The Life of Sir Charles Lambe. First Edition in dust jacket.

By: LAMBE, Charles WARNER, Oliver

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1969, : 1969

Seller ID: 91499

(LAMBE, Charles). WARNER, Oliver. Admiral of the Fleet : The Life of Sir Charles Lambe. With an Introduction by Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a Foreword by Sir Steven Runciman. London : Sidgwick & Jackson, (1969). First Edition. "Printed in Great Britain by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne and Co. Ltd." Pp [i]-xiii,(1),1-224,(2) + 16 pages of b&w plates. 8vo (160 x 238 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.. Law 0709. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Edward Lambe, G.C.B., C.V.O. (b. December 20, 1900, Stalbridge, Dorset – d. August 29, 1960, Newport-on-Tay, Fif...
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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Provo W. P. Wallis ; A Memoir. First Edition.

By: BRIGHTON, J.G.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Hutchinson & Co,, London, 1892,

Seller ID: 110936

BRIGHTON, J.G., m.d. Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Provo W. P. Wallis ; A Memoir. With Numerous Illustrations, Charts, &c. London : Hutchinson & Co., 1892. First Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-xiv,(2),[3]-299,(3) + portrait frontispiece. The 13 plates (two of which are charts) are included in the pagination. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt device to front board, gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g. Catalogue of the Library of the National Maritime Museum, Vol 2. Biography 1412; Perrin, Admiralty Library : Subject Catalogue of Printed Books : Part I : Historical Section, p.57; Myron Smith, The American Navy, 1789-1860 : A...
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Admiral Sims and the Modern American Navy. First Edition

By: MORISON, Elting E. SIMS, William Sowden, Admiral)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1942, : 1942

Seller ID: 77563

MORISON, Elting E. Admiral Sims and the Modern American Navy. With illustrations. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1942. First American Printing. "The Riverside Press". Pp [i]-xiv,(2),[1]-547,(1), + 24 pages of b&w plates. Illustrated. 8vo (156 x 234 mm), blue cloth with darker blue lettering to front & spine. Admiral William Sowden Sims (b. October 15, 1858, Port Hope, Ontario – d. September 28, 1936, Boston) Elting Elmore Morison (b. December 14, 1909, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – d. April 20, 1995, Peterborough, New Hampshire) Preface, written in Peterborough, New Hampshire. . Part One ...
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Admiral Sir William Fisher.

By: FISHER, William, Admiral Sir). JAMES, William JAMES, William

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Macmillan, 1943,

Seller ID: 26841

(FISHER, William, Admiral Sir). JAMES, William, Admiral Sir. Admiral Sir William Fisher. L: Macmillan, 1943. Pp 159. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth. A brief but lively biography of Fisher, tracing his career from boyhood experience as a naval cadet to his role as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Bookplate (Macmillans Co.), else vg. 65.00
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Admiral Vernon and the Navy : A Memoir and Vindication: Being an Account of the Admiral's Career at Sea and in Parliament. 1st UK no dj

By: VERNON, Edward, Admiral). FORD, Douglas FORD, Douglas WALPOLE, Robert) SMOLLETT, Tobias)

Price: $290.00

Publisher: T.Fisher Unwin, 1907,

Seller ID: 38558

(VERNON, Edward, Admiral). FORD, Douglas. Admiral Vernon and the Navy : A Memoir and Vindication: Being an Account of the Admiral's Career at Sea and in Parliament, with Sidelights on the Political Conduct of Sir Robert Walpole and his Colleagues, and a Critical Reply to Smollett and Other Historians. L.: T.Fisher Unwin, 1907. First Printing. Pp 322, port.frontis.+ 14 leaves of plates. 8vo, decorated blue cloth, t.e.g. NMM II:1398. With index. Armorial bookplate of Francis Edward Fetherstonhaugh. Foxing, spine rubbed but gilt still bright, creasing to spine, light soiling to cloth, ow vg. Scar...
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Admiral William Shepherd Benson : First Chief of Naval Operations. in dj.

By: BENSON, William Shepherd, Admiral). KLACKO, Mary. TRASK, David F. BURKE, Arleigh A.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Naval Institute, 1987, ISBN:0870210351

Seller ID: 35446

(BENSON, William Shepherd, Admiral). KLACKO, Mary. Admiral William ShepherdBenson : First Chief of Naval Operations. With David F. Trask; foreword by Arleigh A. Burke. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, (1987). Pp xviii, 268. 8vo, brown cloth. A well researched biography of the United States' Great War chief of naval operations, which seeks to place his achievements inthe context of an emerging American nationalism. "This biography of Admira l William Shepherd Benson - the result of more than fifteen years of extensive research-makes a significant contribution to the annals of U.S. Nav...
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Admirals Fremantle. First Edition in dustjacket

By: PARRY, Ann (ed.) FREMANTLE, Thomas Francis, Admiral) NELSON, Horatio)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London, 1971, ISBN:070111603x

Seller ID: 54287

PARRY, Ann (ed.). Admirals Fremantle. London : Chatto & Windus, 1971. FirstEdition. Pp 286, including frontis. + 22 pp of plates with 1 pp chart and several maps to text. 8vo, red cloth, gilt to spine. The four distinguishedAdmirals Fremantle who are the subject of this book are: "[...] Thomas Fra ncis Fremantle (1765-1819) who was a close friend of Nelson, and one of hiscaptains both at Copenhagen and Trafalgar. His son, Charles Howe Fremantle (1800-1869) had a major port in Australia named after him, and was Flag Of ficer in charge at Balaklava during the Crimean War. [...] His nephew, E...
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Admirals in Collision. First American Edition in dustjacket,

By: HOUGH, Richard.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Viking, New York, 1959,

Seller ID: 89598

HOUGH, Richard. Admirals in Collision. New York: Viking, 1959. First American Printing. Pp. (6),[vii]-x,(2),[3]-182, + 8 p. of plates. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Richard Alexander 'Dick' Hough (b. May 15, 1922, Brighton - d. October 7, 1999, London). Dust jacket adds: "The incredible saga of a great naval disaster which remains, like the Marie Celeste, one of the unsolved mysteries of the sea." This is the story of the sinking of HMS Victoria by HMS Camperdown in 1893 on a calm sea during naval manoeuvres just outside of Tripoli's harbour. Why had the Victoria s...
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Admirals in Collision. First Edition in dustjacket

By: HOUGH, Richard.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1959, : 1959

Seller ID: 62918

HOUGH, Richard. Admirals in Collision. London : Hamish Hamilton, (1959). First Edition. Pp (4),[5]-174,(2) + 9 pages of b&w plates on 5 leaves. A few illustrations in the text. 8vo (148 x 223 mm), reddish-brown cloth with pale blue lettering to spine. Richard Alexander 'Dick' Hough (b. May 15, 1922, Brighton - d. October 7, 1999, London). This is the story of the sinking of HMS Victoria by HMS Camperdown in 1893 on a calm sea during naval manoeuvres just outside of Tripoli's harbour. Why had the Victoria sunk? Who was to blame? How does one factor in the dynamic of antagonism betw...
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