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1929 Annual Journal of The United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. SecondYear. Volume Two

By: SPRY, D.W.D., Lieut. Colonel (ed.). HOUGHTON, L.F.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., 1929,

Seller ID: 86211

SPRY, D.W.D., Lieut. Colonel (ed.). 1929 Annual Journal of The United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. Second Year. Volume Two. Halifax, N.S.: United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, 1929. Pp 1-166. Illustrated. Maps. 8vo, red printed card covers. Articles of nautical interest : “Canada's Duty Towards National Defence” by Lt. Cmdr. L.F. Houghton, RNC (pp 26-33) and “The History and Modern Developments of Wireless Telegraphy” by Lt. Cmdr. L.F.Houghton, RCN (pp 34-53). Other articles : “The Race to the Sea” by Lt. Co l. JH.L. Sparling (pp 54-76); “The National Importance of the Truth” by Lt....
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1930 Annual Journal of The United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. Third Year. Volume Three

By: GILLIS, G.H., Capt (ed.) FORTIER, L.M. SPARLING, H.C. MacMECHAN, Archibald

Price: $135.00

Publisher: United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., 1930,

Seller ID: 86212

GILLIS, G.H., Capt (ed.). 1930 Annual Journal of The United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. Third Year. Volume Three. Halifax, N.S.: United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, 1930. Pp 1-180. Illustrated. Maps. 8vo, red printed card covers. Articles of nautical interest : “The Navy at the Dardanelles” by Lieut.-Cm. F.L. Houghton, RCN (pp 43-57) and “The Freedom of the Seas” by Dr. H.F. Munro (pp 76-87). Other articles : “The Ancient Fort at Annapolis Royal, Now Called Fort Anne” by L.M. Fortier (pp 23-29); “The Siege and Fall of Kut” by Lt. Col. R.E.G. Roome (pp 30-42); “The land Operations ...
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1932 Annual Journal of The United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. Fifth Year. Volume Five

By: BAGNALL, J. Stanley, Capt. (ed.). HARVEY, D.C. WALKER, A. Stanley SPARLING, H.C.

Price: $135.00

Publisher: United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., 1932,

Seller ID: 86213

BAGNALL, J. Stanley, Capt. (ed.). 1932 Annual Journal of The United Services Institute of Nova Scotia. Fifth Year. Volume Five. Halifax, N.S.: United Services Institute of Nova Scotia, 1932. Pp [1]-138,+ 5 folding maps + 3 plates. Text Maps. 8vo, red printed card covers. Articles of nautical interest : “Minesweeping 1914-1920}” by Lt. D.K. McDermaid (pp 31-38,+ 1 plate) and “Sea Power and Empire” by Prof. A. Stanley Walker (pp 87-101). Other articles : “Nova Scotia and the American Revolution” by Prof. D.C. Harvey (pp 12-30); “The Western Front in 1918” by Lt. Col. H.C. Sparling (pp 39-57); “T...
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73 North : The Defeat of Hitler's Navy. in dj.

By: POPE, Dudley TOVEY, Lord, Admiral of the Fleet (foreword)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1958,

Seller ID: 52586

POPE, Dudley. 73 North : The Defeat of Hitler's Navy. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Tovey. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, (1958). Pp. 288 + 16 p. of plates. 8vo, red cloth spine with patterned grey paper coveredboards. Law 0511 On New Years' Day, 1943, Adolf Hitler declared "this mean s the passing of the High Seas Fleet", when he ordered the scrapping of thewhole of the German surface fleet. This volume details the Battle of the B arents Sea, whose events led to Hitler's decision to abandon the German navy. Light marginalia, top edge a bit dusty, else very good in lightl...
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A Source Book of Submarines and Submersibles. First Edition in dustjacket

By: WATTS, Anthony Source Book series

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ward Lock, London:, 1976, : 1976

Seller ID: 56335

ISBN-13: 9780706350333

WATTS, Anthony. A Source Book of Submarines and Submersibles. Written and compiled by Anthony J. Watts. London : Ward Lock Limited, (1976). First Printing. Pp (4),5-127,(1). Double column. Illustrated with over 100 b&w photos. Oblong 12mo (170 x 118 mm), blue cloth, silver lettering to spine.

In the Source Book series.

Anthony John Watts (b. May 22, 1938 - d. July 19, 2014, Tiverton, Devon).

Very good in unclipped dustjacket. 25.00

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A Stronger Climate: 9 Stories. First American Edition in dustjacket

By: JHABVALA, Ruth Prawer

Price: $35.00

Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., New York, 1968, : 1968

Seller ID: 59324

JHABVALA, Ruth Prawer. A Stronger Climate : 9 Stories. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1968). First US Printing. Pp (14),11-214,(6). 8vo, purple cloth spine with navy blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (b. May 7, 1927, Cologne, Germany – d. April 3, 2013, New York City) was a German-born British and American novelist. A collection of nine short stories by the Indian author. "The nine stories in A Stronger Climate represent her second collection. Once again she proves her mastery as she probes Indian sociey, revealing its comedy, its...
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Absurd and the Brave : CORB - The True Account of the British Government's World War II Evacuation of Children Overseas. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: FETHNEY, Michael BRIGGS, Asa, Lord

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boo Guild Ltd., Sussex, England, 1990, ISBN:0863324479

Seller ID: 116117

FETHNEY, Michael. The Absurd and the Brave : CORB - The True Account of theBritish Government's World War II Evacuation of Children Overseas. Sussex, England : The Book Guild Ltd., (1990). First Edition. Pp (6),7-333,(3). Wi th many b&w photos and other illustrations in the text . 8vo [140 x 220 mm], blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Michael Fethney (b. circa 1931), himself a CORB child evacuated at age 9 from Bradford, was living in Harrogateat the time of puiblication. "In June 1940, the CORB scheme (Children's Ov erseas Reception Board) opened its doors for the evacuation of Britain'...
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Action in the North Atlantic. First Edition

By: GILPATRIC, Guy.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Dutton, 1943, : 1943

Seller ID: 30858

GILPATRIC, Guy. Action in the North Atlantic. Illustrated with photographs. New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First Edition. Pp (8),9-189,(3) + b&w photo frontispiece + 11 leaves showing 23 b&w photos of scenes from the Humphrey Bogart film. 8vo (147 x 208 mm), light blue-grey cloth, with dark blue lettering to front & spine. A World War II adventure novel featuring the life of sailors in the United States Merchant Navy. John Guy Gilpatric (b. January 21, 1896, New York – d. July 7, 1950, Santa Barbara). Smith & Weller, Sea Fiction Guide 924. The 1943 film of the same name st...
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Admiral Ernest J. King and the Strategy for Victory in the Pacific. An article in Naval War College Review, Winter 1976

By: KING, Ernest J.) REYNOLDS, Clark G. PRESTON, Richard A. Naval War College Review, Winter 1976)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Naval War College, Newport, RI, 1976,

Seller ID: 66759

(KING, Ernest J.) REYNOLDS, Clark G., Professor. "Admiral Ernest J. King and the Strategy for Victory in the Pacific" . An article in Naval War College Review, Winter 1976, pp. 57-64. Newport, RI: Naval War College, 1976. Pp.(2),1-106. Illustrated. Double column. 8vo, illustrated white card covers. Also of nautical interest: Harlan K. Ullman's "The Cuban Missile Crisis an d Soviet Naval Development: Myths and Realities", and Admiral Ernest J. King's "Set and Drift". And: Carl J. Midgail's "A Perspective of the Military and the Media", Dale R. Herspring's "Th...
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Admiralty Brief : The Story of Inventions that Contributed to Victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. First Edition in dust jacket, Signed.

By: TERRELL, Edward

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Harrap, London, 1958, : 1958

Seller ID: 43162

TERRELL, Edward. Admiralty Brief : The Story of Inventions that Contributed to Victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. London : George G. Harrap, (1958). First Printing. "Printed by Western Printing Services, Ltd., Bristol". Pp (8), [9]-240 + portrait frontispiece of Terrell + 14 pages of b&w photos + a folding plan at rear. 8vo (147 x 215 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. With illustrated end-papers. Law 1253. Edward Terrell, O.B.E., Q.C., R.N.V.R. (b. 1902– d. November 13, 1979). The author's account of his inventive contributions to the war effort, including Plasti...
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Admiralty of the Atlantic: An Enquiry

By: HISLAM, Percival A.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Longman's Green & Co, 1908,

Seller ID: 69212

HISLAM, Percival A. . The Admiralty of the Atlantic. An Enquiry into the Development of German Sea Power Past, Present, and Prospective . L.: Longman's Green & Co., 1908. Pp (4),[v]-xvi,1-214,(1, ads),(1) frontispiece + 15 leaves of plates + fldg map at rear. 8vo, gilt decorated blue cloth. Chapters: 1. The Inception of the German Navy; 2. The Development of German Sea-Po wer; 3. The German Navy To-day: The Battle Fleet; 4. The German Navy To-day: Cruisers and Torpedo Craft; Shipbuilding Resources; 5. German Shipbuilding Resources; 6. The North Sea Amphitheatre; 7. Naval Policy and Our Naval B...
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Adventures of a Naval Paymaster.

By: MARTIN, W.E.R., Paymaster Rear-Admiral.

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Herbert Jenkins Limited, London , 1924,

Seller ID: 90000

MARTIN, W.E.R., Paymaster Rear-Admiral. The Adventures of a Naval Paymaster. London : Herbert Jenkins Limited, MCMXXIV [1924]. Pp (4),vii-ix,(5),[1]-306, portrait frontis + 15 leaves of plates. 8vo, green cloth, lettered in black. Contents : 1. Early Days (1867-1889). 2. My First Experiences as Assistant Paymaster (1889-1898). 3. The German Emperor and Other Royalties (1898-1899). 4. Comedy and Tragedy in the West Indies (1899-1903). 5. Some Indian Experiences (1903-1908). 6. Of Snakes and Ships and Sealing-Wax (1908-1914). 7. The Great War – and After (1914-1922). Slightly cocked, cloth rubbe...
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Affair of Chances. A Submariner's Odyssey 1939-44

By: McGEOCH, Ian

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Imperial War Museum, London, 1991,

Seller ID: 83150

McGEOCH, Ian. An Affair of Chances. A Submariner's Odyssey 1939-44. London:Imperial War Museum, London, (1991). Pp (4),5-221,(3), including portrait frontispiece. Some photo-illustraions in the text. Large 8vo, blue cloth. With foreword by Admiralof the Fleet, Lord Lewin. "On 21 April 1943 HM Submarine Splendid was patrolling off the Bay of Naples. In five previous patrols, operating against ships taking vital supplies from Italy to the Axis armies in Tunisia, she had sunk a destroyer and more merchant tonnage than anyother Allied submarine during the same period. But her luck was about to...
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Aircraft-Carriers of Great Britain, U.S.A. And Axis Nations.

By: Aircraft Carriers - World War II

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Real Photographs, Southport, Lancashire , 1942,

Seller ID: 97357

(Aircraft Carriers - WW2). Aircraft-Carriers of Great Britain, U.S.A. And Axis Nations. Southport, Lancashire : Real Photographs, [1942]. Pp [1]-28 including covers. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated white stapled card covers. R.P. Publications 42/6. Rubbed and darkened, tear to top spine, penned marks to front cover, else good. 45.00
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Aircraft-Carriers of Great Britain, U.S.A. and Axis Nations.

By: Aircraft Carriers

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Real Photographs Co. Ltd, Southport, Lancashire, 1942,

Seller ID: 99726

(Aircraft Carriers). The Aircraft-Carriers of Great Britain, U.S.A. and Axis Nations. Southport, Lancashire : Real Photographs Co. Ltd., n.d. [1942]. Pp [1]-27,(1) including covers. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated grey stapled card covers. R.P. Publications 42/6. A guide to some of the photographs available for purchase from the Real Photographs firm. Rubbed, staples rusted,else very good. 35.00
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Albert Speer and the Nazi Ministry of Arms : Economic Institutions and Industrial Production in the German War Economy. 1st in dj.

By: SPEER, Albert). ZILBERT, Edward R.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press / Associated University Presses, Rutherford - Madison - Teaneck - London, 1981, ISBN:0838617093

Seller ID: 80150

(SPEER, Albert). ZILBERT, Edward R. Albert Speer and the Nazi Ministry of Arms : Economic Institutions and Industrial Production in the German War Economy. Rutherford – Madison – Teaneck : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press/ London : Associated University Presses, (1981). First Edition. Pp [1]-30 5,(7),+ folding chart at rear. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : 1. Introduction. 2. The German Ideological and Institutional Background. 3. Principal Economic Organizations in the German War Economy. 4. The Speer Administrations – the Beginnings. 5. The Submarine Industry. 6. Th...
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American Neptune : A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History. Volume 44, No. 1, Winter 1984

By: American Neptune SMITH, Gaddis WEBB, Robert L SYRETT, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Peabody Museum of Salem, Salem, MA , 1984,

Seller ID: 81712

(American Neptune). The American Neptune : A Quarterly Journal of Maritime History, Volume XLIV, No. 1, Winter 1984. Salem, MA : Peabody Museum of Salem, 1984. Pp [1]-72. Illustrated. Double Column. 4to, illustrated red, white and blue striped card covers. Contents : Agricultural Roots of Maritime History (Gaddis Smith). Invented Too Late: The Introduction of Steam to the Arctic Whaling Fleet (Robert L. Webb). The Adventures of Two Women Whalers (Suzanne J. Stark). Contingency Planning and the Defeat of the Spanish Armada (Ronald Pollitt). The Hairy Ape Reconsidered: The American Merchant Seam...
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American Neutrality 1914-1917 : Essays on the Causes of American Intervention in the World War. no dj.

By: SEYMOUR, Charles.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, 1935,

Seller ID: 81120

SEYMOUR, Charles. American Neutrality 1914-1917 : Essays on the Causes of American Intervention in the World War. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1935. First Edition. Pp (2),[i]-vii,(1),[1]-187,(3). Index. 8vo, blue cloth,gilt lettering to spine. Contents : 1. American Neutrality. 2. Woodrow Wil son and the Submarine Campaign. 3. Germany's Fateful Decision. 4. Misinterpreted Documents. 5. Influences of Trade with the Allies on American Diplomacy, 1914-17. 6. Wilson and Lansing. 7. American Opinion on the Eve of War. 8. Conclusion. Spine rubbed, minor staining to cloth, waterstaining to fore...
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An Alle Wölfe: Angriff ! : U-Boote Crews und Kommandanten im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945. First Edition

By: KUROWSKI, Franz

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Podzun-Pallas Verlag : 1986

Seller ID: 98918

ISBN-13: 9783881997416

KUROWSKI, Franz. An Alle Wölfe : Angriff ! : U-Boote Crews und Kommandanten im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945. (Friedberg : Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1986). First Edition. Pp. (6),[7]-525,(3) including a 32-page central section of b&w photos. 8vo (146 x 219 mm), art-illustrated paper-covered boards, with red & black lettering to grey spine. Paine, The Submarine Registry and Bibliography KUR86 : "A must for anyone involved in U-Boat research." Franz Kurowski (b. November 17, 1923, Hombruch - d. May 28, 2011, Dortmund). "Das grosse Buch über die deutschen U-Boote im Zweiten Weltkrieg : Im ...
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Anecdotes of Queens County, Nova Scotia. Volume 6. Places, People, Events

By: WIGGLESWORTH, Armand F.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: A.F. Wigglesworth & Life Legends Group, Liverpool, NS, 2006, ISBN:0969748566

Seller ID: 109635

WIGGLESWORTH, Armand F. Anecdotes of Queens County, Nova Scotia. Volume VI.[Cover adds: Places, People, Events] [Liverpool, Nova Scotia] : A.F. Wiggl esworth & Life Legends Group, (2006). "Printed and bound by Gaspereau Press, Kentville, Nova Scotia". Pp. (14),[1]-317,(5). With 110 b&w photos as well as other illustrations in the text. 8vo (140 x 215 mm), photo-illustratedwhite cardcovers. Colonel Armand Frederick Wigglesworth, C.M., B.E.M., C.D . (b. August 17, 1918, Liverpool, Queens County - d. July 20, 2008, Liverpool, Queens County) veteran of the R.CA.F and local historian. Conte...
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