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Wine-Dark Sea. 1st US in dj

Price: $25.00

Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York, 1993, ISBN:0393035581:

Seller ID: 73366

O'BRIAN, Patrick. The Wine-Dark Sea. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, (1993). First American Printing. Pp. (10),1-261,(1). 8vo, blue cloth spine with grey paper covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. No.16 in the Jack Aubrey series. Some very light wear to bottom edge, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. With Aubrey-Maturin series bookmark laid in at front. 25.00
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Winged Escort. First Edition in dustjacket, inscribed

By: REEMAN, Douglas.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hutchinson of London, London, 1975,:

Seller ID: 95462

REEMAN, Douglas. Winged Escort. (London) : Hutchinson of London, (1975). First Edition. Pp [1]-286,(2). 8vo, blue cloth, white lettering to spine. Myron J. Smith, War Story Guide : An Annotated Bibliography of Military Fiction 3248; Smith & Weller, Sea Fiction Guide 1366a. “During the Second World War, the losses of ships and men in Allied convoys rose to such proportions that sinkings often far outpaced replacements. As the toll of ships mounted, the escort carrier was born. The escort carrier was a piece of everything. She had the hull of an uncompleted merchant ship, but had a flight deck...
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Winston S. Churchill's Legacy to the Royal Navy, 1911-1915.

By: CHURCHILL, Winston). HIGGINS, Maria S. Naval War College Review Volume XXV, Number 3/Sequence Number 252 November-GADDIS, John L. BATHURST, Robert B.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Naval War College Review, 1974,:

Seller ID: 67588

(CHURCHILL, Winston). HIGGINS, Maria S. "Winston S. Churchill's Legacy to the Royal Navy, 1911-1915." An article in Naval War College Review, Volume XXVII, Number 3/Sequence Number 252 November-December 1974, pp. 67-77. Newport, R.I.: Naval War College Review, 1974. Pp 94. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated beige card covers. Also: "The Cold War: Some Lessons for Policymakers" by Professor John L. Gaddis; "The Patterns of Naval Analysis" by Captain Robert B. Bathurst, U.S. Navy; "The Issues and Costs of the New United StatesNuclear Policy" by Professor Lawrence J. Ko...
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With H.M.S. Dragon Around the New World 1930-1932

By: H.M..S. Dragon) SPOONER, E. J.

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Flood & Son, Ltd., The Borough Press, Lowestoft, 1932,:

Seller ID: 106107

(H.M..S. Dragon). With H.M.S. "Dragon" Around the New World 1930-1932. (Lowestoft : Printed by Flood & Son, Ltd., The Borough Press), n.d. [1932?]. Pp(6),vii-xi,(1),[1]-156,(4). Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering a nd crest to front board and spine. Not in O'Dea or Hallett, Bermuda in Print (2nd. ed). Contents : Foreword by Captain E.J. Spooner, D.S.O., R.N. ; Preface; I. South America Cruise; II. Bermuda and Jamaica; III. West Indian Island Cruise; IV. Bermuda the Second; V. West Coast, North America; VI. Bermuda the Third; VII. Second Island Cruise; VIII. Bermuda Final and ...
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With All Dispatch. First American Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: KENT, Alexander BOLITHO)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1989, ISBN:0399134301:

Seller ID: 73327

KENT, Alexander. With All Dispatch . New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1989). First American Printing. Pp. (14),1-272,(2). 8vo, red cloth spine with blue-grey paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. "It is 1792, and England is peaceful after years of war with France. Hundreds of British officers and seamen, so desperately needed during the war, are now unemployed. Even Richard Bolitho, with his tremendous reputation as a frigate captain, can find work only as a commander of three topsail cutters. His mission: toround up naval deserters, many of whom joined the brutal smuggling gang...
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With Blood and Iron.. First Edition in dustjacket, Signed

By: REEMAN, Douglas.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Jarrolds, London, 1964,:

Seller ID: 83075

REEMAN, Douglas. With Blood and Iron. (London) : Jarrolds, (1964). First Printing. Pp [1]-288. 8vo, blue cloth, white lettering to spine. Anderson 1020, Smith & Weller, Sea Fiction Guide 1367. Douglas Edward Reeman (born 15 October 1924, Thames Ditton) is a British author who has written many historical fiction books on the Royal Navy, mainly set during either World War IIor the Napoleonic Wars. Reeman joined the Royal Navy in 1940, at the age o f 16, and served during World War II and the Korean War. He eventually roseto the rank of lieutenant. In addition to being an author, Reeman has also ...
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With Cochrane the Dauntless : A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American Waters. Latimer edition in dustjacket

By: HENTY, G.A COCHRANE, Thomas, Admiral

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Latimer House, London, 1957,:

Seller ID: 34368

HENTY, G.A. With Cochrane the Dauntless : A Tale of the Exploits of Lord Cochrane in South American Waters. London : Latimer House, (1957). Pp 224, incl. frontis. 8vo, red cloth. The inimitable Henty here fictionalises the later career of the great Admiral Thomas Cochrane, particularly his service on behalf of Chile and Peru. Very good in rubbed, nicked, price-clipped dustjacket 25.00
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With Those in Peril : A Chaplain's Life in the Royal Navy. in dustjacket.

By: POCOCK, Lovell, Rev

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Self Publishing Assoc., 1986,: 1986

Seller ID: 39833

ISBN: 1854210475

POCOCK, Lovell, Rev. With Those in Peril : A Chaplain's Life in the Royal Navy. (Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire): "This edition published in 1989 by Rev. Lovell Pocock in association with the Self Publishing Association Ltd"., 1986). First Edition thus. Pp (10),11-316,(4). Some illustrations in the text. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine.

The memoirs of a Royal Navy chaplain, Rev. Lovell Pocock (b. 1908) whose service in the Second World War (with the Eleventh Cruiser Squadron and other units) took him from Scapa Flow to Singapore to the Mediterranean.

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Wooden Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy. 1st UK in dj

By: ARCHIBALD, E.H.H. WOODWARD, Ray

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Blandford, 1968,:

Seller ID: 28730

ARCHIBALD, E.H.H. The Wooden Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 897-1860. Illustrated by Ray Woodward. L.: Blandford Press, (1968). First Edition. Pp 174. Illustrated. 4to, blue cloth. "The author is the curator of oil paintingsat the National Maritime Museum, and so is well placed to use its unique r ecords and collections. He has worked in close collaboration with the artist , Ray Woodward, who has produced meticulous drawing, working from Admiralty builders' draughts and from models and pictures. Besides the general text, the book contains copious lists of establishments of ships and guns,...
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Working in Hazardous Seas Boy's Own Paper 63:12 September 1941

By: MOORHOUSE, Sydney Boy's Own Paper 63:12 September 1941 WESTERMAN, Percy

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boy's Own Paper, Redhill, Surrey, 1939,:

Seller ID: 50354

MOORHOUSE, Sydney. "Working in Hazardous Seas". The author describes the lives and work of the men who serve on Britain's mineweepers, with four blackand white photographs. An article in Boy's Own Paper, Vol. 63 No. 12, Sept ember, 1941, pp. 270-271. Redhill, Surrey : [Boy's Own Paper], 1941. Pp. [40], various paginations throughout. Illustrated. Double column. Large 8vo, stapled illustrated paper covers. Colour illustration to the front cover isof a member of Canada's North West Mounted Police in his red uniform, acco mpanied by two Cree natives, apparently hot on the trail of a ne'er...
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World's Warships. in dustjacket

By: PARKES, Oscar

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, 1930,:

Seller ID: 80179

PARKES, Oscar. The World's Warships. Compiled by Oscar Parkes. London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co., [n.d. - late 1920s / early 1930s]. Pp. (8),1-185,(3), + 64 pages of b&w plates (86 ships featured in all). Illustrated. Oblong 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dr. Oscar Parkes, R.N., O.B.E., ASS. I.N.A. (b.: October 18, 1885, Birmingham, England - d. June 24, 1958, County Down). From 1918 to 1935 he was editor / co-editor of Jane's Fighting Ships. "This little book has been compiled to serve as a ready index to the World's Fighting Ships for those who are interested in nav...
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Wrens 1917-77 : A History of the Women's Royal Naval Service. First Edition, Paperback, Signed

By: MASON, Ursula Stuart PRINCE PHILLIP, foreword.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Educational Explorers, Reading, 1977, ISBN:0852259018:

Seller ID: 101156

MASON, Ursula Stuart. The Wrens 1917-77 : A History of the Women's Royal Naval Service. With a foreword by HRH The Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT. Reading, (Eng. ): Educational Explorers, (1977). First Edition. Pp (10),11-160. Illustrated. 8vo, blue and white cardcovers. Law 0918. "This is the first history of the WRNS written at the request of the Director WRNS- and the first to cover the whole period of the Service's life from 1917 to 1977. It has been written by an ex-Wren with the unstinting cooperation of many serving and ex-rens of all ranks. And so it is in a very special...
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WRNS : A History of the Women's Royal Navy Service. 1st in dj.

By: FLETCHER, M.H., Commandant

Price: $50.00

Publisher: B.T. Batsford, London, 1989, ISBN:07134618853:

Seller ID: 96238

FLETCHER, M.H., Commandant. The WRNS : A History of the Women's Royal Navy Service . [Foreword by H.R.H. The Princess Royal]. London: B.T. Batsford, (1989). First Printing. Pp. (7),8-160. Illustrated. Double column. 4to, bluecloth with gilt lettering to spine. "This illustrated history of the Women 's Royal Naval Service charts the often dramatic and unrecognized part women have played in the defence of Britain through two World Wars up to the present day. [...] Commandant Fletcher charts the triumphs and the tragic losses; the bravery and resourcefulness of the Wrens themselves, and the a...
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Yellow Admiral. 1st UK in dj

By: O'BRIAN, Patrick Aubrey Series 18

Price: $30.00

Publisher: HarperCollins, London, 1997, ISBN:0002255618:

Seller ID: 73363

O'BRIAN, Patrick. The Yellow Admiral. (London): HarperCollins Publishers, (1997). First UK Printing. Pp. (6),1-262,(2). 8vo, maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. No.18 in the Jack Aubrey series. Vg-fine in clean, crisp,unclipped dj. 30.00
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Yellow Admiral. 1st US in dj

By: O'BRIAN, Patrick Aubrey Series 18

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Norton, 1996,:

Seller ID: 21337

O'BRIAN, Patrick. The Yellow Admiral. N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Co., (1996). First US Printing. Pp 262. 8vo, blue cloth spine. No.18 in the Jack Aubrey series. Vg-fine in dj. 25.00
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Young Sea Dogs : Some Adventures of Midshipmen of the Fleet. First Editionin dustjacket

By: PEARS, Randolph, Commander

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Putnam, London, 1960,:

Seller ID: 102784

PEARS, Randolph, Commander, Royal Navy (Retd.). Young Sea Dogs : Some Adventures of Midshipmen of the Fleet. London : Putnam, (1960). First Edition. Pp (10),11-250, frontispiece + 8 pp plates. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "The naval midshipman has always cut an intriguing figure—certainly not a rating, yet hardly an officer: more than a youth, yet not quite a man. Recently he has been abolished, but has survived to go to sea again; though it seems unlikely that any guided missile ship of the future will possess a Gunroom, that traditional stronghold of the "Young ...
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Younger Ones : A Novel of Canada. signed. ex-lib in dj.

By: JORDAN, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Pageant Press, New York, 1952,:

Seller ID: 74186

JORDAN, John. The Younger Ones : A Novel of Canada. New York: Pageant Press, (1952). First US Printing. Pp. (6),1-217,(1). 8vo, red cloth with black lettering to spine. An historical novel by the Quebec-born author. At the time of publication, Jordan was affiliated with the United Services Instituteof Nova Scotia, as well as the Royal Canadian Navy Sailing Association. Ex -library (pouch, stamps, tape ghosts, spine sticker, &c.), else vg in rubbed, chipped, creased, spine-stickered dj. Signed without inscription by Jordan on the title page. 20.00
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Youthful Man-O'-Warsman

By: MACLAY, Edgar Stanton

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Navy Blue Company, Greenlawn, N.Y., 1910,:

Seller ID: 96875

MACLAY, Edgar Stanton. A Youthful Man-O'-Warsman : From the diary of an English lad (a protegé of the duchess of the fifth Duke of Marlborough) who served in the British frigate Macedonian during her memorable action with theAmerican frigate United States; who afterward deserted and entered the Ame rican Navy, was recaptured by the British and confined in a South African prison and, on being released, again enlisted in the United States Navy. Greenlawn, N.Y.: Navy Blue Company, 1910. Pp (8),[5]-214,(2), frontispiece + 15 plates. Index. 8vo, white cloth, navy blue lettering and gilt trim, bord...
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