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Britannia has Wings! : The Fleet in Action- On, Over, and Under the Sea.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Hutchinson, London, 1941,: 1941

Seller ID: 39644

HURD, Archibald, Sir. Britannia has Wings! : The Fleet in Action- On, Over, and Under the Sea. With 41 Illustrations. London : National Book Association / Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., [1941]. Pp 112 + b&w photo frontispiece + 40 pages of b&w photos, &c. With some tables in the text. Small 8vo (129 x 188 mm), blue cloth, with black lettering to spine.

Law 0639.

Sir Archibald Hurd (b. August 13, 1869 - d. June 20, 1959).

A patriotic review of Royal Navy history, followed by an account of RN successes in World War Two to the date of publication. ...
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Britannia has Wings! : The Fleet in Action- On, Over, and Under the Sea. in dustjacket

By: HURD, Archibald

Price: $40.00

Publisher: National Book Association, 1941,: 1941

Seller ID: 38650

Britannia has Wings! : The Fleet in Action- On, Over, and Under the Sea. in dustjacket .

By: HURD, Archibald

Price: $40.00

Publisher: National Book Association, 1941,: 1941

Seller ID: 45028

British Admiralty. in dj.

By: GARDINER, Leslie

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Blackwood , 1968,:

Seller ID: 29237

GARDINER, Leslie. The British Admiralty. Edinburgh/L: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1968. Pp 418. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth. Not in Law. A comprehensive history of the Royal Navy's ruling body, which incidentally touches on most of the great events of British naval history. With an index and bibliography. Vg in slightly rubbed dj. 85.00
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British Admiralty. in worn dj.

By: GARDINER, Leslie

Price: $32.50

Publisher: Blackwood , Edinburgh / London, 1968,:

Seller ID: 91913

GARDINER, Leslie. The British Admiralty. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1968. Pp 418. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth. Not in Law. A comprehensive history of the Royal Navy's ruling body, which incidentally touches on most of the great events of British naval history. With an index and bibliography. Light shelfwear, else very good in rubbed, edgeworn, spine sunned dust jacket. 32.50
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British and American Navies Their Common Heritage and Traditions. 1st pr

By: MOORE, Henry, Admiral Newcomen Society

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Newcomen Society American Branch, New York, 1948,:

Seller ID: 19055

MOORE, Henry, Admiral. The British and American Navies Their Common Heritage and Traditions. [New York] : Newcomen Society American Branch, (March) 1948. First Printing. Pp. (4),5-20. Illustrated. 8vo, card covers. Very good.20.00
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British Battle Fleet

By: JANE, Fred T WYLIE, W.L.

Price: $300.00

Publisher: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1912,:

Seller ID: 40474

JANE, Fred T. The British Battle Fleet : Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries. With Twenty-Five Illustrations in Colour from the Original Water-Colour Drawings by W.L. Wylie. L: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1912. Pp 406, frontis., [50] leaves plates. 8vo, ribbed blue cloth, gilt to front and spine. A very nice copy of Jane's classic technical history of the Royal Navy: "This book is not intended to be a 'history' of the British Navy in the generally accepted sense of the term. For this reason small space is devoted to various strategical and tactical matters of the past which general...
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British Battleships of World War Two : The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleships and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946. First Edition in dustjacket

By: RAVEN, Alan ROBERTS, John

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Arms & Armour Press, London, 1979, ISBN:0853681414:

Seller ID: 35499

RAVEN, Alan and John ROBERTS. British Battleships of World War Two : The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleships and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946. ( London) : Arms & Armour Press, (1976). First Edition. Pp [1]-436. With over 600 illustrations including 16 fold-out pagesand four pages in full colour. Index. 4to, blue cloth, gilt lettering to s pine. Law 1002. "This large and lavishly-illustrated volume presents a comprehensive account of the design and construction of the British battleshipsthat served in the Second World War - from the Queen Elizabeth class to...
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British Bluejacket 1915-1940: A Social Study of the Royal Navy. in dj.

By: EDWARDS, A. Trystan

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Simpkin Marshall, 1940,:

Seller ID: 40899

EDWARDS, A. Trystan. British Bluejacket 1915-1940 : A Social Study of the Royal Navy. L: Simpkin Marshall, 1940. Pp 170. 8vo, card covers. Contents include: "The Seaman of Today"; "Shaking Up"; "Routine"; "Rank and Manners"; "Naval Aesthetics"; "Domestic Reactions"; "Navy Language"; "Gold Braid and Blue Collar"; "Religion on the Lower Deck"; "'Rockies' at Sea"; "Educational Standards"; "The Civilization of the Navy." A note tipped-in reading as follows: "Owing to Enemy Action, the publication of...
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British Bluejacket 1915-1940: A Social Study of the Royal Navy.. inscr., in dj.

By: EDWARDS, A. Trystan

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Simpkin Marshall, 1940,:

Seller ID: 40891

British Capture & Occupation of Downeast Maine 1814-1815 / 1818

By: YOUNG, George F.W.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Penobscot Books, Stonington, Maine, 2014, ISBN:9780941238144:

Seller ID: 112856

YOUNG, George F.W. The British Capture & Occupation of Downeast Maine 1814-1815 / 1818. (Stonington, Maine : Penobscot Books, 2014). Pp (4),v-xvii,(1),1-124. Illustrated. Maps (including one folding). Index. 8vo, illustrated lettered in blue and black. "Although 'Downeast Maine' is always mentioned in the general accounts of the War of 1812, it is usually mentioned only inpassing—as a kind of peripheral outlier to the central storyline of the wa r. Yet the British offensive in Eastern Maine in 1814 resulted in their most sizable capture of US territory, and it would have become a territo...
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British Destroyer. 1st UK in dj

By: MANNING, T.D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Putnam, London, 1961,:

Seller ID: 18730

MANNING, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. London: Putnam, (1961). First Printing. Pp. (4),5-148, frontis., + 70 p. of black and white plates (containing 132 images of British destroyers). Illustrated. Large 8vo, blue clothwith gilt lettering to spine. "Fast and hardy, with its lean raking lines, the Destroyer has for half-a-century formed one of the most adventurous an d romantic elements of the British fleet. The first types were built in 1893 to counter the high-speed Torpedo-boats; in the 1960s the functions of Destroyers have been taken over by the various kinds of Frigate, and the ...
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British Destroyers : A History of Development 1892-1953.

By: MARCH, Edgar J.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1966,:

Seller ID: 42224

MARCH, Edgar J. British Destroyers : A History of Development 1892-1953. Drawn by Admiralty Permission from Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. With a Foreword by Admiral of The Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. 175 Photographs & 100 Detailed Plans. London Seeley Service &Co. Limited, (1966). Pp [i]-xxxii,[1]-539,(5),+ numerous folding plans. Il lustrated. Index. 4to, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : 1. Builders and Contractors. 2. Design and Construction. 3. Early History of Torpedo Boats. 4. 27-Knotters or “A” Class (1892-93 Programme). 5. 27-Kno...
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British Naval Documents 1204-1960. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Vol. 131

By: HATTENDORF, John B. RODGER, N.A.M. KNIGHT, R.J.B. PEARSALL, A.W.H.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Scolar Press / Navy Records Society, Aldershot, Hants, 1993, ISBN:0859679470:

Seller ID: 97141

HATTENDORF, John B., R.J.B. KNIGHT, A.W.H. PEARSALL, N.A.M. RODGER, and Geoffrey TILL (eds.). British Naval Documents 1204-1960. (Aldershot, Hants) : Published by Scolar Press for the Navy Records Society, 1993. Pp [i]-xviii,[1]-1196,(2), frontis. Maps. Index. Thick 8vo, blue cloth, gilt to front board and spine. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Vol. 131. This volume contains 535 British naval documents, divided by historical period. Each historical section is divided into : General Introduction; Policy and Strategy; Tactics and Operations; Administration; Matériel and Weapons; Perso...
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British Naval Dress. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: JARRETT, Dudley

Price: $100.00

Publisher: J.M. Dent and Sons, London, 1960,: 1960

Seller ID: 38379

JARRETT, Dudley. British Naval Dress. With a colour plate and over one hundred black-and-white illustrations. London : J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, (1960). First Edition. Pp (6),vii--xi,(1),1-148 + colour frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with drawings, b&w photos, and b&w reproductions of works of art. Index. 8vo, pale blue cloth with pictorial device to front, black lettering to spine, top edge dyed black.

A delightfully illustrated look at the evolution of British naval uniforms from the early eighteenth century to the time of publication.

“This book deals author...
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British Navies in the Second World War. Second Impression.

By: JAMES, W.M., Admiral Sir

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1947,:

Seller ID: 105835

JAMES, W.M., Admiral Sir. The British Navies in the Second World War. London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1947. Second Impression. Pp (4),v-xii,1-255,(1) + 22 plans, (many folding). 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Law, The Royal Navy in World War Two: An Annotated Bibliography 0022. Chapters: 1. Introduction; 2. Peace to War; 3. Atlantic Ocean and Narrow Seas, Sep tember3, 1939 - April 8, 1940; 4. Fruitless Attempts to Halt German Advancein Europe, April 9, 1940 - June 20, 1940:; 5. The War Spreads to the Medit erranean, June 21, 1940 - December 31, 1940; 6. German Air and Land Forces ...
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British Navy in Adversity : A Study of the War of American Independence. First Edition.

By: JAMES, W.M., Captain

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green, London, 1926,:

Seller ID: 40078

JAMES, W.M., Captain. British Navy in Adversity : A Study of the War of American Independence. London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1926. First Edition. Pp (4),[v]-xvi,(4),[1]-459. Maps, diagrams in text. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. An intensive and increasingly scarce study of the Royal Navy during the period of the American Revolutionary War. Much on the health and living conditions of seamen. Chapters: 1. Introductory; 2. The Dissipation of a Legacy; 3. From Peace to War; 4. The Opening Moves in North America, 1776; 5.The Disjointed Operations of 1777 in North America; 6. The Ent...
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British Navy in Battle.

By: POLLEN, Arthur H.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, N.Y., 1919,:

Seller ID: 87205

POLLEN, Arthur H. The British Navy in Battle. Illustrated. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. Pp [i]-viii,[1]-358,(2),+ folding plate. Text Illustrations. 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering to front board and spine. Contents : 1. A Greeting (By Way of Dedication). 2. A Retrospect (TheFirst Crisis - The Second Crisis - The Third Crisis - The Fourth Crisis - The New Era). 3. Sea Fallacies: A Plea for First Principles. 4. Some Root Doctrines. 5. Elements of Sea Force. 6. The Actions. 7. Naval Gunnery Weapons and Technique (Fire Control - The Torpedo in Battle). 8. The Action that N...
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British Navy: Its Strengths, Resources, and Administration. 5 volumes

By: BRASSEY, Thomas, Sir

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1882,:

Seller ID: 52232

BRASSEY, Thomas, Sir. The British Navy : Its Strengths, Resources, and Administration. L.: Longmans, Green & Co., 1882-1883. In five volumes. Volume I: Shipbuilding for the Purposes of War. Pp. (i)-xxxvii, [1], (1)-621, [3] +24 leaves of plates, and 14 folding plates at rear, frontis. Volume II: Mi scellaneous Subjects connected with Shipbuilding for the Purposes of War. Pp. (i)-xvi, (1)-421, [3] + 2 leaves of plates. Volume III: Opinions on the Shipbuilding Policy of the Navy. Pp. (i)-xii, (1)-586, [2]. Volume IV: Dockyards, Reserves, Training, Pensions, being a reprint of Parliamentary Speec...
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British Neptune; or, A History of the Achievements of the Royal Navy, from the earliest periods to the present time. 1812.

By: BURNEY, William

Price: $350.00

Publisher: B. Crosby, 1812,:

Seller ID: 32681

BURNEY, William. The British Neptune; or, A History of the Achievements of the Royal Navy, from the earliest periods to the present time. L: B. Crosbyand Co., 1812. Pp 490. 7 leaves of plates, 1 folding map (incomplete). Sma ll 8vo, full calf, paper label to spine. Not in Manwaring or NMM. Burney was also the author of The Naval Heroes of Great Britain. His analysis of thevital importance of the Navy for Britain's survival extends to pre-Roman t imes, and continues in a narrative extending to Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. With three appendices: a chronology of English naval history, an accoun...
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