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British Seaman 1200-1860 : A Social Survey.. UK in dj

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Collins, 1968,:

Seller ID: 21537

LLOYD, Christopher. The British Seaman 1200-1860 : A Social Survey. L.: Collins, 1968. Pp 319. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth. Contents : The Medieval Mariner; The Tudor Mariner; The Early Stuart Mariner; The Dutch Wars; Some Stuart Seamen; The Manning Problem; The Methods of Impressment; The Law and the Press; The Register and Other Proposals; The Age of Nelson; Life at Sea; The End of Impressment. Vg in dj. 30.00
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British Seamen. First Edition in dustjacket

By: MATHEW, David Britain in Pictures Series

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Collins, London, 1943,:

Seller ID: 53201

MATHEW, David. British Seamen. London : "William Collins of London", 1943. Pp. (6),7-47,(1) + 4 leaves of colour plates. With other illustrations in the text. 8vo, decorated blue and white paper-covered boards. From the Britain in Pictures Series. David James Mathew (b. January 15, 1902, Lyme Regis,Dorset - d. December 12, 1975, London) was an English Roman Catholic bisho p, historian and was a Royal Navy midshipman in the First World War. A slimvolume showcasing some of the key moments in British naval history, from t he defeat of the Spanish Armada to shortly before the outbreak of t...
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British Ships and British Seamen. 3rd ed, 2nd pr.

By: LEWIS, Michael British Life and Thought: No. 7.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: British Council, Longmans Green & Co., London, 1944,:

Seller ID: 90745

LEWIS, Michael. British Ships and British Seamen. London: The British Council, by Longmans Green & Co., (1944). Second Printing of the Third Edition. Pp. (4),5-54,(2), + 8 p. of black and white plates. Illustrated. 8vo, blue wraps. British Life and Thought: No. 7. A brief and (for wartime) remarkably temperate introduction to British naval history. Plate list: 1. A Fifteenth Century "Long Ship"; 2. A Fifteenth Century "Round Ship"; 3. H.M.S. Vanguard; 4. East Indiaman Pitt; 5. H.M.S. Gorgon; 6. Paddle-steamer British Queen; 7. H.M.S. Warrior; 8. Screw steamer Himalaya; 9. H.M.S...
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British Submarine in Being

By: BLACKBURN, J. A. and Kenneth WATKINS WATKINS, Kenneth

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Gieves Publishing Co, London, 1920,:

Seller ID: 55485

BLACKBURN, J. A. and Kenneth WATKINS. The British Submarine in Being . L.: Gieves Publishing Co., Ltd., [n.d.]. [ca 1920?]. Pp. 191 + 8 leaves of plates. Small 8vo, white cloth spine with green paper covered boards. Anderson 115. Contents: I) Anatomy and Habits of the Submarine ; II) The Weapons of the Submarine ; III) How a Submarine is Handled ; IV) A Tour of Inspection ; V) The Human Element ; VI) Submarine Strategy and Tactics ; VII) A Quiet Patrol ; VIII) Missed ; IX) The Reward of Patience ; X) Anti-Submarine Methods ; XI) "Fritz" ; XII) "Der Tag!". Edges slightly sunned ...
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British Warships & Auxiliaries. 1984/85 ed.

By: CRITCHLEY, Mike

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Maritime Books, Liskeard, Cornwall, 1983,:

Seller ID: 29800

CRITCHLEY, Mike. British Warships & Auxiliaries: 1984/85 edition. Liskeard,Cornwall: Maritime Books, (1983). Pp 112. Illustrated. 8vo, ill. card cove rs. Vg. 20.00
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British Warships 5th ed

By: LE FLEMING, H.M. Ian Allan ABC

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ian Allan, London, 1960,:

Seller ID: 86430

Le FLEMING, H.M. British Warships. London: Ian Allan Ltd, (1960). Fifth Edition. Pp. [1]-63,(1). Illustrated. Small 8vo, illustrated stapled pink and blue card covers. A volume in the Ian Allan ABC series. Including ships of the R.A.N. (Royal Australian Navy), R.C.N. (Royal Canadian Navy), R.N.Z.N. (Royal New Zealand Navy), I.N. (Indian Navy), P.N. (Pakistan Navy), R.Cy.N.(Royal Ceylon Navy), R.M.N.(Royal Malayan Navy), S.A.N. (South African Nav y). Rubbed, else very good. 20.00
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British Warships Illustrated. First Edition

By: HARDY, A. C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: A. & C. Black, London, 1935,: 1935

Seller ID: 68248

HARDY, A.C. British Warships Illustrated. London : A. & C. Black Ltd., 1935. First Printing. Pp. (4),5-95,(1). Illustrated throughout with b&w photos. 8vo, blue cloth with small decoration to front and dark blue lettering to front & spine.

Commander Alfred Cecil Hardy, B.Sc., M.I.N.A., A.M.I.Mar.E., F.R.G.S., R.N. (b. 1898 - d. December 18, 1961).

An identification guide for cruisers, battleships,&c of the Royal Navy in the 1930s.
Includes specifications, histories, and illustrations of each ship.

"This is a companion book to British Ships Illustrat...
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British Warships Since 1945: Part I

By: CRITCHLEY, Mike GRANTHAM, Guy, Admiral Sir (introduced by)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Maritime Books, Duloe, Liskeard, Cornwall, 1990, ISBN:0950632341:

Seller ID: 29799

CRITCHLEY, Mike. British Warships Since 1945: Part I. Introduced by AdmiralSir Guy Grantham. Duloe, Liskeard, Cornwall: Maritime Books, (n.d., ~1990) . Pp 104. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. Includes a comprehensive breakdown of the classes of British warships during and after the Second World War. This part focuses on the classes of Battleships, Fleet AirCarriers, Light Fleet Aircraft Carriers, and Cruisers of the Royal Navy. V g. 20.00
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Buller's Dreadnought. First American Edition in dustjacket.

By: HOUGH, Richard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: William Morrow and Company, New York , 1982, ISBN:0688011837: 1982

Seller ID: 93033

ISBN: 0688011837

HOUGH, Richard. Buller's Dreadnought. New York : William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1982. First U.S. Printing. Pp [1]-251,(1). 8vo (146 x 215 mm), blue cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards, silver lettering to spine.

Richard Alexander 'Dick' Hough (b. May 15, 1922, Brighton - d. October 7, 1999, London) was living in Gloucestershire at the time of publication.

“This extraordinary, action-packed adventure novel is concerned with those crucial years early in the twentieth century when the Royal Navy was transformed from an enormous but decadent service to a finely ...
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Burning of a Pirate Ship La Trompeuse in the harbour of St. Thomas, July 31, 1683, and Other Tales. Also the case against Adolph Esmit, Governor of St. Thomas 1682-1684, harbour of pirates.

By: PAIEWONSKY, Isidor.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Fordham University Press, New York, 1992, ISBN:0823212602:

Seller ID: 91034

PAIEWONSKY, Isidor. The Burning of a Pirate Ship La Trompeuse in the harbour of St. Thomas, July 31, 1683, and Other Tales. Also the case against Adolph Esmit, Governor of St. Thomas 1682-1684, harbour of pirates. New York : Fordham University Press, 1992. Pp [i]-xiii,(3),1-238,(2). Illustrated. Index. Large 8vo, illustrated yellow card covers. “On July 30, 1683, the British frigate, H.M.S. Francis, commanded by Captain Charles Carlile, searchingfor the notorious French pirate ship La Trompeuse came upon the vessel in the harbour of St. Thomas. Next evening, Carlile entered the port with 2 s...
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By Sea and Land : Some Naval Doings. First Edition

By: YOUNG, E. Hilton

Price: $60.00

Publisher: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1920,:

Seller ID: 66692

YOUNG, E. Hilton, M.P. By Sea and Land : Some Naval Doings. L.: T. C. & E. C. Jack, (1920). First Edition. Pp 362. 8vo, green cloth, black titles to spine. This work is a collection of Mr. Young's experiences after he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve early in World War I. Chapters : 1. Scapa Flow - H.M.S. Iron Duke; 2. Serbia - Smederevo - San Giovanni di Medua; 3. Harwich - H.M.S. Centaur; 4. Nieuport Bains -The Royal Naval Siege Guns; 5. Zeebrugge - H.M.S. Vindictive; 6. Archangel - The Armoured Train. Epilogue. There is something very engaging about Mr. ...
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Cableships and Submarine Cables. First American Edition in dustjacket

By: HAIGH, K. R. WILSHAW, Edward, Sir. (Foreword by)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: United States Underseas Cable, Washington, D.C., 1968,: 1968

Seller ID: 55033

HAIGH, K. R. Cableships and Submarine Cables. (Washington, D.C.) : United States Underseas Cable Corporation in association with Western Union International and Simplex Wire and Cable Company, (1968). First American Edition. "Printed in Great Britain". Pp (14),15-416,(2). With numerous b&w photos of cableships, other illustrations, one folding map and 2 pages of coloured house flags of twenty-eight of the cableship lines. Large 8vo (192 x 252 mm), grey cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.

Kenneth Richardson Haigh, C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., A.M.I.E.R.E. (1923 - 1977)....
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Call the Middle Watch. in dj.

By: CORSON, P.F.R

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Pentland Press, Edinburgh, 1997, ISBN:1858214661:

Seller ID: 38537

CORSON, P.F.R. Call the Middle Watch : An Account of Life at Sea in the Royal Navy 1905-1963. Edinburgh: The Pentland Press, (1997). Pp 329. 8vo, bluecloth. "From the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War to the building of th e Panama Canal, from experiences in the Persian Gulf to the momentous Battle of Jutland- a son traces his father's varied RN experiences. ...From war service in HMS Valiant, a battleship who broke her back when a floating deck collapsed, to attempts 14 years later to prevent Chinese guerillas landing along the Malayan coast, from the 'Cod War' off Iceland to clashes wi...
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Campaign of Amateurs : The Siege of Louisbourg, 1745

By: BAKER, Raymond F. Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and History series)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Canadian Heritage, Parks Canada, Ottawa, 1995, ISBN:066016065x:

Seller ID: 71331

BAKER, Raymond F. A Campaign of Amateurs : The Siege of Louisbourg, 1745. (Ottawa) : Parks Canada, Canadian Heritage (1995). Pp. (2),3-79,(1). With a few b&w photos and other illustrations in the text. Double column. Oblong 8vo (241 x 184 mm), colour photo-illustrated stapled white card covers. In the Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and History series. Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 510. "This work was originally published as "A Campaign of Amateurs : The Siege of Louisbourg, 1745" in Canadian Historic Sites: OccasionalPapers in Archaeology and History, No. 18; Contributions from t...
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Canada and the Great War : Western Front Association Papers. Signed paperback.

By: BUSCH, Briton C., (ed.). ARMSTRONG, John Griffith. PARSONS, W. David. SARTY, Roger.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal and Kingston, 2003, ISBN:077352570x:

Seller ID: 100489

BUSCH, Briton C., (ed.). Canada and the Great War : Western Front Association Papers. Edited by Briton C. Busch. Montreal and Kingston : McGill-QueensUniversity Press, (2003). First Paperback Printing. Pp. (4),[v]-xiv,(2),[3 ]-240,(2). 8vo, illustrated white and black card covers. Of nautical interest: 6. John Griffith Armstrong's "Letters from Halifax: Reliving the Halifax Explosion through the Eyes of My Grandfather, a Sailor in the Royal Canadian Navy" (pp. 93-121); 7. Roger Sarty's "The Origins of Canada - US Defence Cooperation: The Naval Defence of the Northwest Atlantic, 191...
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Canada et la Marine

By: LAURIER, Wilfrid, Sir

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Bureau Central d'Information du parti Libéral Canadien, 1913,:

Seller ID: 27499

LAURIER, Wilfrid, Sir. Le Canada et la Marine: discours prononcé par Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Ottawa: Bureau Central d'Information du parti Libéral Canadien, 1913. Pp 16. 8vo, printed wraps. Published edition of a speech given byLaurier while in opposition, countering the naval policy of Borden's Conse rvative government. Borden had proposed a $35,000,000 levy to subsidize theconstruction of three new Royal Navy Dreadnoughts for the purposes of impe rial defence; Laurier continued to favour the creation of an indigenous naval service, and his speech presents a statesmanlike defence of his positi...
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Canada in World Affairs : [Vol.3] September 1941 to May 1944. in dj.

By: LINGARD, C. Cecil. and Reginald G. TROTTIER TROTTIER, Reginald G.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press / Canadian Institute of International Affairs., Toronto, 1950,:

Seller ID: 61763

LINGARD, C. Cecil, and Reginald G. TROTTER. Canada in World Affairs : September 1941 to May 1944, Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1950. Issued under the auspices of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. Pp [i]-xii,1-320. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Volume III in the Canada in World Affairs series. Of nautical interest : Section III, Chapter 7. The Royal Canadian Navy, 1943-44 (pp 173-176). General Contents : I. Canada's Position Prior to Pearl Harbor. 1. Internal Progress in War Industry. 2. Extension of Economic Controls. 3. Economic Relations with the Unite...
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Canada Under Louis XIV 1663-1701. First Edition in dustjacket

By: ECCLES, W.J. Canadian Centenary Series No. 03.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1964,:

Seller ID: 12970

ECCLES, W.J. Canada Under Louis XIV 1663-1701. Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, (1964). First Printing. Pp. (8),ix-xii,1-275,(1). + 16 pp plates. maps. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt lettering and tooling to spine. The Canadian Centenary Series Volume III. Spadoni & Donnelly 1718. Chapters : 1. France and New France, 1663; 2. Royal Intervention; 3. The Institutional Framework; 4. Military and Economic Foundations; 5. Colbert's Compact Colony Policy; 6. Conflict and Constitutional Development; 7. Western Expansion; 8. Challenge and Inadequate Response; 9. Denonville's Response; 10. The Iroquoi...
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Canada's Admirals and Commodores.

By: MacFARLANE, John M. (compiler). Maritime Museum Notes, No. 8, August 1992

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Victoria, 1992,:

Seller ID: 80000

MacFARLANE, John M., (compiler). Canada's Admirals and Commodores. Maritime Museum Notes, No. 8, August 1992. (Victoria : Maritime Museum of British Columbia, 1992). Pp [1]-61,(3) leaves printed one side only. 4to, black spiral binding, clear plastic covers.
An annotated list of Admirals and Commodores Serving In the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve and Canadian Forces 1910-1992, followed by a list of Canadians Serving as Officers of Flag Rank in the Royal Navy, and Admirals, Commodores and Senior Officers of the Royal Navy Serving in Canada.
Includ...
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Canada's Air Forces On Exchange. Signed

By: MILBERRY, Larry.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: CANAV Books, Toronto, 2007,:

Seller ID: 90501

MILBERRY, Larry. Canada's Air Forces On Exchange. (Toronto) : CANAV Books, (2007). First Edition. Pp [1]-320. Illustrated. Index. Double Column. Square 8vom illustrated grey paper covered boards, dark blue lettering ad illustration to front board and spine. Contents : 1. Early Days. 2. The Interwar Years. 3. The RCAF Keeps Current. 4. RAF Exchanges in Canada. 5. Postwar with the RAF. 6. USAF Tours. 7. Flying MAC's Big Jets. 8. Strategic Air Command. 9. Test Pilots Abroad. 10. Bomber and PR Exchanges in the RAF. 11. Flying the Javelin. 12. Supersonic Lightning. 13. Tornados Low and High. 14. RA...
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