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8vo., with numerous photographs and drawings throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first dedicated monograph on this famous class, comprising ANSON, DUKE OF YORK, HOWE, KING GEORGE V, PRINCE OF WALES. Includes detailed service histories covering between them virtually every naval theatre of WWII.
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 1670.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and photographs and maps in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF NAVAL HISTORIAN JOHN WINTON AND BEARS HIS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Enser, p.186.
8vo., First English Edition, with 16 plates on 8, 6 maps (4 double-page) and 4 line drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and frayed at edges. First published in Paris in 1965, Peillard's account is a graphic and lively survey of the various British attacks on Tirpitz in the Norwegian fiords. Appendices include a useful tabular summary of the air assaults. Enser, p.59;Law, 1681.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy in original wrappers. A scarce title in this valuable and much sought-after series.
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a fine copy. Jane's classic history first appeared in 1912 [not, as stated in NMM5, 1914], with a revised edition in two volumes in 1915. This facsimile reproduces the latter version with Jane's final amendments.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout, and coloured endpaper illustrations; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The last capital ship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917, and the first ship of the Duke of Edinburgh, RAMILLIES continued her distinguished career throughout WWII, despite being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. One of the scarcest titles in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 1683.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written hour-by-hour account of the chase, the battle and the sinking. First published in the US in the previous year.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 21 plates on 12, several maps (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, fore-edge very lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.186.
8vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 8, and several maps and tables in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Very good, detailed and closely-argued survey of the evolution of the battleship, its supremacy through to the final stages of WWII and its eventual decline. Some useful appendices
247 p. Maps on endpapers. The author directed 1956 motion picture on the same subject, The Battle of the River Plate. Hardcover Very good condition; blue cloth spine spotted chipped d.j. fair
8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 16, and 2 illustrations and 4 maps in the text; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. As always with Middlebrook, a striking narrative (mainly of the actual sinkings) based on eyewitness accounts. Enser, p.23; Law, 0403.
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the series 'WW2 Fact Files'. As usual in this series, a fully illustrated directory arranged by country and class with good statistical detail and interesting photographs. Law 1775.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 16 plates, free endpapers very lightly spotted; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Scarce in this condition.
8vo., First UK Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, numerous photographs and charts in the text, and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Fascinating and long-awaited account by the senior survivor, who served in her throughout her career. Some very useful photographs. Striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork specially commissioned from Thomas G Webb. First edition in English published in the US in the preceding year. Enser, pp.23, 110; Law, 1685.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 8; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The 'Old Lady' was arguably the most famous British capital ship of the two world wars. This well-crafted account includes valuable personal reminiscences from the men who served on her.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. 88 p. B/w ills. Some Turkish naval, battleships, gunboats throughout history. Gazi gemilerimiz.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and illustrations throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; pictorial boards as issued, a fine copy. Essential reading for modellers and capital ship enthusiasts. This is the superior hardbound edition prepared for Doubleday's Military Book Club of New York.
