Wilmshurst, Edwin; et alMareMagnum
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48 pages. Features: Cover photo of HMS Hecate; Great photo of Canadian Pacific`s Empress of England berthed at Liverpool inside front cover; Nice photo of Bugsier`s tug Simson towing drilling rig through Dover Strait; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Naval Review; Shipping of the North East Coast Ports - A review of current activity from Blyth to Seaham Harbour; Part 1; Still in Steam on the Clyde - Lennox II and Hopper No 25; Falklands Fleet`s Royal Finale - photo feature; The Lovely Ketch ``Irene``; Ships of the `Cardiff` Class - a review of the development of the standard design bulk carrier which has gained a reputation for reliability and economy; Guardians of the Dover Strait - a report on the work of the HM Coastguard Station at Langdon Battery, Dover; Letters, European Ferry Commentary; Fleet List 1982 - pennant numbers of warships of the Royal Navy and Vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - part 2 - K to Y; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS Oribi in 1946 inside back cover; and more. Ad clipped from last page. Covers detached but present, otherwise average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 291pp. The author reveals that at the time of the Falklands War in 1982, Argentina was developing its own nuclear weapons. That, and how to strengthen Margaret Thatcher who was on the verge of being toppled as British prime minister, led Ronald Reagan to encourage Britain to respond to the Argentine attack on the Falklands Islands. Reagan needed Thatcher in power to assist in his moves to contain the Soviet Union.
28 pages. Features: Showdown in the South Atlantic - the Falklands War; What Howard Hughes DID take with him when he died; The plain truth about fasting; What's wrong with science; What kind of god do you worship?; Is God to blame?; When conflicts go unresolved. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 16 and front and rear endpaper maps in red and black; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges and with small scar on backstrip. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted. Detailed account of the actions at Coronel and the Falklands in the early days of WWI. Albion, p.272; Enser, p.101.
160p. Profusely illustrated. Folio. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy WWI 12
