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4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 12 fine coloured plates, 6 monochrome plates, a table of vessel silhouettes and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps and plans; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The Holt fleet included the Glen Line vessels used as Infantry Assault Ships. With statistical appendices detailing war losses (52 vessels), and honours and awards. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.272; Law 1344.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title \and numerous photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Comprehensive record of BEF shipping movement, with obvious concentration on operations DYNAMO, CYCLE and ARIEL.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at extremities and with loss at head and tail of backstrip. THE UK EDITION IS VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.270; Law 1257.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs in the text, and photographic endpapers (rear endpapers in colour); original laminated boards, a fine copy.
4to., First Edition, with title and chapter heads in blue and black, numerous plates (many full-page and toned in sepia), several illustrations in the text and decorative endpapers; pictorial blue cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip dulled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The standard reference, including staff war losses, detailed fleet listing (156 vessels 1851-1952) and separate indexes of names and shipping companies. UNCOMMON.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper, rear free endpaper creased but complete; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned and chipped at head of backstrip. First edition of a maritime classic. Scarce in this condition.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series
8vo., First Edition, with over 300 photographs; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of the development of steam and diesel coasters, mainly in the UK and the Netherlands
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original printed wrappers, a fine copy
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with folding frontispiece (neatly reinforced with linen at folds) and 30 plates, title and half-title faintly spotted; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. A classic and scarce study, with appendices listing Clyde steamers by period and both general and vessel indexes.
Oblong 4to., Firstt Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy. Includes as many views as possible of unfamiliar wharves and jetties, especially those on the Rivers Neath and Usk.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and a full-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Known by mariners the world over as the 'Flying Angel' (from the device on its ensign), the 'Mission' made an invaluable contribution to the welfare of RN and merchant seamen during WWII. This fragile publication provides a deceptively detailed account of the 'Angel's' global effort; sadly, few copies seem to have survived, let alone in anything like this condition. Noble was C-in-C Western Approaches from February 1941 to November 1942. A rare survival.
Oblong 8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, folding plates and numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, crisp copy.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original printed wrappers, a fine copy
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, 35 plates on 30 and endpaper maps; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 15 fine plates and numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed at head and tail of backstrip. The author's war service from master of TRANSYLVANIA to command of the troopship CAESAR. Classic illustrations by his brother, well-known artist Muirhead Bone. Enser, p.270; Law, 1376.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. With their enormous cargo capacities the contribution of the Empire Food Ships in the relentless struggle to sustain the supply of food to the Home Front was especially important. Many of these vessels were involved in the most famous convoys; three out of five were lost in PEDESTAL alone. Includes a detailed fleet list of vessels built between 1934 and 1948. Scarce.
8vo., with a frontispiece and 40 plates on 22; pictorial buckram gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. A continuation of the earlier history 'A Century of Sea Trading' (1924) which covered the activities of the company during its first hundred years
Sm. folio,24pp, with fine woodblock arms of George IV at head; disbound, a crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 3 & 4 Gulielmi IV, Cap. 55; granted Royal Assent 28 August 1833.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original black, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The result of over fifteen year's research, this is the most comprehensive single-volume day-by-day account. Includes merchant losses as well as warships.
8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece and 102 plates on 32; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the standard reference, first published in 1948.
2 cassettes in plastic boxes, all housed in publisher's illustrated card wallet, a very good, bright, clean copy. Publisher's product code: 7036. Cassette codes: TC-LFP 80071, TC2-LFP 80072. Approx playing time: 2 hrs 30 mins. Albeit abridged, a spirited and forceful reading of Monsarrat's classic novel of WWII. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Includes fleet lists and wartime losses.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous scaled line drawings in the text; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes, as usual, complete fleet lists with individual career records.
