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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.
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.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 11 plates, 3 illustrations in the text and front and rear endpaper maps, endpapers lightly browned; cloth, minor spotting to fore-edges else a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. Scarce, especially in this condition. Includes a bibliography. A copy of the (remarkably well preserved) original sales receipt from Foyles of London is loosely inserted. Law, 0246.
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, coloured plates, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; cloth (black/red/green/red/green respectively), gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Arguably Woodman's magnum opus and certainly the first complete history of Britain's merchant service. The set comprises Vol. 1: Neptune's Trident. Spices and Slaves, 1500-1807 (2008); Vol. 2: Britannia's Realm. In Support of the State, 1763-1815 (2009); Vol. 3: Masters under God. Makers of Empire, 1816-1884 (2009); Vol. 4: More Days, More Dollars. The Universal Bucket Chain, 1885-1920 (2010); Vol. 5: Fiddler's Green. The Great Squandering, 1921-2010 (2010). COMPLETE SETS ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured plates and monochrome photographs in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Final volume of Woodman's magisterial history of the Merchant Sevice. Published in the same year as the first edition. SCARCE.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, numerous photographs and pictorial endpapers; pictorial boards, a bright, clean working copy. THIS COPY IS HEAVILY ANNOTATED WITH COLOURED HIGHLIGHTER. Comprehensive record of BEF shipping movement, with obvious concentration on Operations DYNAMO, CYCLE and ARIEL.
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.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original printed wrappers, a fine copy
2 vols., roy. 4to., First Edition, titles in blue and black, with nearly 2,000 photographs, illustrations, maps and charts (including 30 in colour and 120 in photogravure) in the text, free endpapers very faintly spotted; original blue cloth, upper boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, a very good, bright, clean set. A magnificent compendium of naval and maritime history, written by acknowledged authorities, profusely illustrated and generally accepted as the finest encyclopaedia of its kind.
2 vols., roy. 4to., First Editions, titles in blue and black, with nearly 2,000 photographs, illustrations, maps and charts (including 30 in colour and 120 in photogravure) in the text, free endpapers very faintly spotted; original blue cloth elaborately blocked in blind, gilt backs, gilt tops, a very good, clean set. A magnificent compendium of naval and maritime history, written by acknowledged authorities, profusely illustrated and generally accepted as the finest encyclopaedia of its kind.
8vo., with a frontispiece and illustrations, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, covers mildly rubbed and age-worn else a good, sound copy. Scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 4 plates and a full-page map; original red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. An elusive line history, documenting the loss of 19 vessels (over 53% of the fleet at the outbreak of war). Includes statistical appendices with ROH. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs throughout; original navy blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, blue silk markers, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, firm copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear.
Roy. 4vo., First Edition, with 50 coloured photographs and 170 photographs in monochrome; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy. Shaw Savill, together with Henderson’s Albion Line, were the senior companies in the trade between New Zealand and the UK until the advent of New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd in 1873. The founding of the latter partly contributed to the merger of 1882 and the formation of Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd. The new company prospered for almost a century, its ships transporting large specialised cargoes over some of the longest and loneliest routes in the world. Shaw, Savill & Albion had one of its ships, GOTHIC, chosen as a Royal Yacht and introduced the engines aft passenger liner SOUTHERN CROSS which became the fore-runner of the modern cruise ship. The book contains comprehensive fleet lists including vessels managed or chartered by the company.
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.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with frontispiece and 290 fine photographs of vessels in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal and wide-ranging collection of the most interesting ships photographed by the author during fifty years at sea. The selection is arranged by category and includes passenger ships, cruise ships, cargo ships, container ships, barge carriers, RoRo ships, bulk carriers, tankers, supply vessels, gas carriers, ferries, Clyde ships and tugs.
8vo., First Edition, with 40 plates on 20 and a full-page chart in the text, some light offsetting to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The standard early history of the great liner
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original printed wrappers, a fine copy
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. .
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates (including 2 charts) and 2 maps on one folder at end; original green buckram, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible), fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR (TO PETER STORRS FOX) WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With the (illustrated) rear panel of the dustwrapper loosely inserted. Elusive and important standard reference. Signed copies of any of Northcote Parkinson's works are exceedingly scarce. Albion, p.185; Gulbenkian/Minchinton 3591.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, very numerous monochrome photographs (a number full-page) throughout and a coloured plate of house insignia; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Includes detailed fleet index
4 vols., in 1, 8vo., First Editions, with frontispieces and plates; newly and handsomely bound in full navy blue crushed morocco, sides with double frame border in gilt, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt with an anchor device, all original pictorial wrappers (a little dust-soiled) preserved, a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The definitive record of corvette service in WWII, the set comprises 'HM Corvette' (1942), 'East Coast Corvette' (1943), 'Corvette Command' (1944) and 'HM Frigate' (1946). The first three volumes were combined and issued in slightly abridged form as 'Three Corvettes' (1945). Taken together and in sequence the four volumes provide a near-continuous record of Monsarrat's own wartime service. Furthermore they contain much of the inspiration and context, and in several cases actual incidents which reappear in the author's masterpiece 'The Cruel Sea' (1951), arguably the finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII. Monsarrat's seatime began in HMS Campanula [broadly the 'HMS Flower' of the first volume] on the North Atlantic convoys; at one time she was the only RN vessel operating out of St. Johns. She is perhaps best known for her service in convoy OG71 (Milford Haven-Gibraltar, August 1941) which suffered so badly at the hands of a U-boat pack that it was ordered to seek shelter in neutral Lisbon. Many of the merchantmen were lost (including the SS Aquila with 22 Wrens aboard) together with the escorts HMS Bath and HMS Zinnia. The full story is related by Lund and Ludlam in 'Nightmare Convoy' (1987). He then transferred to HMS Guillemot ['HMS Dipper' in the second volume] serving on the East Coast convoys. Among the actions portrayed are the torpedoing of HMS Vortigern by E-boat S-104, and the successful destruction of an HE-111 in August 1941. HMS Guillemot's captain, Lombard-Hobson' has said of Monsarrat 'he was reserved and unpopular, but I liked him myself'. Monsarrat then assumed command of HMS Shearwater ['HMS Winger' in the third volume] operating in the North Sea out of Harwich. Individual volumes are becoming increasingly elusive. Complete sets are seldom offered for sale, especially in this condition. Enser, p.120 (HM Corvette); Law 1008 (East Coast Corvette), 1007 (Corvette Command) and 1084 (HM Frigate). Astonishingly 'HM Corvette' is not recorded by Law.
