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4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, and numerous coloured, tinted and monochrome photographs and maps throughout; original black holland, upper board with company crest blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased (without material loss) at edges. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE COMPANY WITH ITS NAMED BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. With the separately printed leaf 'Amendments to the Appendices' loosely inserted. Sold with a quantity of relevant company and commercial ephemera, and with a few notes and cuttings loosely inserted. A splendid fleet history, with due space accorded to 'San Demetrio' and 'Ohio' from WWII. Includes ROH, detailed fleet profile and lists of officers. Scarce in this condition.
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.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. The first dedicated study, providing full details of British convoy rescue vessels with a voyage-by-voyage account of their wartime service. Includes H&A and Orders to Masters. SCARCE.
8vo., free endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., blind-blocked cloth, crease in upper cover else a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
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
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 22 plates on 8, page-edges very lightly browing; grey cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed account of the torpedoing in December 1940 - one of the earliest and most horrific examples of unrestricted submarine warfare of WWII. Over 80 children en route to safety in Canada were lost. Ensr, p.234.
8vo., First Edition; original brown cloth, gilt back, brown edges, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled and with one tiny nick at backstrip. Vividly-written collection of vernacular accounts by men of the Merchant Navy and Coastal Command. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Not recorded by Enser or Law.
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 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., 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Sm. folio,single leaf, with fine woodblock arms of George IV on front cover; disbound, a crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 3 & 4 Gulielmi IV, Cap. 88; granted Royal Assent 28 August 1833
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Elusive novel set in the Royal and Merchant Navies in the prelude to WWII. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous photographs (one in colour) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy
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.
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.
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., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Includes fleet lists and wartime losses.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy
