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8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of celebrating French citizens in Tunis; Nice White Rock mineral water ad; Atlantic City invitation to members of the Armed Forces; The story of an American soldier killed in the last desperate days as the American Second Corps struck for Bizerte; Rehearsal for Invasion - photos of troops preparing for invasion of Europe; Call for Allies to meet and clear up doubts and differences; The Mystery of Japan's Delay - the possible reason why Japan has struck no major blow in the war; The War Price and Rationing Board - article with nine photos; Two Years of OCD - Civilian Defense has come to mean the total mobillization of the people; Another Man o' War? - Count Fleet may soon answer that question; The Ten Best Films - a critic's list; Two lovely pages of ladies' fasion photos; L-85 is the regulation of women's and children's clothing; Feeding the Wedding Guest; Nice Clorox ad; The Home in Wartime; Classy back cover ad for Tropi-Tex suits for men. Unmarked with moderate wear. Some interior pages holding by one staple. A quality vintage wartime issue. Book
185 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Recounts the voyage in 1944 of the St. Roch from Halifax to Vancouver via the Northwest Passage. While this was not the first time the passage had been traversed, the first passage by Amundsen took several years. The voyage of the St. Roch lasted only 86 days and took a more northerly route than that blazed by Amundsen. It was the first time that this shorter route - first attempted by William Parry in 1819; tried by other explorers in the nineteenth century (and later taken by the supertanker, Manhattan in 1969) - was successfully navigated. The St. Roch was a small wooden vessel only 104 feet long, constructed in 1928 by the Burrard Dry Dock Company in North Vancouver. In 1942 this vessel had become the first vessel to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic through the Arctic Ocean. With the completion of its 1944 mission, the St. Roch became the first vessel to conquer the Northwest Passage in both directions. Light wear. Small bump to top of spine. Book
pp. 147-155. Double column. 4to. Original printed wraps. Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 108, No. 2. PA PAMPH 20_1 BX3
68 pages. Features: George Washington - A Water-color Drawing (cover); Carved Wooden Figure of Washington - Frontispiece; John Holden Greene - Architect; The Attitude of the Eagle - as portrayed on an outstanding group of "Liberty" Quilts; Lowestoft China; Cabinets and Chests - from the Middle Atlantic States; Pounce Boxes and Sand Shakers; Living with Antiques - Bohemian Version; Bohemian Glass - a study for inexperienced collectors; I Don't Like Antique Collectors; John G. Chandler; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Above-average wear. Moisture exposure. Writing on front cover and ad on page 49. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Magazine
Oversize. 255 p., illus. Hardcover Good condition in chipped d.j.; bottom edge faintly dampstained fair
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper diagrams; elegantly bound in navy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 6pp publisher's advertisement at end. Metzler commanded U-69 from her launch until mid-1941 (encompassing the best of the 'Happy Time'). He gives a clear account of his experiences (with some valuable photographs) and a briefer note of the vessel's subsequent career and sinking in February 1943. One of the scarcer U-boat command memoirs. Enser, p.429; Law 1722.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; blue cloth, upper board board and backstrip lettered in gilt, backstrip faded else a very good, bright, clean copy.
Features/Photos: Pope John XXIII being carried in the Gestatorial Chair across St. Peter's Square; The Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church at St. Peter's; Lord Parker of Waddington; Excavations at Qasr Ibrim; Nubia's X-group people; The weather reporter in the North Atlantic; The Alfa Romeo Giulia T.I. Saloon; The 1962 Motor Show; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Pages 129-160. Features: Eight-photo, two-page feature on the full-scale production of tanks in Britain; Archbishop fo Canterbury, Dr. Lang, announces his resignation; Fascinating photos of massive concrete U-boat shelters being built on the Atlantic coast; Map of Southern Malaya where the Japanese are able to easily land using flat-bottomed boats; Photos after the Japanese sinking of the 'Prince of Wales' and the 'Repulse', with heads bobbing in water - and Captain William Tennant of the 'Repulse' after his rescue; Map of the Western Pacific, indicating dates of Japanese landings on many islands; Five photos of the U.S. Vanguard arriving in Great Britain; Photos of twelve people of the week including Admiral Chan-Chak, Admiral Husband Kimmel, Lieut.-General Walter Short, painter Richard Sickert, Mrs. Yvonne Llewellyn Roberts, Edward Elliott, and Major-General De Villiers; Events in Russia (article with three maps); Four photos of new battleship "Duke of York" and its carriage of Mr. Churchill to U.S.A.; Large photo portrait of General Douglas MacArthur; One-page map of Batan (Bataan) Peninsula, Philippines, where Gen. MacArthur, the Americans and Filipinos have gallantly held the Japanese at bay for four weeks; Fascinating two-pages with fourteen illustrations of how Aerodromes are defended, above and under the ground; Two-pages of twelve vivid photos of scenes on the Russian front; Bardia Recaptured - two pages with eleven fascinating photos; The Eighth Army's Trail - six photos of Benghazi after its capture; Six photos of the Royal Air Force v. the Weather in the desert; Four amazing photos of the "Flying Wing" designed gy John K. Northrop, including three photos of it in flight; Theatre Royal, Bristol, to be saved for the nation? - six photos; Marvelous two-color OXO ad on back cover shows young lovely offering a tray of steaming drinks; Vintage ads. This issue was never stapled. Clean and unmarked with only moderate wear. A quality copy of this great wartime issue. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 126pp. A review of the ships operated by the Netherlands steam ship owners over 120 years from the last few years of the 19th century onwards including Statendam III, Nieuw Amsterdam II to the later Statendam V.
pp. xiii, 272 + illustrations. 8vo. Original cloth spine over paper boards. Original dust jacket, worn with loss. Hardbound. Book of the month club selection. NAVAL BOX 2
320 pages. Presents decoys in the most sensible and comprehensive way: by region, with each region discussed by a recognized expert in that area. Thus the entire range of decoys is covered, from Canada down the Atlantic Coast and inland along streams and rivers to Louisiana and up the Mississippi to the Great Lakes and across to California and Oregon. Also included are chapters on European decoys, the history of decoys, how decoys were made, and how to go about collecting decoys. A list of public collections of decoys, a bibliography, a record of top auction prices, maps of waterfowl flyways, and an index complete the package. Beautifully illustrated with colour photography throughout. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket bears tape-repaired tear to central portion of front panel and large chunk missing from base of back flap. A small part of this chunk is from bottom corner of back panel. Other than this, dust jacket is bright and attractive with moderate wear. Overall, a nice copy of this most substantial work. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, coloured plate, 9 monochrome plates on 7, 9 large folding charts coloured in outline and 4 folding diagrams in pocket at end, some light spotting to fore-edges, a few charts lightly spotted at folds; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, gilt from original backstrip and gilt device from upper board mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM JOSSELYN RN AND BEARS HIS NEAT HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE (DATED 1919) ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. During WWII, Captain J.W. Josselyn commanded INTREPID (1939-1942), CARADOC (1942-1943), and HAWKINS (from 1943). It was whilst in command of INTREPID that he took part (together with INGLEFIELD and IVANHOE) in the sinking of U-45 by depth charge off the south-west coast of Ireland in October 1939. He retired from the service in 1949. Albion, p.271; Enser, p.309
Folio 96p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 407 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with 38 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Formed at Kiel in 1935, the First Flotilla fought for nine years against increasing odds. The fame of many of its captains - Kretschmer, Topp and Suhren among them - could not prevent its few surviving crewmen fighting in trenches around the Brest citadel in September 1944.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo. First Edition with 2 plates on 1 as frontispiece 8 plates on 4 and a full-page map in the text; cloth backstrip lettered and blocked in yellow and blue a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter lightly age-marked on lower panel. The first full-length study of a North Atlantic convoy vividly-written and carefully compiled from official sources supported by personal accounts on both sides. At times it delivers a minute-by-minute of the 'fiercest battle' against several wolf-pack
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in silver and black, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, blue silk marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography 'The Royal Navy in World War Two'. Law, 1865
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., Seventeenth Impression, with double-page map; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's stirring feature film (1953) starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography The Royal Navy in World War Two. Law, 1865 (recording the first edition).
8vo., Second Impression, with double-page map, some very light and occasional spotting; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, boards with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, blue ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published a month after the first edition. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography The Royal Navy in World War Two. Law, 1865