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Please note: colour plate not included. Chapter CCLXXXIX - The Secret of Jutland - with photos and illustrations. Super centerfold action photos of British ships at full speed and firing their 13.5" and 12" guns. Many photos of the British warships that won glory in the Battle of Jutland. Battle diagrams. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
19232411010345xbvkLeipzig, Dürr & Weber, 1923. 243 Seiten, 1 S. Verlagswerbung (zur Autorin). - Grauer Original-Halbleineneinband mit schwarzgeprägtem Rückentitel, hell- und dunkelviolett graphisch gestalteten Buchdeckel mit typographischem überwiegend weißen Deckeltitel; 8vo.(ca. 20 x 14 x 1,5 cm).
32012Ao.J. Altkolorierte Kupferstich-Karte von Frederick de Wit, Amsterdam, ca. 1690. Ca. 58 x 47,7 cm (Darstellung), ca. 61 x 49,5 cm (Blattformat).
6911In Pristine Condition. unknown
Single sheet, 8vo., on 'Grand Fleet' stationery,in near fine state. The letter in entirely in Beatty's hand, and signed and dated 19 December 1918. At this time Beatty, who commanded the Battlecruiser Squadron at Jutland, was serving as Commander of the Grand Fleet; Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt was Commander of the Harwich Force. A FINE LETTER RELATING TO TWO OF THE FOREMOST BRITISH NAVAL COMMANDERS OF THE GREAT WAR. AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL BY BEATTY IS SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 12 plates on 8 and 8 maps coloured in outline (three folding and three double-page) at end, fore-edges lightly spotted; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped and frayed at edges. Very scarce in any condition. Enser, p.310 (recording the wok as a whole).
25892Christmas 1916. Underhill & Co. Printers & Publishers Plymouth. This is an extremely scarce item not held by the Imperial War Museum and significant for the five-page eye-witness account it contains pp.29-33: ‘‘H.M.S. “Ardent†and the Jutland Action. / By A. M.’ i.e. Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Marsden who was in command of the Ardent and one of only two survivors of its sinking. It is remarkable that he was allowed to disseminate such a candid account for the perusal of naval cadets! within months of the engagement. On cover: ‘The Britannia Magazine / Royal Naval College Dartmouth. / Christmas 1916.’ and printers’ slug. 4to 36pp and further three plates. On shiny paper and in brown printed wraps. Staples rusted and some leaves loose; some staining and wear but in fair condition for such a frail survival. Containing - after list of officers masters and cadets - editorial and ‘chapel’ notes correspondence articles cartoons reports of ‘Soccer’ and ‘Rugger’ ‘Beagling Notes’. But it is Marsden’s account that is of significance. Two extracts will convey the tone: ‘The enemy ships suddenly switched off lights and “ceased fire.†I could feel the ship was sinking and said so to my 1st Lieutenant Lieut. C. E. F. Egan who was also on the bridge and told him to get out the boats and rafts or what might be left of them. I tried to get down the starboard bridge ladder but that was shot away. The port one was hanging by a shred and I slid down that. The Leading Telegraphist came up to me in the quietest and most matter-of-fact way and asked if he should make any report. I told him what to make and he saluted disappeared and I never saw him again. The Leading Signalman came up and said in the most cheerful way “Well the old Argent done her bit all right Sir.†The ship was nearly gone; so it remained for us to try and save as many of the crew as possible.’ And: ‘I spoke to many men and saw most of them die one by one. Not a man of them showed any fear of death and there was never a murmur complaint or cry for help from a single soul. Their joy was andn they talked about it to the end that they and the Ardent had “done their bit†as they put it. While there were still many alive a German came close and fired a star-shell over us. I could see her distinctly and was all for giving her a hail but the men all said “Noâ€; they agreed that they would sooner take the remote chance of beig saved by an English ship rather than be a prisoner in Germany. I was nearly done in once or twice in the first hour by men hanging on to me in the last stages of exhaustion and I was separated from my lifebuoy and was pulled right over in the water but managed to recover myself and the buoy. None of the men seemed to suffer at all; they just seemed to lay back and go to sleep.’ Christmas 1916. Underhill & Co., Printers & Publishers, Plymouth. paperback
4pp notelet (two pages blank), measuring 7.0 x 4.5 ins (approx. 18.0 x 11.5 cms), on blind-embossed Admiralty stationery, dated 14 January 1909, last (blank) page lightly dusty else a near fine copy. THE ENTIRE LETTER IS WRITTEN, DATED AND SIGNED IN JELLICOE'S HAND. Jellicoe writes to one 'Mr. Trill', evidently an old shipmate from HMS Ramillies. 'I was very glad to hear from you that you are well and strong. Long may you remain so. I wish we could have the Ramillies commission over again. I am very glad that your boy is coming to Portsmouth. I hope it will be managed all right. I am glad to say that Lady Jellicoe and I are both very well. I hope some day at Portsmouth we may come across you, but I am much tied to the office here. I would sooner be fitting out nets at sea'. John Rushworth Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) commanded the Grand Fleet at Jutland. He was appointed to HMS Ramillies, new flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, which he commanded from 1893-7 (probably the period referred to in the letter). He later served as First Sea Lord and was raised to the peerage in 1925 as 1st Earl Jellicoe. AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL BY JELLICOE IS EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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
171716091Flensburg, Balthasar Otto Bosseck, 1717. Pergamenteinband der Zeit, montiertes Rückenschildchen, 4°, 12 Bl, 180 S., 106 Bl Register, 6 Bl, 208 S., 280 S., 118 S., 1 Bl, zahlreiche, sehr hübsch gestaltete Bordüren und Kapitale; -einige Seiten etwas angerändert, Einband mit einigen Flecken und Verfärbungen, gutes Exemplar.
5 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 5 portrait frontispieces, 66 plates on 40, 7 illustrations and charts in the text, 22 folding or double-page charts (the majority coloured in outline) bound in, and 16 folding charts coloured in outline in pocket at end of third volume; navy cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), the wrappers to fourth and fifth volumes lightly rubbed at extremities. With the publisher's compliment slip, and separately printed corrigenda sheet, loosely inserted in first volume. The set comprises Volume I: The Road to War, 1904-1914 (1961); Volume II: The War Years: to the Eve of Jutland (1965); Volume III: Jutland and After (May 1916-December 1916) (1966); Volume IV: 1917: Year of Crisis (1969); Volume V: Victory and Aftermath (January 1918-June 1919) (1970). THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO AND DURING THE GREAT WAR. Arguably the finest contribution to the literature of naval history since Mahan. SCARCE AS A COMPLETE SET, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPERS. Enser, p.310
