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8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 23 fine coloured plates and 26 plates in monochrome all by Wyllie, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some very faint and occasional spotting; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in darker blue, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.187.
Cover portrait of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe - Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet. Feature: Jutland - Complete record of the great sea battle - Part I. The closing victories at Verdum (conclusion). Photo portraits of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty (Commander-in-Chief of Battle-Cruiser Fleet), Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Rear Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., K.C.B., lost with his flagship the Defense, and Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Second-in-Command of the Grand Fleet. Coverfold fragile but intact. Book
Cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty - in command of the Battle-Cruiser Fleet. The undying story of the Battle of Jutland (Part II) - Cruiser Squadrons in Action. Full-page photo portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Edward Madden - Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet. Centerfold photo portraits of 14 British Naval leaders. The Jutland Battle - Part III - The Grand Fleet Action and Minor Cruiser Engagements. Actual photo of Admiral Beatty's Battle-Cruiser squadron - engaging the German high sea fleet off Jutland. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Cover portrait of M. Millerand, the French Minister of War. The French advance toward Lense and the battle of "the Labyrinth". Remarkable camera-picture of a brilliant charge by a regiment of French Zouaves. Full page portrait of General Sir Bruce M. Hamilton, K.C.B., commanding the Sixth Army. Many scenes of destruction in France. Average wear. Covers and centerfold seperated from contents but present. Binding otherwise intact. Unmarked. Sound copy. Please note: this copy does not include the photogravure plate of Lt. Warneford. In its place we include the plate of Rear Admiral The Hon. Horace L.A. Hood, who was lost with his flagship, the Invincible, in the battle of Jutland. This plate originally was issued with part 101 of this series). Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the cross-Channel ferry nf Tiger; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Cruise Ship Review; Ports of Call; HMS Canada - J.W. Duckworth describes the career of this First World War battleship which became the last surviving warship to have seen active service at the Battle of Jutland; Ferry Fleets Updates; Bristol's Collier Fleet - the story of Osborn & Wallis Ltd.; New Ship News; Sail on the Tyne; Passage in a Paperboat - the shipping company of the mighty Bowater Paper Corporation; Ship Sales; Full-page photo of the Scol Venture; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, title lightly spotted, lengthy inscription on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, joints very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Much of the work is devoted to the author's experiences in pre-WWI Africa, but the section on Jutland (which he was the sole British military officer to witness) is fascinating. UNCOMMON.
In-8 (cm. 25.20), legatura in mezza pella e carta “Firenze”, titoli impressi in oro al dorso, pp. 104, con illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo e nel testo. Con prefazione del vice Ammiraglio von Trotha. Tradotto per cura dell'Ufficio storico del Capo di Stato Maggiore della R. Marina dal Capitano di vascello Wladimiro Pini. Ex libris e segnatura al risguardo anteriore. Timbro di Legatoria al risguardo posteriore. Peraltro, volume in buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
8vo., First Edition, with 33 plates on 16 and 14 maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Completed as the second most powerful warship in existence, the first of Britain's battlecruisers performed well in her allotted role as scourge of German commerce raiders in WWI. Only when called upon to fulfil a fleet role for which she was never designed did she come to spectacular grief at Jutland. A gripping, if inevitable, story, well told with much new material and good clutch of uncommon photographs.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes useful summary histories of all major vessels involved.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed modern account of one of the most decisive naval actions of the Great War.
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal memoir by one of the few remaining survivors of Jutland, where he served aboard HMS SPITFIRE. Also covers the Russian Revolution, Spanish Civil War and WWII.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. Warship Monographs. Monograph One. Detailed account of the design, construction and service of the world's first battlecruisers. The brainchild of Lord Fisher, the three vessels of this class - Indomitable, Inflexible and Invincible - combined the speed of a cruiser and the gunpower of a Dreadnought, and were the fastest capital ships of their era. Scarce, especially in this condition.
Hardcover in-8°, 347 pages, illustrations, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée. Tres bel exemplaire. [GE-2]
3 voll. in 4, pp. 124 (numerazione continua) con ill. n.t. e 22 tavvv. f.t. in tot. inc. all'acq. o on fotoinc. Usuali fioriture della carta. Cart. edit.
8vo., First Edition, with 17 plates on 12 and 5 maps in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. The best biography to date, by the editor for the Navy Records Society of the Jellicoe Papers. Enser, p.,184.
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy, with 17 plates on 12 and 5 maps in the text; original purple wrappers, upper wrapper and backstrip printed in black, publisher's proofing stamp on upper wrapper, covers unevenly faded else a very good, clean copy. With the publisher's compliments slip and Advance Notice loosely inserted. Unusually, this proof has been bound with all the plates and maps. The best biography to date, by the editor for the Navy Records Society of the Jellicoe Papers. Proof copies are very scarce. Enser, p.,184.
In 4° piccolo; 78 pp. e 6 c. di tav. fuori testo. Brossura editoriale. Timbro di collezzione privata al piatto anteriore. Rara prima ed unica edizione di questa importante opera dell'Ingegnere e deputato italiano genovese, Salvatore Orlando (Genova, 1856 – Livorno, 1926), dedicato allo studio tecnico della Battaglia dello Jutland che fu il più grnade conflitto navale della Prima Guerra Mondiale. I fatti avvenero fra il 31 maggio ed il 1º giugno 1916 nelle acque del Mare del Nord. In esso si scontrarono le principali flotte da guerra operative nel corso del conflitto; la Royal Navy britannica e la Kaiserliche Marine tedesca. Non comune. Alcuni segni del tempo e lievi difetti. Numerose immagini di navi da guerra.
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
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).
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
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 15 plates on 8, 5 diagrams in the text and 16 folding coloured charts in pocket at end; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Enser, p.310 (recording the work was a whole).
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 13 plates on 8, 7 folding charts in red and black, and 2 plans in the text; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and rubbed at extremities. Enser, p.310 (recording the work as a whole)
grand in-8°, 472 pages, ill. in-t., cartes, broche, couverture illustree.- Bel exemplaire. [109B-15]
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 21 plates on 12, several maps (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.186.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 21 plates on 12, several maps (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, fore-edge very lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.186.