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[STERNROB012005] Stern, Robert C. - US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN ACTION, part 1 - Warships no. 5. Squadron / Signal Publications, 1991. well illustrated landscape format softback. 50 pages. ISBN 0897472659 .
good condition. 015 016
[DAUNTLES017620] 'Dauntless' - HMS "DAUNTLESS" 1930-1932, America and West Indies Station. ., ca.1932. ppxiv 336. good clean copy. binding a little dull and marked.
detailed account of the light cruiser's commission, including cruises to the north-west United States and Canada, the West Indies and Centra America, and South America. 015
[ADMIRALT016288] Admiralty - MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP, vol II. 1932. HMSO, 1941. ppiv 357. well illustrated with photos and drawings. very good copy, slightly faded on the spine.
includes ship's organisation, target work, officers' duties, ship handling, salvage operations, management of boats, destroyer work, etc., etc. 015
[AGARCAPT000489] Agar, Capt. Augustus - SHOWING THE FLAG, the role of the Royal Navy between the world wars. Evans, 1962. 304 pages. illustrated. good copy in a worn dust-jacket. inscription on half-title.
drawing on the author's experiences of overseas postings in the 1920's and 30's. 015
[APPSMICH001611] Apps, Michael - SEND HER VICTORIOUS. Purnell Book Services, 1971. pp270. illustrated.
the history of the long-serving aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1941, and retired in 1968. good copy in a slightly worn dust-wrapper. 015 805
[APPSMICH022244] Apps, Michael - SEND HER VICTORIOUS. Purnell Book Services, 1971. pp270. illustrated. good copy in a worn dust-jacket.
the history of the long-serving aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1941, and retired in 1968. 015
[ARTHURMA002302] Arthur, Max - THE NAVY, 1939 to the present day. Hodder, 1997. 429 pages. illustrated. ISBN 0340684690 .
a continuation 'The True Glory'. very good copy in the dust-wrapper. 015.
[ARTHURMA002397] Arthur, Max - THE TRUE GLORY, the Royal Navy 1914-1939. Hodder, 1996. ppxii 292. illustrated. ISBN 0340623012 .
a unique narrative of the first world war and inter-war years of the Royal Navy, drawn largely from personal stories of those who served. very good copy in the dust-wrapper. 015
[BENSTEAD022272] Benstead, C.R. - H.M.S. RODNEY AT SEA,. being the story of the second commission of His Majesty's battleship 'Rodney' [1931-32] . Methuen, 1932. 217 pages. 20 photos and two track charts. just a little wear, but generally a good clean copy in the original cloth.
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[BERKELEY022282] Berkeley & Hartley - A NAVAL ALPHABET. A & C Black, ca.1925. large format [28x22cm]. 56 pages. hinges pulled. a bit of wear to the pictorial binding. internally clean.
a collection of rhymes for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by a colour plate depicting the appropriate naval scene. an attractive book. 015
[BOOTHKEN013590] Booth, Ken - LAW, FORCE & DIPLOMACY AT SEA. Allen & Unwin, 1985. softback. 245 pages. folding map. ISBN 0043410286 .
the only up-to-date [in 1985] and comprehensive book on the changing law of the sea written from a strategic perspective, including a detailed analysis of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea. very good copy 015 803
[BRICEMAR022549] Brice, Martin - THE TRIBALS, biography of a destroyer class. Ian Allan, 1971. pp254. illustrated. fine copy in the dust-jacket, slightly faded on the spine.
detailed study of the twenty-seven strong class of destroyer that served in the British, Australian and Canadian navies between 1938 and 1969. 015
[BRODIEBE016848] Brodie, Bernard - SEA POWER IN THE MACHINE AGE. Princeton University Press, 1944 (reprint). ppviii 462.
"ships, guns, torpedoes, bombers - the story of naval inventions in terms of world strategy and national survival". scattered red ink underlining, otherwise a good copy in the dust-jacket. 015 808
[BROWN&MO016686] Brown & Moore - REBUILDING THE ROYAL NAVY, warship design since 1945. Chatham, 2003. large format [30x25cm]. 208 pages. well illustrated. ISBN 1871762224 .
an authoritative design history of post-war British warship development. fine copy in the dust-jacket. 015 808
[CARELESS005661] Careless, Ronald - BATTLESHIP NELSON. Arms & Armour, 1985. pp160. illustrated. ISBN 0853687269 . very good copy in the dust-jacket.
the story of HMS Nelson (1922 - 1948). 015
[CHANTCHR001115] Chant, Christopher - SMALL CRAFT NAVIES. Arms & Armour, 1992. 160 pages.
a good, well illustrated, study of the fast patrol and attack boats serving in the world's navies in the early 1990's. good copy in the dust-wrapper. 015 602 016
[CONWAYS001265] Conway's - ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1922-1946. Conway, 1980. 32x22cm. ppviii 456. well illustrated.
an invaluable reference work on the world's warships between the wars and through world war two. good copy in the dust-wrapper. 015 809
[CONWAYS017791] Conway's - Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1982, Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations. Conway, 1983. 31x2cm, pp244. ISBN 0851772781 .
good clean copy without the dust-jacket. 015 809
[CONWAYS022285] Conway's - ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1922-1946. Conway, 1980. large format. 32x22cm. ppviii 456. well illustrated. ISBN 0851771467. very good copy in the dust-jacket, a bit worn, and faded on the spine.
an invaluable reference work on the world's warships between the wars and through world war two. 015
[CRITCHLE003196] Critchley & Bush - BRITISH WARSHIPS & AUXILIARIES. Maritime Books, 1979-2009. 31 volumes. card covers. a complete run of the annual guide to the Royal Navy and auxiliary vessels, from its first appearance in 1979 to the latest edition. all very good / fine copies.
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