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The Soviet Navy – Volume One Meister, Jurg 150 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; MacDonald; 1972. (Deals with battle cruisers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats used by the Soviet Navy in World War Two.) Fig17131 $22.00

The Soviet Navy – Volume Two Meister, Jurg 152 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; MacDonald; 1972. (Deals with minesweepers, minelayers, gunboats, escorts and miscellaneous vessels of the Soviet Navy during World War II.) Fig17132 $15.00

The Soviet Submarine Fleet: A Photographic Survey Berg, John 80 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Janes; 1985. (Photographs and commentary of the world’s largest submarine fleet with the largest being Typhoon class at some 20,000 tons.) Fig34161 $22.00

The Story and Scandal of HMS Megaera Hayward, R 144 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; fine copy, near mint; Moorland; 1978. (The sad tale of HMS Megaera, one of the Royal Navy’s first iron clad warships, converted to a troopship before launching and then left to rot. Sailed to Australia and was wrecked. An interesting story.) Fig34186 $35.00

The Terrible Hours Maas, Peter 288 pages; name or signature; mint copy; Harper Collins; 2000. (The story of the rescue of 33 trapped crew of the submarine ‘Squalus’ which sank off the New England coast on its final test run on 23 May 1939.) Fig23160 $20.00

The Thin Grey Line Blundell, Derek 186 pages; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Hamilton; 1983. (A novel set in the 1960s about an aged British destroyer being called to protect British subjects during a revolution in the African country of Zembasia.) Fig35128 $15.00

The U-Boat Hunters Watts, Anthony J 192 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; maps; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Macdonald and Jane’s; 1976. (Covers the development of anti-submarine warfare in the Second World War, the weapons used, training carried out, and significant battles.) Fig34223 $35.00

The U-Boat Peril Whinney, Bob 160 pages; black and white photographs; maps; plans; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Blanford; 1986. (An anti-submarine commander’s account of hunting U-boats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II. The submarine menace was under-estimated by the Admiralty in the early part of the war.) Fig12115 $15.00

The U-Boats Botting, Douglas and others 176 pages; black and white photographs; coloured drawings; maps; hard covers; mint copy; Time-Life Books; 1984. (Part of the Time-Life ‘The Seafarers’ series, is a history of German submarine warfare in the two world wars.) Fig33104 $20.00

The Volunteers Reeman, Douglas 280 pages; original dust jacket; mint copy; Hutchinson; 1985. (A novel about the men and women of the Royal Navy’s Special Operations units and the dangerous missions they carried out in Italy, Sicily and at D-Day in 1943 and 1944.) Fig34212 $12.00

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The White Ensign in New Zealand Ross, J O’C 122 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; no original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; A H & A W Reed; 1967. (The Navy in New Zealand and the establishment of the Devonport Naval Base are describes.) Fig16162 $18.00

The White Ensign In New Zealand Ross, J O’C 122 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; AH and AW Read; 1967. (The Navy in New Zealand and the establishment of the Devonport Naval Base are describes.) Fig33138 $35.00

The World’s Navies Chant, Chris (Ed) 254 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Cassell; 1979. (An illustrated encyclopedia of the world’s naval forces with specifications of their equipment and details of their strength and organisation.) Fig31110 $12.00

The World’s Warships Blackman, Raymond V B 160 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; MacDonald; 1969; revised. (Details of every fighting ship in the world’s major navies – displacement, dimensions, armaments, propelling machinery, builders and where built.) Fig32103 $25.00

The World’s Warships 1944 McMurtrie, Francis E 148 pages; black and white photographs; name or signature; hard covers; loose binding otherwise average copy, some wear; Sampson Low; no publication date given, 1944? (Details of vessels in the navies of 35 countries – all British countries classified as British Empire. Includes brief specifications of each class.) Fig32143 $18.00

Three Corvettes Monsarrat, Nicholas 248 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Cassell; 1953. (Originally published as three separate small books – H M Corvett, East Coast Corvette and Corvette Command they relate to the author’s time in the Royal navy with Corvettes.) Fig33126 $15.00

Towards Victory – Pictorial record of the Gambia Clausen, Stuart A 48 pages; black and white photographs; name or signature; card covers; fine copy, near mint; self published; 1993. (A photographic record of life at sea on Gambia, as recorded by a crew member.) Fig32109 $15.00

Trafalgar – The Nelson Touch Howarth, David 254 pages; black and white photographs; coloured paintings; maps; plans; original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Collins; 1969. (A history of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It lasted only one afternoon but changed the role of the Royal Navy for over 150 years.) Fig33120 $18.00

U-505 Gallery, Daniel V 320 pages; card covers; average copy, some wear; Paperback Library; 1967. (In June 1944 Admiral Gallery boarded and captured a German U-Boat at sea – the first American officer to capture an enemy warship since 1815. The story of this extraordinary feat.) Fig31116 $10.00

U-Boat Drummond, John D H M 228 pages; black and white photographs; no original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Allen; 1958. (The story of the capture of German U-boat U-570 by the RAF off Iceland, being brought to Britain, refitted and went back to sea as HMS ‘Graphic’) Fig33111 $15.00

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U-Boat 202 Von Spiegel, Lieutenant-Commander Freiherr 112 pages; card covers; average copy, some wear; Mews; 1976. (The diary of a German submarine commander in World War I. U-boat 202 was one of the most feared raiders along British shipping lanes during World War I.) Fig31141 $10.00

U-Boat 977 Schaeffer, Heinz 208 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Kimber; 1953. (The story of the German U-Boat commander who took his submarine for 66 days submerged from Germany to Argentina after the German surrender and created a world-wide rumour that he had taken Hitler there.) Fig33140 $28.00

U-Boat Killer Macintyre, Captain Donald 180 pages; black and white photographs; maps; no original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Weindenfeld and Nicolson; 1956. (The author commanded destroyers protecting Atlantic convoys in World War II and sinking U-Boats. This is his story.) Fig35167 $12.00

U-Boats Preston, Antony 192 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; maps; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Excalibur; 1978. (A history of the German submarine building programme and devastating effect they had during World War II.) Fig34208 $18.00

U-Boats In The Atlantic Beaver, Paul 96 pages; black and white photographs; map; card covers; average copy, some wear; Stephens; 1979. (World War 2 Photograph Album # 11 contains 160 photographs of life aboard U-Boats – good people photographs.) Fig34160 $12.00

U-Boats Offshore – When Hitler Struck America Hoyt, Edwin P 262 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Stein and Day; 1978. (By early 1940 U-Boats were in USA territorial Atlantic waters and USA were totally unprepared. The story of how USA defended itself.) Fig34189 $25.00

Undersea Warfare Humble, Richard 192 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; maps; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; New English; 1981. (An account of the evolution of the submarine from 1914 to the 1980s as well as weapons and power plants.) Fig34190 $15.00

United States Navy Destroyers Of World War II Reilly, John C Jr 160 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; lists; card covers; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Blandford Press; 1983. (Well written account of the destroyer fleet of the US Navy in World War II.) Fig11120 $15.00

US Carriers At War Kilduf, Peter 128 pages; hard covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 2005. (Covers the greatest exploits of the US Navy carriers operations in both the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II.) Fig18114 $78.00

US Coast Guard And Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935 Canney, Donald L 128 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; tables; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Naval Institute Press; 1995. (A detailed account of the early days of the US Coast Guard and the ships used in the service.) Fig34165 $35.00

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US Navy – 1945 to the Present Silverstone, Paul 92 pages; pages not numbered; black and white photographs with coloured cover; card cover; fine copy, near mint; Arms and Armour; 1991. (A brief history of the US Navy, and well illustrated.) Fig30123 $20.00

US Navy At War 1941-1945 King, Fleet admiral Ernest J 306 pages; maps; folded maps; graphs; no original dust jacket; lists; average copy, some wear; US Navy Department; 1946. (Official reports to the US Secretary of the Navy on all aspects of the US Navy over the four-year period.) Fig21102 $58.00

US Small Combatants including PT-boats, subchasers, and the Brown-Water Navy Friedman, Norman 532 pages; black and white photographs; scale drawings; plans; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Naval Institute Press; 1987. (An illustrated design history of the American small combatant vessel throughout the 20th century. Complete details of every vessel that served in the US Navy.) Fig35142 $80.00

V And W Class Destroyers 1917-1945 Preston, Antony 138 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; MacDonald; 1971. (A detailed history of this class of destroyer including details of each ship.) Fig34209 $38.00

Very Ordinary Seaman Mallalieu, J P W 254 pages; card covers; average copy, some wear; Panther; 1973. (Sub-titled ‘The Finest Account of War at Sea Ever Written’, was originally written in 1942 giving a ratings perspective of life with the Royal Navy.) Fig31129 $10.00

Walker R N Robertson, Terence 216 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; name or signature; Evans Brothers; 1956. (An account of the life of Captain Fred Walker, of the sloop Starling and the Battle of the Atlantic to beat the menace of the German U-Boat.) Fig31137 $12.00

Walker’s Groups In The Western Approaches Wemyss, Commander D E G 172 pages; black and white photographs; maps; no original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; Liverpool Daily Post; no publication date given, early 1950s. (A history of the sloops and frigates that formed the anti-submarine groups from 1942 to 1944 – their victories and losses.) Fig33148 $12.00

Warfare At Sea Darman, Peter (Ed) 96 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; name or signature; mint copy; Blitz Editions; 1977. (A good description of modern weapons used by the world’s navies at the end of the last century.) Fig20082 $15.00

Warship 1989 Gardiner, Robert (Ed) 256 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; scale drawings; tables; original dust jacket; mint copy; Conway; 1989. (An annual publication devoted to the design, development and history of combat ships. Articles include USS Olympia, fitting out of Jean Barr, K Class Soviet submarines and history of net defence.) Fig32112 $48.00

Warship 1990 Gardiner, Robert (Ed) 256 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; scale drawings; tables; original dust jacket; mint copy; Conway; 1990. (An annual publication devoted to the design, development and history of combat ships. Articles include Yorktown Class, Sankeikan, midget submarine attack on Tirpitz, Japanese repair ship Akashi, and Russian Lake submarines.) Fig32113 $48.00

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Warship 1991 Gardiner, Robert (Ed) 256 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; scale drawings; tables; original dust jacket; mint copy; Conway; 1991. (An annual publication devoted to the design, development and history of combat ships. Articles include Swedish Tre Kroner Class cruisers, Japanese naval air power, USS Brooklyn, M Class Destroyers and Romanian mine laying operations.) Fig32114 $48.00

Warship 2000-2001 Preston, Antony (Ed) 208 pages; black and white photographs and drawings; scale drawings; tables; original dust jacket; mint copy; Conway; 2000. (An annual publication devoted to the design, development and history of combat ships. Articles include German Type II U-Boats, battle of Ulsan, the Retvizan, last British Ironclads – Nile and Trafalgar, and German attacks on hospital ships in World War I.) Fig32147 $48.00

Warship – No 1 Preston, Antony (Ed) 64 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1977. (Articles include the first Town Class, Cherrytrees and Narvik Flotilla.) $22.00 Fig32149 Preston, Antony (Ed) Warship – No 2 64 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1977. (Articles include Japanese warship design, HMS Ark Royal and USS Nevada.) Fig32148 $22.00

Warship – No 2 Preston, Antony (Ed) 64 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1977. (Articles include Japanese warship design, HMS Ark Royal and USS Nevada.) Fig32149 $22.00

Warship – No 3 Preston, Antony (Ed) 64 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1977. (Articles include Littorio class, the Kiew, and VSS Lexington.) Fig32150 $22.00

Warship – No 4 Preston, Antony (Ed) 64 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1977. (Articles include Polish destroyers, U. S. Navy’s 1945 submarine design and German dreadnoughts.) Fig32151 $22.00

Warship – No 5 Preston, Antony (Ed) 72 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1978. (Articles include battleship Tiger, Essex class carrier and Salt Lake City class.) Fig32152 $22.00

Warship – No 6 Preston, Antony (Ed) 72 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1978. (Articles include cruiser electronics, USS California and Battle of Tsu-shima.) Fig32153 $22.00

Warship – No 7 Preston, Antony (Ed) 72 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1978. (Articles include Leander class frigates, escort ship production in WW II, and Japanese B type submarines.) Fig32154 $22.00

Warship – No 8 Preston, Antony (Ed) 72 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Conway Maritime Press; 1978. (Articles include K Class Steam Submarines, Nemesis the first iron warship and US Independence class.) Fig32155 $22.00

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