H.M.S. SURPRISE
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 2138011
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Fine condition.

A novel. Blue cloth boards with gilt title blocks and black titles, gilt vignettes and image of ship with white sails to front. Maps to pale blue endpapers. Colour plates. 2nd printing. Contained in a better than very good slip case; a few marks.

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ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE BATTLESHIP DREADNOUGHT
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 2137843
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Revised edition. ISBN: 085177895X.

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DREADNOUGHTS IN CAMERA
Written by Roger D. Thomas; Brian Patterson.
Stock no. 2137840
Published by Budding Books. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. The construction of British Dreadnought warships between 1905 and 1920. ISBN: 1840151080. Light page browning.

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SHIPBUILDING IN THE PORT OF BRISTOL
Written by Grahame Farr.
Stock no. 2137689
Published by National Maritime Museum. 1984. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Maritime Monographs and Reports No. 27 - 1977. Containing a list of the vessels known to have been built in the Port of Bristol, with an introduction, Notes on the builders, appendices, tables and a map. ISBN: 09055555058. Some light browning and a few grubby marks.

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THE BOOK OF BRITISH VICTORIES No. 1 - EXPLOITS ON THE SEA
Written by Sydney Walton.
Stock no. 1823578
Published by The Syndicate Publishing Co.. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

Title on front is: 1588 to 1914 Album-Atlas of British Victories on the Sea "Wooden Walls to Super-Dreadnoughts". Paper covered boards, Cloth spine. Maps of british victories from 1588 (Spanish Armada) to 1855 (wars with Russia). B/w photos and illustrations. 31 pages including inside rear cover. Boards discoloured, rubbed at edges. Two names in pencil to inside front cover 'Signatures of the Brave'. Binding is a little loose with small tear to rear gutter edge of spine. Contents lightly browned with minor foxing.

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A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY 1855
Written by Howard Douglas.
Stock no. 1823561
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The only comprehensive English-language work on the armament of warships during the final period of the cast-iron smooth-bore gun - the main weapon of western fighting ships for nearly 450 years. First published in 1817 and expanded in the following decades. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0851772757. 1982 reprint of the fourth edition. Name & address in pencil to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Red pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE SECRET HARBOUR
Written by Sam Smith. Illustrated by Sam Smith.
Stock no. 1322752
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

'A Very Nice Book about Boats Introducing the Crew Cats'. Nobody loves old boats - except the Crew Cats. They take them to the Secret Harbour where they are looked after and start their lives again... Oblong format. Blue pictorial boards, colour illustrations. ISBN: 0510225020. Spine slightly bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Small ink (blue biro) marks to first few pages else contents clean.

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THE LEXINGTON CLASS CARRIERS
Written by Robert C. Stern.
Stock no. 1823496
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A studied account of a class of aircraft carrier as a weapons system. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 185409131X. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has previous bookseller's address label to front flap.

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FANTAIL FIGHTERS
Written by Jerry Scutts. Illustrated by John C. Valo.
Stock no. 2136672
Published by Phalanx Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1995. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1883809002. Sticker to rear cover.

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THE BATTLECRUISER HOOD
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 2136607
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Anatomy of the Ship. Oblong format. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0851772501. Bumping and wear to corners and edges. Some fading and damp marking to bottom edges and base of spine. Page edge browning. Some grubby marks to endpapers. Wrapper is browned with some chips and nicks to corners.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS VOLUME LXII
Written by R.W. Dana.
Stock no. 2136444
Published by Institution Of Naval Architects. 1920. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded with a few chips and nicks at edges. Marks and some scuffing to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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LOOKING FOR THE SILVER LINING: A BRITISH FAMILY'S SHIPOWNING CENTURY 1875-1975
Written by Martin Barraclough.
Stock no. 1823306
Published by Bound Biographies. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A fascinating story of British family ship-owning - the owners, the seafarers, the ships and their businesses. Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine and publisher vignette to front. B/w and colour illustrations. xii and 351 pages. Blue ribbon page marker. Limited edition of 1000. ISBN: 9781905178285. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). This is copy 537 of 1000.

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