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THE BATTLESHIP
Written by Walter Wood. Illustrated by Frank H. Mason.
Stock no. 1825032
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Good condition.

Being the Story of the Greatest Naval Weapon From the First Ship-of-the-Line to Present-Day Leviathans. Green pictorial boards, gilt titles. 8 tissue guarded colour plates plus numerous b/w engravings, plans and photographs. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly cocked. Board corners lightly rubbed. Front pictorial board is nice and bright. Joints cracked but binding tight. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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FROM THE DREADNOUGHT TO SCAPA FLOW VOLUME III
Written by Arthur J. Marder.
Stock no. 1825024
Published by Oxford University Press. 2nd 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. Jutland and After (May 1916-December 1916). The Royal Navy in the Fisher era 1904-1919. B/w photos. 16 Folding colour charts in pocket at rear. ISBN: 0192158414. Text block browned. All 16 charts present. Pictorial dustwrapper is faed to spine and lightly browned to rear panel.

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NAVY & ARMY ILLUSTRATED VOL. I & II
Written by Charles N. Robinson.
Stock no. 1824289
Published by Hudson & Kearns; George Newnes Limited. 1985. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Black calf leather spine & corners, dark green textured cloth boards with gilt title to front. No title to spine. From volume I Friday December 20th 1985 through to volume II Friday 11th December 1896, complete in one volume. B/w photos throughout. Leather spine rubbed and scuffed, boards scuffed and worn at lower edges. New endpapers. Some pages not bound in (but present). Some title pages have loss/tape marks. Tape repair to width of page 139 now yellowed with age. A few margin marks and tears.

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OPERATION PEDESTAL: THE FLEET THAT BATTLED TO MALTA 1942
Written by Max Hastings.
Stock no. 1824165
Published by William Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operation Pedestal - one of the bloodiest sea battles of Britain's war, ordered by Churchill to save Malta. Limited Signed Edition. Navy boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780008364946. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has a 'signed by the author' sticker to front panel.

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ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE 1912-1918
Written by Brad King.
Stock no. 1823904
Published by Hikoki Publications. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tracing the development of the men and machines of the Royal Navy, from the first uncertain beginnings with airships until the service was unwillingly absorbed by the newly-formed Royal Air Force in April 1918. Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of camouflage and markings. ISBN: 0951989952. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE CUXHAVEN RAID
Written by R.D. Layman.
Stock no. 2139867
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The world's first carrier air strike. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851773273. Some browning and marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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CURTISS'S "THE RELUCTANT DRAGON", THE SO3C SEAGULL/SEAMEW
Written by Steve Ginter.
Stock no. 1823786
1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Naval Fighters Number Forty-Seven. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. Staple binding. 57 pages including rear inside cover. ISBN: 0942612477. Small mark to rear cover left by old price label else a nice, clean copy.

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AMPHIBIAN: THE STORY OF THE LOENING BIPLANE
Written by Grover Loening.
Stock no. 1823754
Published by New York Graphic Society Publishers. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The history of one of the most useful and versatile aircraft of its day: the Loening Amphibian biplane. Large format. Matt silver boards with blue titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0821204742. Corners rubbed and bumped, spine creased vertically. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased with a few closed edge tears, strengthened on verso of spine with tape.

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U.S. NAVY FLOATPLANES OF WORLD WAR II IN ACTION
Written by Al Adcock. Illustrated by Don Greer.
Stock no. 1823731
Published by Squadron Signal Publications. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Aircraft Number 203. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams with colour centre-spread. ISBN: 0897475062. A nice, clean copy.

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MAN O' WAR 3: BATTLESHIPS RODNEY AND NELSON
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 2138977
Published by Arms & Armour Press; R.S.V. Publishing Inc.. Circa 1979. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Many diagrams - a couple of fold-out ones to middle of book. ISBN: 0853682631. Browning to covers.

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THE MARTIN P5M PATROL SEAPLANE
Written by Richard Hoffman.
Stock no. 2138727
Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. Naval Fighters Number 74. Light edge-creasing.

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SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
Written by J.J. Colledge; Ben Warlow.
Stock no. 2138359
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth. The complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy. ISBN: 1853675660. Wrapper is stuck to book on wrapper flaps.

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