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MAINLY IN MINESWEEPERS
Written by Charles McAra.
Stock no. 2138104
Published by R. J. Leach & Co.. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A Scot at sea. ISBN: 1873050070.

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IN ACTION WITH DESTROYERS 1939-1945
Written by Anthony Cumming; J.A.J. Dennis.
Stock no. 2138096
Published by Pen & Sword Maritime. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Wartime Memoirs of Commander J.A.J. Dennis DSC RN. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781526718495.

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A MIDSHIPMAN'S WAR: A YOUNG MAN IN THE MEDITERRANEAN NAVAL WAR 1941-1943
Written by Frank Wade.
Stock no. 2138003
Published by Cordillera Publishing Company. Circa 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 189559006X. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner. Some bumping to corners. Wrapper is faded to edges and spine with remains of label to base of wrapper spine.

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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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THE HEAVY CRUISER TAKAO
Written by Janusz Skulski.
Stock no. 2137842
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Anatomy of the Ship series. B/w photos and technical line diagrams. Glazed pictorial boards. Complete with 1/450 scale fold-out plan. ISBN: 0851779743.

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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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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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TIGRIS GUNBOATS THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN IRAQ 1914-1917
Written by Wilfred Nunn.
Stock no. 2136698
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

On the outbreak of the War in 1914 Wilfred Nunn was the commander of the gunboat Espiegle on the East Indies station. His ship was sent to the Arabian Gulf to defend British oil interests, and he thus became the senior naval officer on the Tigris river throughout the Iraq campaign, up to the capture of Bagdad in 1917. ISBN: 9781861763082.

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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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HMS VICTORIOUS 1937-1969
Written by Neil McCart.
Stock no. 1322321
Published by Fan Publications. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Royal Navy's most remarkable aircraft carrier from the laying of the first keelplates in 1937 to her decommissioning in 1967 and her departure to the breaker's yard in 1969. Each year of her operational service is covered together with memories from ex members of the ships company. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 1901225011. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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NO STARS TO GUIDE
Written by Adrian Seligman. Illustrated by Konstance Pares.
Stock no. 1822832
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth. Folding maps. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. The story of a naval action in World War II around Turkey. Some foxing to spine and front board, top edge of front board a little grubby. Text block browned, some foxing. Browning to endpapers. A few foxspots to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is chipped at edges, browned and grubby. Musty odour present.

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