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THE SUBMARINE PERIL: THE ADMIRALTY POLICY IN 1917
Written by Viscount Jellicoe.
Stock no. 1818281
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Boards a little scuffed and worn. Bookplate to front pastedown. Text block browned. Foxing to contents.

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THE CHIEFS OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
Written by Robert William Love.
Stock no. 2131459
Published by Naval Institute Press. Circa 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0870211153. SIGNED by Publisher, with a dedication to a previous owner on title page. Bumping to corners; small chip to cloth; small fray along bottom edge of front cover. Wrapper is edge-creased with 1" closed tear to top of spine.

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THIS GREAT HARBOUR SCAPA FLOW
Written by W.S. Hewison.
Stock no. 1817039
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Scapa Flow is the seaway that runs between the Orkney mainland and the island of Hoy and is the northern base of the Royal Navy and Allied fleets in the two world wars. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xviii and 379 pages including index. ISBN: 9781843410263.

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BUT NO BRASS FUNNEL
Written by J. Douglas Stewart.
Stock no. 1816670
Published by Whittles Publishing. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

The author relates how he went to sea and some of his adventures and experiences during his years under the White Ensign and the Red Engsign. Cardwraps. B/w photos. v and 249 pages. ISBN: 1904445101.

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MARITIME PORTSMOUTH: A HISTORY AND GUIDE
Written by Paul Brown.
Stock no. 1816633
Published by Tempus. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

An invaluable companion to anyone interested in this most historic of ports. Black cardwraps. B/w and colour photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 075243537X.

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3 BOOK SET: ANCHORS AWEIGH!, CHOCKS AWAY!, SHOULDER ARMS!
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610627
Published by Past Times. 2000. Nearly fine condition.

A special edition set for Past Times. Card wraps. recollections of World War II sailors, tommies and airmen. ISBN: 0304356522. Contained in card slipcase which has small tear at base.

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THE NAVAL CHRONICLE VOLUME 15: JANUARY-JUNE 1806
Written by James Stanier Clarke; John McArthur.
Stock no. 1816079
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cambridge Library Collection. The Naval Chronicle, originally published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818, is a key source for British maritime and military history. This is volume 15 only, originally published in 1806, and contains addenda to the biography of Lord Nelson published in volume 14, including an account of his last months and details of his funeral. Biographies of William Dannett and Cuthbert, Lord Collingwood are included. Cream and blue pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781108018548. Slight indentation to top edge of front cover also following through to top edge of first few pages (minor).

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UNITED STATES NAVY AIRCRAFT SINCE 1911
Written by Gordon Swanborough; Peter M. Bowers.
Stock no. 1317352
Published by Putnam. 1st 1968. Fine condition.

Chapters on the designation systems used by the U.S. Navy, the colours and markings used on Naval aircraft and a specially-devised designation index providing an immediate cross reference to every designated Naval aircraft. Aircraft used by the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Marines are also fully covered. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 518 pages including index. ISBN: 0370000994. Minimal rubbing to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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MERCHANT AIRMEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1610401
Published by HMSO. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. The Air Ministry account of British Civil Aviation 1939-1944. B/w photos. Covers scuffed, a little creasing and damage to spine.

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STELLA AND THE FIRESHIPS
Written by Showell Styles.
Stock no. 1815764
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A masterly tale of fast-moving action around naval exploits at the time of Nelson. Red boards with gilt title to spine. 190 pages. ISBN: 0718305817. Small mark to rear board. Page browning. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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AVENGER FROM THE SKY
Written by Donald Judd.
Stock no. 1610085
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. The experiences of a Fleet Air Arm bomber pilot during World War II. ISBN: 071830568X. Wrapper spine faded.

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FIGHTING FOR MACARTHUR: THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS DESPERATE DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Written by John Gordon.
Stock no. 1814889
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Filled with original details about the early fighting in the Philippines during World War II. Black paper spine with silver title, light blue paper boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781612510576. Light scuffing to dustwrapper.

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