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HITLER'S U-BOAT WAR: THE HUNTED 1942-1945
Written by Clay Blair.
Stock no. 1825704
Published by Cassell & Co.. 2001. Almost very good condition.

The concluding volume in the set, covering 1942 to 1945 when the fortunes of the German navy were completely reversed, and it suffered perhaps the most devastating defeat of any of the German forces. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. A fat volume, 909 pages including index. ISBN: 0304352616. Spine creased and cocked - obviously read. Text block browned and has a few foxspots. A few foxspots to prelims.

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WORLD WAR II DATA BOOK: THE KRIEGSMARINE 1935-1945
Written by David Porter.
Stock no. 1825675
Published by Amber Books. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The essential facts, figures and statistics offering a complete picture of the German navy during World War II. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour maps & charts. ISBN: 9781907446085. A lovely copy with no significant faults.

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I-400 JAPAN'S SECRET AIRCRAFT-CARRYING STRIKE SUBMARINE: OBJECTIVE PANAMA CANAL
Written by Henry Sakaida; Gary Nila; Koji Takaki.
Stock no. 1825227
Published by Hikoki Publications. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In mid-1944, the General Staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy tasked the I-400 and its sister boats with a secret mission to attack American cities and to destroy the Panama Canal... Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781902109457. Horizontal edges of boards lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased.

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WEAPONS OF WAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137111
Published by John Heywood. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

Gunpowder, Guns, Armour, Projectiles, Torpedoes, Mines, Submarines, etc. Simply Explained and Illustrated. Reprinted from The Manchester Guardian. Bottom and top 1-2" of spine have been repaired. Fading. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby marks and some foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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HITLER'S U-BOAT WAR: THE HUNTED 1942-1945
Written by Clay Blair.
Stock no. 2132900
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The concluding volume in the set, covering 1942 to 1945 when the fortunes of the German navy were completely reversed, and it suffered perhaps the most devastating defeat of any of the German forces. Dark boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0297840770. Previous owners small white name label stuck to front pastedown.

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MYSTERY SHIPS (TRAPPING THE "U" BOAT)
Written by Alfred Noyes.
Stock no. 1818383
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth boards, black titles. 181 pages. Cloth spine split along front edges and also to lower half of title to spine. Boards a little marked and stained. Front joint split at bottom but still tight. A few marks to contents.

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WHO KILLED SURCOUF?
Written by George Young.
Stock no. 1818289
Published by George Young. 3rd 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Third Edition. The untold story of the occupation of the Islands of St. Pierre and Miguelon by Free French forces under General de Gaulle at the instigation of Winston Churchill, in defiance of the wishes of Canada and the USA. This was followed by the mysterious loss of the giant French Cruiser/Submarine Surcouf... Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. 103 pages. ISBN: 0920454062. SIGNED by the author with dedication to verso of front endpaper. Matching card dustwrapper slightly faded at spine.

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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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STRIKE FROM BENEATH THE SEA
Written by Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1318395
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of aircraft-carrying submarines. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 191 pages. ISBN: 0752417045. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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BRITAIN'S CLANDESTINE SUBMARINES 1914-1915
Written by Gaddis Smith.
Stock no. 1814221
Published by Archon Books. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tracing a significant episode of the early months of World War I. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0208015043. Vertical edge of rear board and dustwrapper panel bumped. Endpapers grubby. Slight musty odour present. Blue dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with slight chipping, browned and grubby.

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HITLER'S MIRACLE WEAPONS
Written by Friedrich Georg.
Stock no. 1711503
Published by Helion & Company. 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Secret Nuclear Weapons of the Third Reich and their Carrier Systems Volume 1: The Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 1874622914.

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