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Markham Clements R. - The Arctic Navy List; or a Century of Arctic and Antarctic Officers, 1773-1873 Together with a List of Officers of the 1875 Expedition and Their Services

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 62 pages. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1875. The book "is an attempt to give a complete enumeration of all Officers who have served in the Arctic or Antarctic regions in the century between 1773 and 1873."
Published : The Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth 1992,
£10.00

Markham, Sir Clements (Editor) - Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral John Markham During the Years 1801-4 and 1806-7

Hardback. A near very good copy in cream and black cloth lettered in gilt. Cream cloth a little soiled and fore-edge a little rubbed at one point. No ownership inscription. Moderate foxing to first few pages. Pp.xx,451. Frontispiece.
Published : Navy Records Society 1904, First Edition
£15.00

McCrorie Ian - Royal Road to the Isles: 150 Years of MacBrayne Shipping

A near fine copy. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 189 pages. Map end-papers. Numerous illustrations with many in colour. Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the company which was to become Caledonain MacBrayneLtd.
Published : Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd, Gourock 2001, First Edition
£9.00

McQueen Andrew - Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-Wheels

A very good copy in a good, if rather soiled, dustwrapper. No ownership inscription. Some fore-edge foxing. Pp.xii,196. 32 illustrations including folding frontispiece which has been taped on the reverse at the folds. The story of the Clyde and west coast paddle steamers.
Published : Gowans & Gray, Glasgow 1924, First Edition
£28.00

Mets J.A. - Naval Heroes of Holland

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt and decorated on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. 248 pages. 8 illustrations.
Published : The Abbey Press, New York 1902, First Edition
£14.00

Morley Geoffrey - The Smuggling War

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. Illustrated endpapers. Many black and white illustrations. No inscriptions. 170 pages. Very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is protected in a removable cover. The Government's fight against smuggling in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Published : Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd., Stroud, Gloucestershire 1994, First Edition
£8.00

Morris, Ruth and Frank - Scottish Harbours: The Harbours of Mainland Scotland

. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn and which is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. 232 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. A county by county description of mainland Scottish harbours.
Published : Alethea Press, Everton, Sandy 1983, First Edition
£25.00

Murray Marischal - Union-Castle Chronicle 1853-1953

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper. No ownership inscription and just a little foxing. Pp.xvii,392. Approx. 150 illustrations including six in colour. A shipping company history of the Union Line, the Castle Line and the conjoined Union-Castle Line. An Appendix lists all of the company's ships with a brief note on each.
Published : Longmans Green & Co, London 1953, First Edition
£20.00

Napier James - Life of Robert Napier

A good copy in the original cloth which is lettered and decorated in gilt. Some edge foxing but internally clean. Pp.xiv,267. Illustrations. "The object of this volume is to relate in some detail the life of one who, by his energy and perseverance, caused the Clyde to become the most famous ship-building centre in the world---."
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London 1904, First Edition
£25.00

Newbolt Henry - The Year of Trafalgar: Being an Account of the Battle and of the Events Which Led Up to it, With a Collection of The Poems and Ballads Written Thereupon Between 1805 and 1905

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in black on the upper board. A little foxing but no ownership inscription. Pp.xvi,244 + adverts. 6 illustrations.
Published : John Murray, London 1905, First Edition
£24.00

Nicolson James R. - Hay & Company Merchants in Shetland

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 228pp. 30 illustrations. Covers Shetland's economic and social history from the early 19th century. Much on the fishing industry.
Published : Hay & Company (Lerwick) Ltd. 1982, First Edition
£20.00

Norton Peter - The End of the Voyage; an Account of the Last Sailing Craft of the British Coasts

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has one small edge chip and which shows a little edge wear and tear. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xiv,145. 20 drawings. 39 photos. 35 plans. A memorial to the working sailing craft of the British coast.
Published : Percival Marshall, London 1959, First Edition
£10.00

O'Brien Captain F.T. - Early Solent Steamers a History of Local Steam Navigation

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with some fading to the spine. 248pp. Illustrations. 2 maps. An account of the early days of steam navigation in the Solent area from 1817 to the 1860's.
Published : David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1973, First Edition
£8.00

Oppenheim M. (Editor) - The Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson in Six Books Vol. I

Hardback. A very good copy in cream boards with black cloth spine lettered in gilt. Bookplate. Pp.lxvi, 395. 7 maps (two folding). Late 16th century naval adventures.
Published : Navy Records Society 1902, First Edition
£28.00

Oppenheim M. (Editor) - The Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson in Six Books Volume V

Hardback. A very good copy in cream boards with black cloth spine lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription. Pp.xii,370 + 5pp list of books issued by the Navy Records Society.
Published : Navy Records Society 1914, First Edition
£12.00

Parker John P. - Sails of the Maritimes

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 226 pages. Many illustrations. Folding plans. This is the story of the development of the large cargo schooners built in Canada for about 80 years up to the early 1920's.
Published : 1969,
£18.00

Phillipson David - Smuggling A History 1700-1970

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 155pp. 32 illus.
Published : David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1973, First Edition
£6.00

Plimsoll, Samuel M.P. - Our Seamen. An Appeal

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in black on the upper board. Ownership inscription and date (April 1873) on front end-paper. A little foxing. Pp.vi,[2],121. Folding frontispiece map being a Wreck Chart of the British Isles for 1871. A book about the needless loss of life in shipwrecks and what could be done about it by the man after whom the Plimsoll Line is named.
Published : Virtue & Co, London 1873,
£28.00

Poolman Kenneth - Experiences of War the British Sailor

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Previous owner's blind stamp. 180pp. More than 100 photographs. Memories of war told by British sailors.
Published : Arms & Armour Press, London 1989, First Edition
£7.00

Powell J. R. (Editor) - The Letters of Robert Blake Together with Supplementary Documents

Hardback. A near very good copy in cream and black cloth lettered in gilt. Boards a little marked. No ownership inscription. Moderate edge and end-paper foxing. Pp.xxii,501. Frontispiece. Blake fought at sea for the Commonwealth during the English Civil War.
Published : Navy Records Society 1937, First Edition
£20.00

Pursey H.J. - Merchant Ship Stability (Metric Edition)

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. Pp.x,173. 85 figures. Two folding diagrams at rear.
Published : Brown Son & Ferguson, Glasgow 1971,
£8.00

Raikes, Rev. Henry (Editor) - Memoir of the Life and Services of Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, Baronet, K. C. B.

Hardback. A good copy in blind-stamped dark greenish-blue cloth. Re-backed with old spine laid down. New end-papers. No ownership inscription. A little foxing. Pp.viii,652. Brenton was a late 18th/ early 19th century British Admiral who saw action against the French in the Napoleonic Wars.
Published : Hatchard and Son, London 1846, First Edition
£120.00

Reid, W. Stanford - Skipper from Leith : The History of Robert Barton of Over Barnton

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has a few edge tears. There are a few neat ink side-lined comments generally pointing to/correcting errors in the book. 334 pages. Map end-papers. Folding map at rear. Barton was a leading Scottish 16th century merchant, financier,seaman, part-time privateer and later Comptroller of the Scottish Royal Household and Royal Treasurer. This is a significant history of a member of the 16th century Scottish middle class.
Published : University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1962,
£18.00

Reynolds, L. C. - Dog Boats at War : A History of the Operations of the Royal Navy D Class Fairmile Motor Torpedo Boats and Motor Gunboats 1939-1945

Hardback. 4to. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.x,289. Many illustrations. Maps. An authoritative history of the "dog boats" in Home, Mediterranean and Norwegian waters.
Published : Sutton Publishing 1998, First Edition
£20.00

Robinson Commander Charles N. (Editor) - Britannia's Bulwarks the Achievements of Our Seamen the Honours of Our Ships

Illustrated by Charles Dixon and C.J. Staniland.
Hardback. Oblong folio. A very good copy in dark blue cloth which is lettered and decorated in gilt. Bevelled edges. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and little foxing. 96 pages. 48 full-page coloured illustrations by Charles Dixon R.I. Many black and white illustrations by C.J. Staniland R.I. A history and celebration of Britain's naval prowess with "a gallery of naval portraiture such as has not before been seen".
Published : "Navy and Army Illustrated", London 1901, First Edition
£50.00

Robson, Adam - The Saga of a Ship : The Earl of Zetland

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is price-clipped but otherwise complete and untorn. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 336 pages. Many illustrations. The story of the ship which became the lifeline of the people of Shetland, her crew and the people who sailed in her.
Published : The Shetland Times Ltd, Lerwick 1982, First Edition
£9.00

Robson, Adam - The Saga of the Earls : Earl of Zetland I 1877-1950 Earl of Zetland II 1939 -

Softback. 4to. A near fine copy. Signed by the author. 148 pages. Numerous illustrations including colour. A pictorial history of two ships which served the Shetland Isles.
Published : The Shetland Times Ltd, Lerwick 2002, First Edition
£18.00

Seymour, C. (Preface) - The Tenedos Times : A Monthly Journal of the Mediterranean Destoyer Flotilla During the Early Part of the War

Hardback. A very good copy in navy cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 144 pages. Frontispiece and 32 illustrations including tipped-in colour plates. This was originally a monthly journal printed on HMS Blenheim from Autumn 1914 to Spring 1915 while the ship was in the lee of the island of Tenedos in the Aegean Sea.
Published : George Allen & Unwin, London 1917,
£30.00

Shanahan Phil - The Real Enigma Heroes

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine, price-clipped, dustwrapper. 223 pages. Many illustrations. The story of three British servicemen who retrieved vital German codebooks from a sinking U-boat which enabled Bletchley Park's code-brakers to crack Enigma and so win the Battle of the Atlantic.
Published : Tempus Publishing 2008, First Edition
£9.00

Shaw Captain Frank - Under the Red Ensign

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Previous owner's blind stamps. Tales for boys and girls of merchant navy heroism in wartime.
Published : The Bodley Head, London 1957, First Edition
£8.00

Showell, Jak P. Mallmann - U-Boat Commanders and Crew 1935-45

Hardback. Small 4to. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. 144 pages. 120 photographs. The book concentrates on the men who manned the U-Boats, their background, training, tasks, their daily life, how successful they were etc. Includes very detailed Appendices on all known commanders and their boats.
Published : The Crowood Press, Marlborough 1998, First Edition
£20.00

Smith B. Webster - The War at Sea 1941-1943

Nd. c. 1945. A very good copy in a good, complete dustwrapper. Previous owner's blind-stamp on front end-paper. 192pp. 8 illustrations.
Published : Blackie & Son, London, First Edition
£8.00

Smith Peter C. - Pedestal: The Malta Convoy of August 1942

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Previous owner's inscription on front end-paper. 208pp. 32 illustrations. 9 maps. The story of the convoy which lifted the blockade of Malta.
Published : William Kimber, London 1970, First Edition
£12.00

Smout T. C. (Editor) - Scotland and the Sea

A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.vii,232. Illustrated. Essays on Scotland's maritime history.
Published : John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh 1992, First Edition
£20.00

Souter Roy - A Wild and Rocky Coast

Softback. Nd. c.1985? A very good copy. Pp.[vi],121. Five photographs + illustrated front cover. Consists of "articles relating to incidents connected with the sea [wrecks, lifeboat rescues etc.] in the area from the North Esk to Stonehaven" with some additional information from the compiler. The book was sold to raise funds for the RNLI.
Published : Privately Published, Stonehaven, First Edition
£20.00

Southey Robert - The Life of Nelson

Hardback. A very good copy in bright green bevelled cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Ownership inscription on front end-paper but otherwise a lovely clean copy internally with little foxing. Pp.xiv,[1],351,[1] + 16pp publisher's catalogue. 12 plates by Westall printed in Woodburytype. Folding plan of the Battle of the Nile. Illustration showing Nelson's signature at various dates. A handsome book.
Published : Bickers & Son, London 1883,
£40.00

Stokesbury James L. - Navy and Empire

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 430pp. A short history of British sea power from the Armada to the Falklands.
Published : Robert Hale, London 1984, First Edition
£7.00

Tanner J.R. - Samuel Pepys and the Royal Navy

Hardback. A good plus copy in light blue boards. Dark blue cloth spine with paper title piece. Wear to board tips. 83 pages. Comprises four lectures delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge which argue that Pepys rendered inestimable services to naval administration.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1920, First Edition
£12.00

Taylor J.E. - Northern Escort

A good copy in blue cloth lettered in white on spine. Previous owner's blind stamp. 127pp. Frontispiece. The story of four days in the life of an escort ship on a northern convoy in the Second World War.
Published : George Allen & Unwin, London 1945, First Edition
£7.00

Taylor, Gordon - London's Navy : A Story of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Hardback. Small 4to. A very good plus copy in a similar dustwrapper which is price-clipped but otherwisw complete and untorn. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 176 pages. Many illustrations including colour.
Published : Quiller Press, London 1983, First Edition
£7.00

Taylor, Gordon - The Sea Chaplains: a History of the Chaplains of the Royal Navy

A near fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped, dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xix,603. Colour frontispiece and 64 black and white illustrations. The story of Royal Navy chaplains from the Crusades to the "Cod war" of 1976. Includes the names of approximately 5000 known naval chaplains.
Published : Oxford. Illustrated Press 1978, First Edition
£15.00

Thornton E.C.B. - South Coast Pleasure Steamers

Hardback. A very good copy in a just about good dustwrapper which has some edge tears and minor chipping. A lovely clean copy internally. Pp.xi,180. Many illustrations. The first history of all the south coast pleasure steamers.
Published : T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd. 1962, First Edition
£6.00

Till, Geoffrey (Editor) - Seapower at the Millennium

Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. Pp.xii,370. Illustrated. Described as "an expert and comprehensive review of both the civil and the military aspects of seapower as we move into the twenty-first century".
Published : Sutton Publishing, Stroud 2001, First Edition
£8.00

Tilman H.W. - In Mischief's Wake

A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in silver. Lacks dustwrapper. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 167 pages. Illustrations. Charts. This is the story of the loss of the author's boat "Mischief" and of the first two voyages of its successor "Sea Breeze."
Published : Hollis & Carter, London 1971, First Edition
£14.00

Tilman H.W. - Mischief in Patagonia

A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Fading to spine but lettering clear. Lacks dustwrapper. Some spotting to end-papers but otherwise a decent copy internally. Pp.viii,185. 16 plates. 2 maps. An account of the author's 10,000 miles voyage in the yacht "Mischief" to Patagonia and his traverse of a glacier there. Tilman was a noted mountaineer who took to the sea in later life.
Published : Cambridge University Press 1957, First Edition
£15.00

Van Loon Hendrik Willem - Ships and How They Sailed the Seven Seas (5000B.C.-A.D.1935

A very good copy in the original blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Previous owner's blind stamp. A little fore-edge foxing. 304pp. Profusely illustrated.
Published : George G. Harrap, London 1935, First Edition
£7.00

Verster J.F.L. De Balbian - Holland - South-Africa an Historical Account of Shipping and Commercial Relations in Old and Modern Days

Nd.c.1922. 4to. A good copy in red cloth which shows some fading to upper board. Pp.57,[6], + adverts. Many illustrations. Text in English and Dutch. The object of the book is "a resume of the historic relations between the Netherlands and South Africa which have now so definitely been sealed by the establishment of the Holland-South-Africa line".
Published : Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam, First Edition
£18.00

Wilkinson B.J., Stopford T.P. And Taylor D. - The A to Z of Royal Naval ships' Badges 1919-1989 Volume 2 H.M.S. Bacchante - H.M.S. Buzzard

4to. A very good copy. Softcover. Previous owner's blind stamp. 101pp. + 99 badges ilustrated in colour. Many black and white illustrations.
Published : Neptune Books, Orpington, Kent, First Edition
£7.00

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