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Adlard Coles London 1965 Vg/G (undamaged unclipped dj water-stained on spine and adjoining area, clean blue cloth boards, a very good clean sound copy with light browning endpapers, pages clean and bright, small initials back endpaper) octavo 141pp. First edition. About a thousand alphabetical entries, from A1 at Loyd's to Zinc lates, a treasury of the everyday language and lore of the sea.

HMSO London 1938 Vg (no dj, original dark blue cloth, all clean tight and bright. blue cloth lightly worn at edges,

Hodder and Stoughton London 1957 Vg/G (dj chipped and torn at edges, clean blue cloth with bright gilt titles on grey panel on spine, pages clean and bright throughout) octavo 256pp. Fifth impression. Accounts by seamen and famous authors of journeys along the great clipper way. Includes pieces from the three solo yachtsmen who have so far survived doubling the Horn, and the man who twice tried to round the Horn but was capsized and dismasted each time.

Aurum Press London 1998 Vg/Vg (clean unclipped dj with minimal edgewear, clean black cloth with bright silver titles on spine,a very crisp tight bright copy with no marks or inscriptions, slightly shelf-cocked) octavo 492pp. First edition. 16pp b/w photographs.

Stanford Maritime London 1980 VG/VG (no significant faults with book or dj) Octavo 251pp Maps at endpapers. South Pacific island-hopping

Thames and Hudson London 1975 Fine/VG (one closed tear to dj, contents no fault) large octavo 191pp. Showing how the British Navy grew from modest beginnings, and how it has served as an instrument of national policy. With 151 b/w illustrations.

B T Batsford Ltd London 1967 Vg/G (green dj worn around edges, contents no significant fault) octavo 271pp. With 25 b/w illustrations. Naval policy in the 20th century.

Admiralty Hydrographic Department London 1947 G (no dj, dark blue cloth with yellow titles, lightly worn round edges, internally a good sound copy with no marks or inscriptions, few brown splashes on back endpapers and back hinge cracked but paper not broken, spine leaning but binding firm) octavo 351pp. Thirteenth edition. comprising the Scilly Isles and the South Coast of England from Pendee to Foreness (thirteenth edition)

Sidgwick and Jackson London 1955 Vg/G (clean unclipped dj with light edgewear and very minor loss top of spine, clean dark blue cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, no marks or inscriptions, a very clean tight copy) octavo 348pp. First this translation. The history of the building and use of ships, packed with anecdotes, out-of-the way facts and incidents. With b/w illustrations.

Orbis, 1980 VG/VG. dj has a short closed tear at top edge of spine. Monte Cassino was a series of costly battles during World War II, fought by the Allies with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome. In the beginning of 1944 the Gustav Line was being anchored by Germans holding the Rapido, Liri and Garigliano valleys and certain surrounding peaks and ridges. On February 15 the monastery, high on a peak, was destroyed by American bombers. Two days after the bombing, German paratroopers poured into the ruins to defend it. From January 17 to May 18, it was assaulted four times by Allied troops, for a loss of over 54,000 Allied and 20,000 German soldiers

Guild Publishing London 1988 Vg/Vg (dj lightly rubbed at edges, clean dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, contents clean and bright throughout) large octavo 230pp. Firsthand account of Dr. Ballard's twelve-year quest to find the sunken liner, and descrivinf the drama of the expeditions that found and explored her. Illustrations throughout in colour and b/w, including rare archival pictures, charts, paintings, and colour photographs of the divers and their finds.

W W Norton and Co New York 1981 Near fine/Vg (undamaged clipped dj with light handling marks to white back cover, front cover clean and bright, clean beige boards with brown lettering on white cloth backstrip, a very crisp bright copy with contents in fine condition, one small stain front free endpaper and speckling outside page edges) octavo 224pp. First edition first printing. One of America's best-known yachting writers tells stories on himself and his life afloat.

collins 1973 VG/VG. no inscriptions or marginalia. spine of dj is very sunned/bleached. boards beneath are clean and bright. top edge of textblock is speckled - but not internally - shelf-life really. first edition. The harrowing story of the destruction of the french fleet at mers-el-kebir by the british navy - killing 1300 sailors - and the explanation for the same. well researched and detailed text with photographs.

Brown Son and Ferguson Glasgow 1954 G ( no dj, green cloth lightly worn round edges and frayed at top of spine,browning to endpapers, front hinge weak but endpaper not cracked, internally no significant fault) octavo 281pp. Second edition. General principles and low power circuits; High frequency circuits applied to marine use. B/w illustrations throughout, b/w plates, many figures, 4 fold-out diagrams.

Nautical Publishing Co Lymington 1974 Vg/Vg (all clean and bright, book and dj no significant fault) octavo 174pp. Information on 72 harbours and anchorages, accurate charts, b/w photographs, advice on boats and equipment.

Chancellor Press London 1997 Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) Large format, quarto. 192pp Profusely illustrated

Chancellor Press London 1997 Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) Large format, quarto. 192pp Profusely illustrated

Lyle Stuart, New York, 1969 VG/GOOD+. dj shows rubbing, creasing and some small splits to edges. the rear inner return flap is detached but laid in - a simple tape needed to re-attach. no significant faults with book. no inscriptions or marginalia. Because of Fox we have freedom of the screen, won in a memorable court decision which crushed the monopoly of the Motion Pictures Patents Company.At one point Fox owed the banks and the American Telephone and Telegraphy Company one hundred million dollars. He defied the Establishment and battled its lawyers until the wolves of Wall Street chased the exhausted and bankrupt Fox into a Pennsylvania penitentiary, where he was a prisoner for a year and a day

William Kimber London 1971 G/G (clean clipped dj with one large tear top of bacvk cover and library number taped to spine, clean sea-green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, ex BBC library copy with several stamps and remnant of plate prelims, internally in very good condition with pages clean and unmarked and binding tight) octavo 176pp. First edition. Informed account of the first 20 years in the development of the destoyer. Several pages b/w photographs.

Nautical Publishing Company / Harrap Lymington 1970 VG/Fine (minor wear to edges of dj, book in fine unmarked condition). Large Octavo. 104pp illustrated throughout. How to handle the essential ropes on board a boat.