Military - Naval

Jade, n.p., (1983).. 96 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. B&w and color photos, maps, drawings. "Assisted by photographs, maps and charts, the development is traced not only of submarines but also of their weapons, revolutionary new power plants and their strategic role in . war and peace." Dust jacket has light edgewear, light creasing at top/bottomof spine, tape repair to inside of top of spine. VG+/VG-. more information

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King's Printer, Ottawa, 1943.. 92 pp + 399 pp, 6 1/2" H, stiff navy blue card covers with cloth spine. Many b&w drawings/diagrams - some fold-out. From title page: "Reproduced as amended in Canada (Jan. 1943) by the King's Printer, Ottawa, with permission of the Controller, H.M. . Stationery Office, London, for the exclusive use of His Majesty's Canadian Naval Forces. 1941. Note. - In this Addendum is included Addendum No.1, so that the latter may now be destroyed. Addendum No. 3 amending Addendum No. 2 has been incorpo. r ated in this reprint." The section headings include: Measuring and Testing Instruments and their Use; Dynamos, Motors and Controllers, etc.; Supply of Light and Power; Incandescent Lighting; Bells, Rattlers, Buzzers and Hummers; Telephones, Fire . Co ntrol; Gun Firing and Night Sight Circuits; etc., etc. Colored crayon notation and ink stamp on front endpapers, one fold-out page is mis-aligned and creased, erased color pencil notation on one fold-out page, ink notation on amendments page, li. ght edge wear and scuffing, light browning to pages, minor soiling, darkening and soiling to edges of text block. Good reading copy only.. more information

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Kodansha, New York, 1979, first U.S. edition.. 397 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0870113550 B&w photographs. "This is a portrait both of an individual and of an organization. The individual is the Japanese admiral who, as architect of the Pearl Harbor raid and commande. r of the Combined Fleet throughout the first part of World War II, is one of the most widely known of Japanese wartime leaders. The organization is the Japanese Imperial Navy, whose 'gentlemanly' traditions and outlook contrasted strongly with tho. s e of the Japanese army and whose failure to check the latter in its headstrong course makes one of the sadder episodes of recent history. Here, for the first time, Yamamot emerges as the complex, sympathetic, and in many ways contradictory charac. te r that he was. A realist who foresaw the future importance of the airplane for the navy long before his contemporaries and who believed that Japan would inevitably be defeated in any war with America and Britain, he was also an inveterate gamble. r w ith an odd streak of superstition. A tough leader, he had at the same time a vein of sentimentality that would allow him to burst into tears at the funeral of a young subordinate. In public the very epitome of the dignified national hero, in p. riva te he often showed a schoolboyish playfulness that was sometimes endearing and occasionally embarrassing....The author, refusing the temptation to indulge in speculation or 'reconstruction' has gone straight to the original sources - accounts w. ritte n by those who worked with Yamamoto; scores of interviews with men and women who knew him personally; above all, letters written by Yamamoto himself. The latter range from his more circumspect, semi-official communications to intimate letters. addre ssed to his mistress or long-standing friends of both sexes, in which he bares his private doubts and pessimism. It is these presonal documents and reminiscences that make the character so human and, ultimately, give such a moving quality to. the ac count of his dramatic wartime death in the South Pacific." Book very slightly cracked at page 203, lightly erased ink Christmas gift inscription on free front endpaper, slight fading at bottom edge of book, tiny ink spot on top of text bloc. k. Dust jacket has been price clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkling, a few tiny edge tears. Very Good-/Very Good-. more information

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Frank C. Munson Memorial Institute of American Maritime History / Marine Historical Asociation, Mystic, Connecticut, 1968.. 60 pp, 10" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Chapter headings: Reference Works; Merchantmen and Warships; Captains and Crews; Maritime Science, Exploration and Expansion; Commerce and Shipping (including: Fishing and Whaling; Yachting and Small Boa. t Cruising); Navies; Naval History by Chronological Periods; Special Topics (including: Ports and Port Functions; Passengers and Immigration; Maritime and International Law; Privateering, Piracy and Buccaneering; Marine Distasters; Safety Measure. s a nd Salvage); Author Index; Subject Index. Interior - tiny very light stain at top inside of front cover and at top of first page, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light browning at edges of the covers, very . li g ht soiling, corner crease on rear cover. Very Good. more information

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Nimbus, Halifax, N.S., 1987.. 203 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0920852491 Profusely illustrated with colour reproductions of badges. "Throughout history, people have been intrigued by, and dependant upon, symbols. This book, as its title suggests, focu. ses on the very distinct symbols of a very distinct group of people. Naval badges represent the name, origin and sometimes the function of each vessel, and arose out of a necessity to facilitate easy recognition of friend and foe. Over time, badg. e s have come to mean more to naval people than a means of vessel identification; they are the embodiment of pride and allegiance that typify all naval men and women. This book, written as a complement to 'Customs and Traditions of the Canadian Nav. y' , features descriptions, and colour representations of the badges of HMC ships, naval air squadron, reserve divisions, and naval shore establishments and also gives an insight into the history of each ship." Very light wear at top/bottom ogf spi. ne and at corners. Dust jacket has very minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flsp-folds. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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Methuen, London, 1987, first edition.. 172 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0413423107 B&w photographs. "When the passenger liner 'City of Benares' sailed from Liverpool on Friday, 13 September 1940 she was carrying 90 evacuee children from the bombed cities of Brit. ain, bound under a government-sponsored scheme for a safe haven in Canada. Her sinking by U-boat four days later, without warning, in total disregard of the plight of survivors and in defiance of international law, shocked and horrified the civil. i s ed world. Of 406 people on board 256 were lost - including, at first count, 83 of the evacuee children. In Britain and the Commonwealth the reaction was one of righteous indignation, accompanied by an intense desire for retribution. Nor was t. he p ropaganda value neglected, a broadcast by King George VI the day after the news broke being clearly directed at neutral America. 'The world,' he said, 'could have no clearer proof of the wickedness against which we fight than this foul deed'.. S usp icions subsequently arose, however, that the British authorities had quite as much to answer for as the Nazis. Parents who, despite many misgivings, had entrusted their children to the scheme when invasion threatened, began to ask questions. whe n th ey learned that the promised naval escort had abandoned the convoy twenty-one hours before the 'Benares' was sunk. Allegations that crew members rushed the boats, that emergency equipment had failed, and that the whole voyage had been und. ertak en un der the blight of racial prejudice, demanded a formal investigation. But somehow this was avoided, and the scandal was successfully hushed up. Ralph Barker, after a vivid and poignant reconstruction of the diaster, turns his attention . to wha t real ly happened behind the scenes at the Admiralty and the Ministry of Shipping. The result is a harrowing story of human fallibility and human survival." Light to moderate browning to pages and edges of text block, minor wrinkling at to. p/botto m of sp ine. Dust jacket has two areas of light edge wrinkling, Very Good-/Very Good. more information

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Vanwell, St. Catharines, ON, (1996), Ist edition.. 104 pp, oblong 8vo (8 5/8" H x 10 5/8" D), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos. ISBN: 1551250365 "HMCS St. Laurent was the Navy's first postwar antisubmarine vessel, designed and built entirely in Canada, commissioned. in 1955. Classed as a destroyer escort, she was the most advanced of her kind, and caused a considerable stir in world naval circles. She was the first of twenty very similar ships whose sleek lines quickly earned them the nickname 'Cadillacs'. . These ships were followed in the 1970s by the very different looking Iroquois class of destroyer-helicopter carriers, and since 1992 by the ultramodern City class patrol frigates. The development and careers of these classes of ships is illustra. te d , with before and after photographs of the many whose appearance has been altered by rebuilding." Fine/Fine. more information

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Arms and Armour, (London, 1985).. 72 pp, large 8vo, soft cover. Profusely illus with b&w and color photos. Interior - previous owners name stamp on inside of rear cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, minor soiling, creas. e at bottom corner of rear cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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Ian Allan, London, 1984.. 48 pp, 11 3/16" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w maps, photographs, specifications. Contents: Introduction; Organisation; Warships; Weapon Systems; In Action. Interior - previous owners stamp pm inside of rear cover, light fading to printing. of pages 35 & 36 (text & pictures), bump to bottom corner of pages - mainly last half of pages, clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor wear at top of spine, crease at bottom corner of rear cover. Very Good-. more information

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Longmans, Green, London, (1958), Ist English edition.. 191 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover (red boards with gold lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. B&w illustrations, map. A German perspective on the sinking of the famed battleship 'Bismarck' during World War II. Interior - previous owners name/inf. o. on front pastedown, minor soiling on three pages. Exterior - very light edge wear, tiny bump to top corners of boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small shallow bump to bottom edge of front board. VG. more information

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McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, (1995).. 191 pp, large 8vo 9 1/2" H), hardcover in dust jacket. ISBN 0075516403 B&w photos. Contents: The Indian Mutiny; The Royal Canadian Navy in World War I; The RCN Against Germany (includes: The Newfoundland Escort Force; Paukenschlag; The Mid-Atlan. tic; Mediterranean Duty; Ba ttling the U-Boats; Battles in the Bay (Biscay); Policing the Pipeline to Invasion; Titanic Test for the Tribals; MTB Battles; Corvettes Courageous, etc.); The RCN in Korea. Dust jacket has very light rubbing. This i. s a new, unread book. Fine/Fine. more information

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Friends of English Harbour, Antigua, 1959, revised 3rd edition.. 36 pp, 8 3/8" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w photographs, reproduction, plan. Contents: Foreword; Guide to the Dockyard; The Story of English Harbour; Nelson and English Harbour; Some Tales of the Dockyard; The British Army and English Har. bour; The Dockyard Today; Appendix: Note on Careening. Interior - previous owner's small stamp on inside of front cover and on first page, small area of very tiny dints on first few pages, minor rusting on staples, two pages with tiny foxing mar. k i n margin, small crease at top corner of last few pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft corner crease, light rubbing, and a few tiny marks on rear cover; light soiling mark, a few light rubbing. m a rk s and an area of very tiny dints on front cover. Very Good-. more information

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Model Aeronautical Press, Hemel Hempstead, 1967.. 128 pp, small 4to (10 " H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs and technical drawings. Contents: Ton Class coastal minesweepers; Leander Class frigates; H.M.S. Triumph, escort maintenance ship; Battle Class d. estroyers; Salisbury and Leopard Class frigates; H.M.S. Eagle, aircraft carrier; Commando Carriers Bulwark and Albion; Fourth Class submarine depot ships; Tide Class auxiliary tankers; Ranger Class auxiliary oilers; County Class guided missile de. s t r oyers; H.M.S. Manxman, minesweeper support ship; Daring Class multi-purpose destroyers; Bar Class boom defence vessels; Mull of Kintyre, Point, Head and Fort classes; Fleet supply ships; Ham Class inshore minesweepers; Ford Class seaward defen. ce v es sels; Naval Tugs; Tiger Class cruisers; List of remainder of Royal Navy's ships. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper, very light browning in margins of pages, light browning to edges of textblock. Dust jacket has light to moderat. e r ubb ing , light waterstain at top edge of rear panel, light browning to inside surface. Very Good/Very Good-. more information

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Formac, Halifax, 2004.. 96 pp, large 8vo (9 1/8" H), soft cover. ISBN 088780621X B&w and colour photographs. "In the search for the perfect flying machine, hydrofoils were born. In 1919, Alexander Graham Bell and his young collaborator, Casey Baldwin, broke a world spe. ed record when their hydrofoil prototype, HD4, skimmed across Lake Bras d'Or at 61.5 knots. This book is a complete re-examination of the Canadian research into hydrofoil vessels in the twentieth century. It describes how Baldwin and his colleag. u e s, generously supported by Mabel Bell and under the guidance of the great inventor, built and tested numerous prototypes until they finally succeeded in building a high-speed hydrofoil for the navy. By the end of the Second World War, Canada ha. d th e third largest navy in the world and was set to be at the forefront of anti-submarine warfare. The Bell-Baldwin research was the foundation of the development of a small, fast vessel that could patrol the oceans, protecting the West from the . Co ld War menace. Author John Boileau introduces the team of naval architects and engineers who tested prototypes in Halifax Harbour during the 1950s and 1960s. Their efforts led to HMCS Bras d'Or, the ultra-modern hydrofoil vessel that established. an oth er world record before it was mothballed. Like the Avro Arrow story, 'Fastest in the World' exposes how brilliant innovation is not a guarantee of success for Canadian designers." Fine. more information

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University of B.C. Press, Vancouver, (1982), reprint.. 373 pp, lg 8vo, Hardcover. A tribute to a proud service - surveys the history of the Royal Canadian Navy from its inception in 1910 to its demise in 1968. Papers were originally presented in 1980 at a conference on the history of the RCN. Illus. . with b&w photos and maps. Light edgewear to boards, previous owners bookplate on free front pastedown. Dust jacket has minor edgewear, light rubbing, two small closed tears with wrinkling/scuff at top edge near spine. VG+/VG-. more information

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Ian Allan, London, 1985.. 144 pp, 7 1/4" H, soft cover. ISBN 0711015201 B&w photographs, maps, drawings. Contents: Author's Notice; Introduction to the Royal Navy; Where to see the Royal Navy; The Ships and Aircraft of the Royal Navy; The Organisation of the Royal Navy; . The Historic Royal Navy; The Hidden Royal Navy. Interior - faint cigarette odor, very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear. Very Good. more information

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H.M.C.S. Iroquois Veterans Association, Victoria, B.C., 1993, reprint.. 256 pp, 4to (11" H), soft cover with cerlox binding. This is the reprint edition which was produced by photocopy with permission of the author. Unfortunately the photographs did not reproduce well. "Practically everyone knows of HMS Cossack's mag. nificent exploit in a Norwegian fiord in February 1940 when her crew rescued 299 captive British merchant seamen from the Altmark. Cossack was just one of 27 Tribal Class destroyers which served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian and Canad. i an Navies from 1938 to 1969. They were considered by many to be the finest of their type. The Tribals probably saw more acion over a longer period of time, and over a greater area of the globe, than any other class of destroyer. They took part . in almost every Home Fleet and Mediterranean action, the D-Day operations, the East Indies, the South-West Pacific amphibious landings, the Battle for Leyte Gulf, the surrender of Japan and the Korean War. Technical details are provided, together . wit h lists of commanding officers and pennant numbers, and the ship's crests." Interior - clean with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor corner wear, minor soiling. Very Good+. more information

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William Kimber, London, (1974).. 128 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with cartoons in black, white, blue and red. "Records of World War II are incomplete without a tribute to the 'Fighting Services Title-Abbreviating Department', and the inspired minds t. herein which christened the Women's Royal Naval Service the WRENS. Surely the dedicated brood - such invaluable handmaidens to Britannia in her wave-ruling activities - owes something to such a delightful title. Captain Jack Broome also feels . i n d e bted to the Department for enabling him to call his gay, witty book of illustrated verses about these fledglings 'Services Wrendered'...In their many roles, in dockyards, on parade grounds, driving cars, teleprinters, or motorboats with such. e nt hu si asm and apparent awe for naval tradition, gold braid and authority, there remained that beautifully balanced, built-in, not-so-subservient subservience..." Previous owners name on free front endpaper and on title page, slight color fadi. ng to to edg e of boards and boottrom edge of spine, minor wrinkles at top of spine. Dust jacket has slight browning at edges, minor edgewear/rubbing. VG/VG. more information

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Richmond Publishing, (Richmond, Surrey), 1971. Facsimile reprint of Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, London edition of 1859.. 312 pp + 127 pp appendices, small 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations, maps, tables. "(This book), although surveying at some length the fleets of significant maritime powers, is primarily concerned with a detailed evaluation of the . strength, performance, and administration of the British and French navies and to draw attention to the threat posed by the latter. This reprint of the 1859 edition makes available a work of great interest to the student of naval history in the nin. eteenth century. The author, Hans Busk the younger (1815-1882) was one of the main originators of the volunteer movement in England." Chapters: Introduction; Analysis of the Leipsic Article; Comparison of the Navies of England and France; Navi. e s of Other Nations; Of Steam and the Screw-Propeller; Naval Ports and Arsenals of France; Of Manning the Navy; Naval Tactics and Gunnery, and Modern Improvements in Artillery; The Board of Admiralty; Conclusion; Appendices. Three tiny specs on t. op o f textblock, minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, two very small closed tears with soft crease, minor soiling to rear panel, slight browning to spine. VG/VG. more information

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Victor Gollancz, London, 1983.. 160 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0575032774 Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, plans, elevations, maps. "From the 1690s to the First World War, British maritime power, though often challenge. d, ruled supreme. It was a key factor in the nation's commercial growth which fuelled and underpinned industrial and imperial expansion. Central to the creation and maintenance of that supremacy were the royal dockyards, and the naval hospitals. . Without these there could have been no Royal Navy, and Britain's modern history would have been very different. (This book) concentrates on the period from 1700 to 1900, with particular emphasis on the dockyards built to service the sailing navy. . T hey are rich in naval and architectural history and were industrial centres in England well before the Industrial Revolution. They go far towards explaining how it was that Britain was able to maintain and sustain one of the greatest navies the. w o rld has seen. With numerous illustrations featuring surviving buildings in Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth, Devonport, Harwich, Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Bermuda and Antigua, (this) is a fascinating and important book." Previous owner's small. st am p on front pastedown. Dust jacket has light wrinkling along top edge, light rubbing. Near Fine/Very Good. more information

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Crecy, n.p., (1995),. 236 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN: 0947554556 B&w photographs. "Ordinary seamen far outnumber their officers, yet most naval books are written from the officers' standpoint. In a wide variety of reminiscences the auth. or reconstructs the matelot's life, whether in corvette, battleship or destroyer, or whether as Royal Navy, Reservist, RNVR or Hostilities Only; he writes both of the pleasures of shipboard life and of the often harsh discipline meted out for lap. s e s from the strict naval code. There were happy ships and unhappy ships, lucky ships and unlucky ships, and he instances experiences from them. Throughout the book he links the experiences of the seamen to the great actions of the war taking p. la ce a round them, which are thus seen not from the viewpoint of the captain or admiral but the men who fired the guns, the engineers, etc. Thus we get new perspectives on the Battle of the River Plate, Convoy PQ17, the invasion of Sicily, the Ba. ttl e o f S irte, and many other actions." Includes a Glossary of Lower-deck words and phrases and Appendix: Extracts from King's Rules and Admiralty Regulations 1939 and 1943. Dust jacket has minor edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing and tiny dint. /scu ff o n re ar panel, very small faint sticker pull repair on panel. NF/VG. more information

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Crecy, n.p., (1994), revised and updated edition.. 271 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0947554408 B&w photos, maps. "In 'Petard's' first commission from 1942 to 1944, she sank three submarines, one German, one Italian, and one Japanese. Each sinking was the scene of a f. ierce struggle on the surface with many casualties. Her commission was served mainly in the Eastern Mediterranean, with a short spell with the Eastern Fleet operating out of Ceylon, during which her ship's company were awarded between them two G. C ' s , one GM, two DSO's, four DSC's, six DCM's and several Mentions in Dispatches...besides those actions in which she was engaged, the author (gunnery control officer in 'Petard') describes her working up, her periods of relaxation, and the men w. ho s er ved aboard her. The result is a unique record of what it was like to be in a destroyer on active service at the most critical period in British naval history." This is a new unread book. Fine/Fine. more information

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Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, London, (1976), first edition.. 159 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0246107847 "Until the German U-21 sank the British light cruiser 'Pathfinder' in the early days of the First World War, British submarines had been used only as forward scouts on naval missio. ns. But from that day 'attack' was the watchword of the submariner - and attack they did throughout the two world wars, with such dazzling success that they became one of Britain's most potent tactical weapons...The deeds of many unsung heroes ar. e recorded (in this book), but especially those of the colourful and valiant commanders whose names are etched in history: Commander Max Horton, hero of the Baltic campaign, Lieutenant Commander Martin Nasmith, 'The Terror of the Marmara', Lieuten. an t Commander Wanklyn , who scored a record number of hits in World War Two before his 'Upholder' was tragically lost with all hands aboard; Lieutenants Donald Cameron and B.C.G. Place, who with incredible courage led the highly dangerous midget s. ubm ar ine attack on the famous German battleship 'Tirpitz'. Here is breath-stopping, action-packed true life adventure as only Graeme Cook can tell it." Light cigarette odor, small pencil erasure mark on free front endpaper, minor browning in mar. gins of pages, very light browning to edges of textblock, minor wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light browning at top edge - a few foxing marks at top edge. of f laps . Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Grafton, London, (1988), revised edition.. 335 pp, mass market paperback. B&w illus. "...the fascinating inside story of the secret development and growing sophistication of the western espionage service over the last century and a half. Tracing the unofficial activities of the intelligen. ce network that led to the establishment of the Office of Naval Intelligence in America and the Naval Intelligence Division in Britain in the 1880s, Richard Deacon goes on to examine the technologically advanced systems now in operation, arguing . t h a t submarine-based nuclear weapons are vital to the maintenance of the current nuclear stalemate." Interior - pages browning lightly, previous owners name/date on inside of front cover, otherwise clean with no other ownership marks. Exterior . - ve ry light edge wear, spine flat with one crease, minor browning, minor soiling on bottom of textblock. VG-. more information

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Caxton, London, 2003, reprint.. 320 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 184067430X Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, drawings, maps. "This compelling narrative recounts the 28-year career of HMS Agamemnon, a 64-gun ship of the line. which became one of the most famous vessels of the Royal Navy, commanded between 1793 and 1976 by Nelson, who always referred to her as his favourite ship. For three of the most critical decades of British naval history, Agamemnon was at the cen. t r e of events, fighting at the Battle of the Saintes, Copenhagen and, of course, Trafalgar. Later she served in the West Indies, participating in the Battle of Santo Domingo, and in South American waters until she was wrecked in 1809 in Maldonado. B ay , off the coast of present-day Uruguay. This fascinating account of Agamemnon's career highlights all the significant events of the period and portrays the authentic world of the Nelsonic era." Samll shallow dint to bottom edge of both board. s. Du st jacket has very minor wear at top of rear hinge. Very Good+/Near Fine. more information

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Sunflower University Press, Manhattan, KS, 1994.. 180 pp, large 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0897451767 B&w photographs. "In 1998, Jim Denney began preparing his journal, 'When Duty Called', an account of his impressions and experiences while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. This j. ournal is based on 300 letters that he wrote to his wife Zelma, from April 1944 through June 1945." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - spine slightly twisted, very light edge wear. Very Good. more information

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John Murray, London, 1940, reprint.. 140 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover - no dust jacket. B&w photographs. Contents: The Merchant Navy; The Spirit of the Men; Inward Flow; Keepers of the Gates; Keepers of the Roads; The Little Ships; The Threat from the Air. Light glue discolo. ration on pastedowns, heavy browning to free endpapers, previous owner's name/date on free front endpaper, light foxing mark on page 57, very light browning to pages, binding a little strssed at two places, moderate edge wear, fading to some edg. e s of boards, light soiling, darkening to spine, wear/fraying at top/bottom of spine. Fair. more information

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New English Library, London, 1975.. 174 pp, mass market paperback. "In 1939 the author was a young First Lieutenant of a sloop, and his first mission was to Norway. He gives a vivid account of the suspense and nervous strain of operating in the narrow waters of the twisting fiords u. nder heavy air attack. His next task was escorting East Coast convoys, and his experiences reflect the excitement and danger of this work against the menaces of E-boats, enemy aircraft and mines. After being given command of a new destroyer he . t o o k part in the Anzio landings and further Mediterranean action. He finally participated in the Normandy landings and then moved to the Far East, to help in the relief of Hong Kong and the liberation of British POWs, when the war in Europe was . en de d. Commander Donald's record is of varied, tough and almost incessant action at sea." Interior - very light browning to pages, minor soiling on inside of rear cover, tiny crease at top corner of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no othe. r o wne rsh ip marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, 1" tear at bottom of rear hinge, large corner crease on rear cover, browning to edges of textblock, faint remainder mark on bottom of textblock. Good reading copy only.. more information

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Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, (1998), 2nd printing.. 216 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w photos. "This collection of letters from thirteen midshipmen begins shortly after the founding of the Naval Academy in 1845 and continues into the Vietnam era. It is especially valuable for the light it throws . on life and learning at the nation's premier institution of naval training for more than a century...(the author) introduces the letter-writing mids with brief biographies and photographs and places their letters in the larger context of history. A. glossary of unfamiliar terms is included at the end." Tiny scuff to edge of spine, tiny shallow bump at bottom of front board. Dust jacket has very minor edgewear/rubbing. VG+/VG+. more information

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Society for Nautical Research, Portsmouth, 1993.. 128 pp, 9 1/2" H, soft cover. B&w illustrations. Contents include: Stone Anchors: The Evidence Re-assessed; Some Early Tidal Diagrams; The Navigator as Natural Historian; To Walk the Quarterdeck: The Naval Career of David Ewan Bartholomew; 'One Ha. d to Stiffen One's Upper Lip': The Royal Navy and the Battle of Puerto Plata, 1904; The Development of the Merchant Ship 1880-1990; Scotland and the Atlantic: the Voyage of the 'Jonet' of Leith, December 1611; A Guinea Venture, c.1657: a note on . t h e early English slave trade; Was James Bartley swallowed by a whale?; From Monte Video to Troy: W.L. Byers, Victorian manufacturer and shipowner; 1914 - Task Forces that never were; Devon Seine Net Boats in 1934, etc. Interior - small soft cre. as e at top corner of last half of pages, soft wrinkle at fore-edge of last few pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wrinkling, small soft corner creases on rear cover, small bump at top of spine. . Ver y Goo d. more information

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Society for Nautical Research, Portsmouth, 1991.. Paging runs 101 - 212, 9 9/16" H, soft cover. B&w illustrations. Contents include: Shipmasters in Early Barbados; British Intelligence for the North Atlantic Theatre of the War of Spanish Succession; The Planning and Early Buildings of the West In. dia Docks; The Design of Winches Used at Sea in the 1800s; In Defence of Home Waters: Doctrine and Training in the Canadian Navy During the 1930s; Lord Torrington's Trial; A 'Prussian' Privateer in 1759; Interpreters in the Royal Navy; Skin Boats. , e tc. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing and soiling, minor wrinkle at top edge of front cover and first page, book slightly cocked. Very Good. more information

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Society for Nautical Research, Portsmouth, 1992.. 120 pp, 9 9/16" H, soft cover. B&w illustrations. Contents include: Lord Torrington's Trial: A Rejoinder; River Boats on the 'Carrera del Paraguay', 1776-1810; The Blockade of Brest in the French Revolutionary War; Joseph Whidbey and the Building . of the Plymouth Breakwater; The Loss of the Brig 'Philomela'; Rear Admiral Reginald Custance; Director of Naval Intelligence, 1899-1902; Where Columbus did not find China; Lady Southesk goes to France; Waiting for Orders - the 'Jhelum' in the Falkla. nds 1870-71; Beaching the English coble, etc. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor wrinkling on hinges, tiny bump at top of spine. Very Good. more information

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McClelland & Stewart, (Toronto, 1999), Ist printing.. 342 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0771029292 B&w photographs. "It was probably the most important battle of the Second World War. The German attempt to stem the vital trans-Atlantic flow of men and supplies to Britian would cost. the Allies more than 2,600 merchant ships, 30,000 merchant seamen's lives, 5,000 aircrew, and about 2,500 aircraft. The battle ranged across the ocean: from the waters of the St. Lawrence, throught the treacherous open sea of the North Atlantic,. t o the fjords of N orway and the Bay of Biscay. Spencer Dunmore traces the complete history of the Battle of the Atlantic, giving equal time to all aspects of the conflict: in the air, on the water, and below its surface...tells the story from th. e p erspective of both sides, and includes the first-hand accounts of individual participants, both Allied and German..." Light wrinkling at bottom of spine, remainder mark on bottom of texblock (and at bottom of rear flap on DJ). Dust jacket ha. s ver y light edge wrinkling and minor rubbing. Very Good/Very Good+. more information

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Adlard Coles, London, (1954), repinted second edition.. 159 pp, oblong 24mo. (5" H x 7 3/8" D), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos, profiles. "...portray(s) by drawing and photograph the more important ships belonging to the several Navies which go to make up the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. . At the same time certain units of other Navies have been included by way of comparison...present(s) these N.A.T.O. ships in a straightforward manner, so arranged that even the reader with little technical knowledge will be able to identify the ship. before him with the minimum of time and effort..." Contents: Basic Naval Shapes; Aircraft Carriers; Battleships; Cruisers; Destroyers; Frigates; Submarines; Miscellaneous Types (includes - Minelayers, Minesweepers, Light Torpedo Craft, Depot . S h i p s, Other Types). A few minor foxing marks on preliminaries, light browning to fore-edge of textblock. Dust jacket has light edge wear, light edge browning, tiny chips at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light fading to color on spine an. d fl ap -f olds, minor soiling. VG/VG-. more information

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Dundurn Press, Toronto, (1995).. 364 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1550022172 B&w photos, maps. "...offers a colourful and thoroughly researched account of Canada's silent service, from its unexpected inauguration in British Columbia on the first day . of the Great War to its uncertain future today. After describing the activities of the submarine service during and after World War I, (the author) details the careers of the Canadians who served with distinction in British submarines in all theatr. es of World War II. She goes on to examine the modern era, from the rebirth of the service in the 1960s to the present, and provides little-known information about the controversial Conservative initiative for nuclear-powered submarines in 1987. . A bove all, this vivid account celebrates the individuals who dedicated and in some instances gave their lives to Canada's submarine service." Small water stain and waviness from dampness at bottom corner of textblock, very light browning to pages. , browning to fore-edge and top of textblock, faint watermark along bottom edge of front board, tiny bump at top/bottom of rear hinge, wavy faint water mark down rear board, very small light stain on front board, small faint water stain on top of t. e xt block. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling at top of spine and flap-folds, very light rubbing, wavy dye/water stain done inside surface of rear panel. Good/Very Good-. more information

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Methuen, Toronto, (1985), 1st. editionn.. 143 pp, small 4to (10 1/4"), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0458992305 The Royal Canadian Navy was born on May 4, 1910 when the Canadian government passed the Naval Services Act. During WWII, Canada grew from a 'Five trawler navy' to the third l. argest in the world. After WWII, it dwindled to a small, ineffective force. This book is a tribute to the RCN's 75th anniversary. Very minor edge rubbing, minor waviness to fore-edge of textblock. Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at top of spi. n e and bottom of front hinge, very light browning on spine and on rear hinge area. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1976, book club edition.. 320 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "Almost as soon as the smoke had settled at Lexington and Concord, the American Revolution was being fought on the sea as well as on land. A fragile and disunited coalition of. thirteen colonies, embarking on a war with a great naval power, began to build a navy for the 'preservation of the lives, liberty and property of the good people of these Colonies'. (This book) provides a vivid and authoritative history of how th. e new American nation set about its task. Americans have always been a sea-minded people, and even before the Declaration of Independence was signed, the Congress resolved to build a strong navy. The maritime skills of New England and the timber,. p itch and turpentine of the colonies had made them a major resource for the British navy; this resource the Americans now turned toward their own ends. Fowler describes how a small group of delegates to Congress, led by John Adams and strongly su. ppo rted by Washington, labored to form a powerful fighting fleet. He describes the difficulty of enlisting men for the navy (they preferred to sail on privateers where they could reap rich rewards from capturing enemy vessels), the jockeying for c. omma nd by captains, the building of ships in shipyards all up and down the coast. The fledgling navy made some terrible blunders - most notably the disastrous Penobscot expedition which cost the Americans dearly - but it also enjoyed moments of gr. eat g lory, particularly under its greatest commander, John Paul Jones. Fowler describes both the failures and the successes, and he surveys the story not just of the navy itself but of the privateers and merchant ships that fought alongside it." . Light wrinkling and edge wear at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has slight edge browning on inside, light wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, 1985, reprint.. 32 pp, 10 3/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, maps, drawings, diagrams. A brief history of the WWII German submarine U-505, its capture by U.S. Navy Task Group 22.3, its transfer to the M. useum of Science and Industry in Chicago and a description of the ship itself. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light to moderate rubbing - with slight color loss including tiny speck on front cover, very . l i g ht edge wear, minor soiling, light creases on covers at spine. Very Good-. more information

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HarperCollins, New York, 1998, first edition.. 492 pp, large 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0060178191 B&w photographs. "In May 1943, Allied sea and air forces won a stunning, dramatic, and vital victory over the largest and most powerful submarine force ever sent to sea, sin. king forty-one German U-boats and damaging thirty-seven others. It was the forty-fifth month of World War II, and by the end of May the Germans were forced to acknowledge defeat and recall almost all of their remaining U-boats from the major traff. i ce lanes of the North Atlantic. At U-Boat Headquarters in Berlin, despondent naval officers spoke of 'Black May'. It was a defeat from which the German U-boat fleet never recovered. 'Black May' is a triumph of scholarship and narrative, an impo. rt ant work of history, and a great sea story. (The author) has done enormous research and produced the most thoroughly documented study ever done of these battles. In his compelling historical saga, the people are as significant as the technical . inf ormation. Given the strategic importance of the events of May 1943, it is natural to ask, How did Black may happen and why? Who or what was responsible? Were new Allied tactics adopted or new weapons employed? This book answers those questio. ns a nd many others. Drawing on original documents in German, British, U.S., and Canadian archives, as well as interviews with surviving participants, Gannon describes the exciting sea and air battles, frequently taking the reader inside the U-boat. s the mselves, aboard British warshps, onto the decks of torpedoed merchant ships, and into the cockpits of British and U.S. aircraft. Throughout, Gannon tells the Black May story from both the German and Allied perspectives, often using the actual. words of captains and crew. Finally he allows the reader to 'listen in' on secretly recorded conversations of captured U-boat men in POW quarters during the same incredible month, giving intimate and moving access to the thoughts and emotions of . seamen that is unparalleled in naval literature." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, small slight bump at top edge of front board and at top of rear hinge, minor brownng ar some edges, short remainder mark on bottom of text block. Dust jacket. has mi nor edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, three small marks (color pencil) on inside surface. Very Good/Very Good+. more information

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Joseph Gilbey, Hillsburgh, Ontario, 1999.. 224 pp, large 8vo (9" H), soft cover. ISBN 0968599400 INSCRIBED AND DATED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. B&w photographs, map. Contents: Honor Bound; Langsdorff's Mission; Commence Hostilities; A Gentleman Raider; Friends at War; Heading Home; Action!. The Battle of the River Plate; Serious Damage; Hello, Montevideo; Needs Fourteen Days; Report to Berlin; 72-Hour Deadline; Berlin's Orders; British Tactics; Fight Or Scuttle?; Protest!; Auf Wiedersehen, Graf Spee; They Also Serve; Requiem; No Othe. r Way; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slight curl to covers, minor dint and soiling on bottom of text block. Very Good. more information

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Putnam, London, 1965, first British edition.. 248 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover (dark blue boards with silver lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. B&w photographs, maps. Contents: Editor's Preface; Reflections Over my Diary; The Long-awaited Surprise, June 1941; A Calculated Risk, June 1941. ; Mistakes Notwithstanding, July-August 1941; A Shot for Victory, September-December 1941; On the External Route, September 1941-June 1942; The Story of PQ 17, July 1942; A Rebuff to the Scheer, August-September 1942; The Fight off Kanin Nos, Sep. t e m ber 1942; The Tragedy of the Sokrushitelny, October-December 1942; Submarine Exploits, December 1942-September 1943; Summoned to Moscow, October 1943; The Convoy Proceeds in Silence, October-November 1943; The End of the Scharnhorst, November-. De ce mb er 1943; On the Arctic Communications, January-October 1944; An Example to Posterity, September-December 1944; Standing Astride the Sea, May-June 1945; A Postscript; Index. Previous owners bookplate on front endpaper, faint erased pencil m. ark s o n f ree front endpaper, very light rubbing on boards, two very small dints to top edge of front board, rear board fore-edge extends beyond edge of front board 1/8". VG-. more information

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Vanwell, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2001.. 255 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1551250586 B&w photographs, reproductions, maps/battle plans, colour plates. " 'HMCS Haida's story is an account of sharp-end war; of Canada's naval experience in Murmansk convoys and Briti. sh Home Fleet protection; in English Channel operations, when Canadian and British naval units swept the German naval ensign from the seas; in the destruction of a U-boat, and in the liberation of Trondheim, Norway. Haida was always in on the act. i o n. She sank more enemy military tonnage than any other Canadian vessel. Haida's finest days were during the intense naval operations leading up to D-Day, when, with her sisters Huron and Iroquois and the ill-fated Athabaskan, with British and . Po li sh men of war, she engaged German destroyers, torpedo boats, minesweepers and others - and never lost. She vigorously carried the war to the enemy at great risk. Her postwar career including two tours in the Korean theatre displays the same . bra ve purpose in her officers and men, trained professionals and dedicated sailors. Barry Gough has written a new chapter in Canadian naval annals, showing that the best equipment brings forth the best results when good fortune and superb seamansh. ip a nd weapons handling are matched in equal measure - Haida's illustrious story." Very minor edge wear at bottom of flap-folds, minor rubbing. Fine/Near Fine. more information

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Canadian Naval Memorial Trust / Robin Brass Studio, Toronto, 2003.. 252 pp, oblong 8vo (8" H x 10" D), soft cover. ISBN 189694132X B&w photographs, drawings, maps, reproductions. "This is the story of a forgotten service. During the Second World War the Royal Canadian Navy expanded from a tiny force of ten warshi. ps in 1939 to the third largest Allied navy by 1945. The RCN's primary wartime role was convoy escort in the North Atlantic, and Canadian warships served in this grim theatre, where the weather was an enemy almost as dangerous as the U-boats, for . n early six years. (It) is the story of the Canadian navy and its important contribution to Allied victory in the Battle of the Atlantic - the most crucial battle of the Second World War. Much of this fascinating saga is presented through personal. a ccounts of 65 eyewitnesses - British, Canadian, German....sailors, submariners and merchant seamen - who participated in the Second World War's longest operation. (It) contains nearly 200 photographs, drawings, maps, graphics and ship profiles w. hic h bring to life with compelling immediacy the grim but courageous struggle to preserve the sea lanes of freedom between 1939 and 1945." Interior - previous owner's small label and tiny mark on half-title page, otherwise clean and tight with no. oth er ownership marks. Exterior - slight curl at fore-edge of covers, small soft crease on front cover. Very Good. more information

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Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, (1989), 2nd printing.. 396 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Tables and maps. "Indivdual essays provide general theories of maritime strategy, histories of seapower in action from the Peloponnesian wars onward, and contemporary views of the strategic uses of nav. ies in both the West and the East...not only captures the complexity of maritime strategies and operations but points to important constants useful to today's policy makers." Minor soiling to top of textblock, small area of excess glue on bottom. o f textblock, minor edge wear to boards. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, light to moderate rubbing to glossy surfaces - no color loss. VG/VG-. more information

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New English Library, (London, 1974), reprint.. 191 pp, mass market paperback. "The sceptics called it 'Tin Can Warfare' - but the men who served in the British Submarine Service in the First World War captured the public's imagination to as great a degree as the Battle of Britain pilots in 1940. . Primitive and unreliable, the early crafts were in many ways a greater hazard to their crews than were the enemy. But the submariners, by their bravery, daring and skill, carved an imperishable place for themselves in the annals of British Na. v a l warfare." Interior - pages browned, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - edges of textblock browned, tiny dint on edge of rear cover, minor edge wear. VG. more information

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McGill-Queen's University Press, Kingston, (1985), Ist ed.. 360 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0773505849 German submarines penetrated Canadian waters during the Second World War to within 172 miles of Quebec City. They sank ships, landed spies, laid mines, built an automated weather . station, undertook forays to rescue escaped German POW's, and forced the Canadian government to close the St. Lawrence River and Gulf to Allied shipping. Hadley focuses on the exploits of the U-boats and the Canadian response. Christmas gift inscr. iption on verso of half-title page, minor edge wear, minor wrinkling at bottom of spine, one tiny corner bump. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine, very light rubbing minor browning at top of flaps. Very Goo. d / Very Good. more information

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Vanwell, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2000, first Canadian edition.. 208 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1551250330 B&w photographs. "The development and operations of Allied convoys has never been so well described as in this new book. Arnold Hague, a retired naval officer and longtime resea. rcher on the staff of the Historical Section of the Ministry of Defence, has assembled what is probably the largest collection of convoy records in existence and from these he has written a work that is the most comprehensive and detailed available.. This wide-ranging work explains how the convoy system was organized and what provisions were made for its protection; there are descriptions and illustrations of escorts, escort oilers, rescue ships, salvage tugs, and escort aircraft carriers; the. tactics and weapons of the U-boat war are explained; and a huge appendix lists every North Atlantic-related convoy, with sailing and arrival dates, points of departure and arrival, number of vessels involved and number lost. There is also an inval. uable index of ships lost. This remarkable reference work fills a significant gap in the literature of the Second World War and is an essential work for all those with an interest in how the war was won on the lonely wastes of the world's oceans .". Fine/Fine. more information

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Vanwell, St Catharines, Ontario, 1995.. 272 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H), soft cover. ISBN 1551250160 B&w photographs. "Compared to the well-published achievements of the Navy, Army and Air Force, an ocean of silence surrounds the long-gone Canadian Merchant Navy. And yet, Canada operated. the wartime world's fourth largest Merchant Navy, almost all of it built in Canadian shipyards. Robert Halford provides an in-depth look at the Merchant Navy from its glorious beginnings to its unceremonious dissolution. During wartime, the mer. c h ant seamen were the heroes of the 1939-1945 war, the fourth arm of the Services. By 1948 they had undergone a quick image change, transformed from heroes to anonymous troublemakers hindering the shipping industry. 'The Unknown Navy' endeavours. t o throw light on the Merchant Navy's important contribution to the Allied cause during World War II." Interior - small corner crease on page 39, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - minor wear at corners of covers. , a f ew soft creases at bottom corner of front cover, very light rubbing to covers. Very Good. more information

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George Allen & Unwin / Navy Records Society, London, 1980, first edition.. 468 pp, 8vo (9" H), hard cover in dust jacket. VOLUME II ONLY. ISBN 0049421654 B&w frontispiece, 2 maps. "Admiral Keyes's correspondence with leading naval personalities sheds light on a variety of naval, military and diplomatic problems during . the inter-war period. These include the struggle over control of the Fleet Air Arm, the Jutland Controversy, the Invergordon Mutiny and its aftermath, and both the Washington Naval Conference and the Lausanne Conference. There are interesting lett. ers to Keyes from friends describing the situation in the Baltic, 1919-20, and China in the 1920s. Of particular interest is an interview with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934; an account of a naval exercise in the Mediterranean simulatin. g t he reinforcement of Singapore in the event of war with Japan; and a contingency plan for forcing the Dardenelles in the event of war with Turkey over the Mosul question. There are discussions of the writing of the official histories of the war. , l et ters from a former Austrian naval officer on Adriatic matters and, of course, lots of revealing comments on the personalities (and feuds) of leaders of the time: Churchill, Trenchard, Beatty, Jellicoe, Chatfield and others. The letters are a. s fa sci nating to the general reader as they are essential to the student of the period...." Very light erased pencil marks on free front endpaper; minor mark on bottom of textblock; very light dampstain along bottom of front board, at bottom of r. ea r h inge and a small area at top of both boards; light liquid stain on top of textblock; very light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine; slight minor bump at corners. Dust jacket has discoloration/damp marks at edges, heavy fading to spine, light . fai ding on p arts of panels, 2" closed tear archivally taped - two other small tears, light rubbing, light wear at top of spine and flap-folds. Good/Fair. more information

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Vanwell, St. Catharines, Ontario, (1995), 1st. paperback edition.. 132 pp, 4to (11" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos, reproductions. Contents: The Navy that went to War; The Miracle on Land - Building the Ships; Ocean Killing Grounds - The Convoys; Two Canadian Navy Families in the War; The . WRENs, God Bless 'Em; The U-Boats and their Crews - Bravery and Fatalism; Winding Down and Going Home; Looking Back on Wartime Friendships; Select Bibliography. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edg. e wear. NF. more information

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