Military - Naval

Macmillan, New York, 1961, first American edition.. 184 pp, 8vo (8 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w plates, maps/battle plans. "The Glorious First of June, 1794, the first full-scale naval battle in the war with Revolutionary France, is remembered with honour, even though, strategically, i. t was not successful. Lord Howe defeated Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse, took six ships of the line, and sank 'Le Vengeur', without losing a single British ship, but a precious convoy, the cause of the action, reached France in safety. Although French. s acrifice had not been in vain, Howe had shown that, in general combat, the British navy was incomparable....(This) is the only extensive account of the fight, and of Lord Howe's methods as an admiral, to have been written during the past century.. . .. In an Epilogue, Mr. Warner considers the subject of Sovereign's honours and awards to the Royal Navy, in which a particular sense derived from royal recognition of Howe's victory. Mr. Warner at one time served as Secretary to the Admiralty Com. mi tte e on awards in time of war, and his account is authoritative." Previous owner's small stamp on each of the front endpapers, very light edge wear, small bump at top edge of rear board. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light edge wear/wrinkl. ing at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Sphere, London, (1983).. 150 pp, mass market paperback. "The crucial missions of the SBS are hidden in even deeper secrecy than those of the SAS, but from their earliest days in World War II the SBS have played a lethal undercover role in countless battles. In the Falklan. ds War they made perilous reconnaissance missions into the closely-guarded occupied islands. They burrowed deep inside enemy-held territory, gathering crucial intelligence information and striking when least expected. Here is the full inside st. o r y of the highly-trained fighting men who have become one of Britain's most powerful and deadly weapons - the SBS." Interior - very light browning to pages, a few tiny corner creases, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Ex. te ri or - minor edge wear, soft crease on front cover, two light crease and tiny scuff on spine, edges of textblock lightly browned. VG. more information

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Prentice-Hall, Ontario, (1985).. 222 pp., 8vo., Ist ed., HC/DJ. A first person account of the little known struggle by Royal Canadian personnel stationed in Halifax to help keep the Allied Merchant Navy afloat during the darkest days of WWII's Battle of the Atlantic. Illustrated.. Bottom corner of rear board bumped and wrinkled, light edgewear to boards causing some loss of color at top and bottom near spine. Dj has slight wrinkle to corner of bottom rear panel. VG/NF. more information

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Navy Records Society / Temple Smith, Aldershot, 1988.. 380 pp, 8vo (9" H), hard cover (blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, gold emblem on front board) - no dust jacket. B&w frontispiece, maps. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Letters and Papers: The Origins and Original Purposes of the . Expedition, August-October 1588; Preparations in England, October-December 1588; Sir John Norris in the United Provinces, October-December 1588; The Troops ordered to the Ports, December 1588-January 1589; Mounting Costs, December 1588-February 1589. ; Difficulties and Delays, January-February 1589; Orders, Instructions, and Proposals, January-March 1589; Contrary Winds and Financial Problems, March-April 1589; The Earl of Essex joins the Expedition, April 1589; Operations at Corunna, April-Ma. y 1589; First Reactions at Home, May 1589; Operations in Portugal, May-June 1589; Return and Disbanding, June-July 1589; Recollections and Reflections, July 1589 onwards; The Hanseatic Prizes and the Dutch Flyboats; Making up the Accounts; Appendic. es : Lists of ships and their officers; Army lists; Wingfield's date for the entry into Lisbon suburbs; The dating of Drake's letter of June 2; An earlier visit to Santander?; List of Letters and Papers and their Sources; Index. Light wrinkling at. to p/ bottom of spine, very light rubbing to boards, heavy bump to fore-edge of rear board - migrates into last few pages slightly, slight bump to corners of boards, small bump to top edge of front board. Good+. more information

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Vanwell, St. Catharines, Ontario, 1989.. 160 pp, small 4to (10 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0920277500 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, drawings. "For almost their whole history, large passenger steamers have been called up in time of war for use as. troopships, auxiliary cruisers, hospital ships, commerce raiders, depot ships and aircraft carriers. As they lacked the resilience of purpose-built warships, emphasis was laid on reducing their vulnerability by passive methods such as special low. - visibility paint schemes and, eventually, scientifically devised camouflage. (This book) traces the history of special markings for liners from the Boer War to the Falklands campaign, covering all protective schemes (concealment, confusion, disr. up tion, disguise and deception) and accentuation colourings (neutrality markings and Red Cross schemes). In addition, numerous miscellaneous paint schemes and other decoy practices are identified. The superb collection of photographs gives, where. ver possible, at least one illustration of each scheme and often many more. The work of the official camouflage section is emphasised, and in a series of appendices the official US and British colour schemes for both World Wars are listed, along w. ith a glossary of terms, based on the official World War II original prepared for the Admiralty by the General Electric Company." Small bump to top corner of textblock. bump at top corner of boards, tiny bump at bottom corners of boards, bump at to. p of spine. Dust jacket has creasing at top of spine and at top/bottom of flap-folds, crease down middle of rear panel along with a few soft wrinkles. Good+/Good+. more information

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Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1999.. 128 pp, large 8vo (9 11/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 155750296X "This beautifully illustrated guide to the history of flags at sea deals with all the major naval powers during the Age of Sail and describes how flags were used for the all-important fun. ctions of identification and signalling. The subject is one which has been obscured by curious myth and misunderstanding about where, when and why certain flags - like the piratical 'Jolly Roger' - were flown, and this book's clear narrative unrav. e ls these issues. It also tackles such apparently complicated issues as signalling in peace and war. The profusion of illustrations give a superb degree of detail demanded by modelmakers, artists and historians. Many of these come from beautiful. c ontemporary flag charts and paintings; others are specially commissioned." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very minor edge wear, light soiling on bottom of text block.. Very Good. more information

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Macmillan, Toronto, 1919, Ist ed.. 301 pp, sm 8vo, hardcover - no dust jacket. Divided into three sections: Book I, The Rowing Age, covering from the beginning of war on the water to King Henry VIII's first promise of a sailing fleet in 1545; Book II, The Sailing Age, Drake to Nels. on, 1585-1805; Book III, The Age of Steam & Steel, to the Great War, 1914-1918. Interior - previous owners name and date on free front endpaper, soft crease across first 110 pages, light browning to pages, scattered light stains on enpapers and. s o m e pages, short tear and corner crease on free rear endpaper, Exterior - moderate/heavy edge wear and rubbing to boards, tiny hole in front board, light wrinkle at top/bottom of spine. Good reference copy only.. more information

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Privately published, High River, Alberta, 1979.. 260 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Sepiatone photographs. "(Canadian) Prairie boys on the lower decks played a big part in the '39-'45 North Atlantic War. It was the greatest experience of their lives....being hollered at by big b. urly instructors, having to learn which is their left and which is their right foot, how to sling a hammock and how to get in one without upsetting it. They saw for the first time those vast bodies of water, cruisers, corvettes, mine-sweepers, ba. t t lships, etc., and learned how to get up on deck, to lean over the rail when they felt a meal coming up, also how to dress to stand the cold and wet of a four-hour watch at sea. 'Praire Boys Afloat' tells all and George Zarn captures us again as. h e gives us a peek at the navy with their pants down." Minor rubbing on spine, tiny speck on fore-edge of textblock. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light rubbing. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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University of Toronto Press, Toronto, (1989), Ist ed.. 209 pp, lg 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. How admirals, scientists and politicians impeded the development of high technology in Canada's wartime navy. The reasons were diverse - the limited pre-war infrastructure, poor leadership, nav. al conservatism, inadequate international technical liaison and the Admiralty's refusal to give reasonable assistance to the Canadian effort. Illus with b&w photos. Very light edge wear to boards. Dust jacket is heavily sun-faded at spine with. w h ite lettering just visible, very light edge wear/wrinkling, minor rubbing. VG+/VG-. more information

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