Search Results: Authors starting with J from G. L. GREEN LTD

1994 1 Maps. 34 Illus. 85 Pages. 15 x 21cms. Paper Covers. V/G. A collection of 50 of the author's letters to his family January 1956 to December 1957. HMS Corruna in the Mediterranean. An insight into the contemporary Royal Navy from the Lower Deck and as it happened. postage will be reduced as light item

1978 191 Pages. 18 x 23cms.good in D/W Contributors include A. Raven, P. Hodges, H. Batchelor, L. Sowinski, Over 100 illus. sketches, drawings, plans. Biblio.

1898 23 x 15cms. 2 Vols. Vol. 1 frontis missing, first few pages stained. Vol. 2 bookplate, spine little weak. Covers little worn & marked. With a history of Rise of England as Maritime Power. Vol.1: 7 Appends. include: Authorities for Hawkins' Third Voyage, Authorities for Voyage of Circumnavigation, Drake's Plunder, Drake's Arms. 11 illus. 436 pp. Vol.2: 4 Appends. include: Authorities forIndies Voyage 1585, for Armada Campaign & for Indies Voyage 1595. Index. 20 illus. (11 fold- out). 488 pp. Bound blue & gilt cloth with gilt motifs to front covers

1968 1 Maps. 4 Illus. 88 Pages. 15 x 20cms. Good. A Journal kept aboard H.M.S. Fly 1868/9. Introduction by "Wacelet" Experiences aboard a Gun-Boat at later stage of supression of Slave Trade on West Coast of Africa. End-paper maps. 20 sketches. Fold-out plan of H.M.S. Fly. Notes. Index. Card covers. PLEASE NOTE Pages 45, 46, 48 and 49 blank. Photocopies of missing printed inserted otherwise v/g. 2 fold-out plans of hms fly.

1956 224 Pages. 13 x 18cms. A little foxing. Good in D/W Based on the play by H.Hastings. "Hazardous duties" at Scapa Flow after the Korean War. Lower deck humour at it's best, but poignant

1854 388 Pages. 16 x 26cms. Re-bound cloth, firm. Please Note the 3 engravings are missing. Otherwise Good.Third Edition. Principles & Practical Operations, the Mode of Forming & Combining Made-Masts. 'Instructions for the whole class of duties connected with fitting the Masts & Yards to all descriptions of Ships in the R.N. as well as to most dscriptions of Vessels in the private service.' Tables. 3 copperplate engravings.

1854 337 Pages. 16 x 26cms. Third Edition. Principles & Practical Operations, the Mode of Forming & Combining Made-Masts. 'Instructions for the whole class of duties connected with fitting the Masts & Yards to all descriptions of Ships in the R.N. as well as to most dscriptions of Vessels in the private service.' Tables. NOTE THIS IS ONLY 1 VOLUME. POSSIBLE ORIGINAL BINDING. VERY WORN. HALF BOUND LEATHER AND BROWN CLOTH. COVERS WORN SPINE LOOSE. FLY PAGES TORN. PARTLY DISBOUND. TEXT A LITTLE LOOSE.

1851 58 Illus. 415 Pages.ends with appendix. 15 x 25cms. Covers worn. Firm. Grubby in parts With an introdutory dissertation on the application of mathematical science to the art of naval construction. 16 append. in form of abstracts on lists of numbers of warships built British, French, Swedish, Danish & French. Detailed exposition of shipsbuilt, design & materials used & architectural developments set against historical background of actual naval battles & actions. 58 illustrative plates.ALL MISSING EXCEPT 3. THIS COPY IN VERY POOR CONDITION. EX-LIB CANCELLED FLY PAGE STAMPS. COVERS DISBOUND, DISCOLOURED FROM DAMP. ORIIGNAL COVERS. FRONTIS. TEXT REASONABLY GOOD EXCEPT BEGININNING PAGES PAPER BROWNED. BACK PAGES ALSO BROWNED. READING COPY ONLY.

1950 5 Maps. 96 Illus. 173 Pages. 13 x 20cms. Good in slightly torn d/w 1964 ed.narrative of shipwrecks where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. Shipwreck List by alphabetical ship name. Shipwreck chart. Index.

1972 132 Pages. 15 x 23cms. Good in D/W Reprint of the 1859 edition.

London Stamp Company Reprint, 1901 Pull out map South African War 1899-1900. Title page missing from reprint. Introductory by Cdr. Chas W. Robinson. 305pages. Pull out maps. Illus. Bound blue leather Reprint edition.

1957 356 Illus. 194 Pages. 20 x 28cms. V/G in D/W. Many aspects covered with introduction to each section. Good captions to each illus. End-Paper maps. Index.

1886 456 Pages. 14 x 22cms. Covers a little worn and marked. Spine rather weak. A little foxing. A compilation of letters mainly taken from Sir H. Nicholas 'The Letters and Despatches of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson.' Includes some corrections, with some items from other printed sources and the Public Record Office. Introduction and Index.

1916 187 Pages. 13 x 18cms. In torn D/W. Spine weak. Paper browning. pages loose. Brief contemporary description of the Royal Navy during WW1.

1972 434 Pages. 15 x 23cms. Good in torn & partly missing D/W, Golden era of great Atlantic Liners from the Mauretania to the France & QE2. Nearly 200 b/w illus. Endpaper map. Index.UK EDITION. page edges grubby

1993 38 Illus. 299 Pages. 15 x 20cms. V/G in D/W as new . The chronological fortunes of the Thames Tug Companies. Includes long ocean tows. Fleet Lists with details & additional small illus of Tugs belonging to William Watkins; Gamecock; Elliott; Gravesend; W.H. Alexander Gaselee; P.L.A. Ship Towage (London);Alexandra Towing; Reef; Tilbury.

1984 288 Pages. 18 x 25cms. Ed. John Roberts. contents include: King George V Class Battleships (4 parts), Prinz Eugen, T Class Submarines, Tribal Class Frigates, 18" Gun in Brit. Monitors, Guns of the Ironclads. Illus. Each quarterly contains 72p. Good in D/W

1894 824 Pages. 15 x 25cms. Second Edition.1894.From it's organisation to the surrender of it's last vessel.The engagements fought in the rivers and harbours of the South,and upon the High Seas.Blockade running,first use of Iron-clads and torpedoes, and Privateer History.ListsUnited States Vessels destroyed by Confederate Cruisers.Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Provisional Navy of the Confederate States. Index.85 diagrams sketches plans portraits and illus.

1970 420 Illus. 314 Pages. 23 x 28cms. covers little marked Details development. Biblio. Index.

1925 1 Illus. 308 Pages. 13 x 18cms. Good An Introduction to the Diary together with a Sketch in his Later Life. Frontis portrait. Biographical summary. Index.