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Bennett, Geoffrey. Preface by Rodney M. Bennett. NAVAL BATTLES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
Penguin, London, 2001, reprint.
310 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H), soft cover. ISBN 0141390875 B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "With the call to action stations of August 1914, the Royal Navy faced its greatest test since the time of Nelson. Geoffrey Bennett's classic history of the Great War at sea combines graphic and stirring accounts of all the principal naval engagements - battles overseas, in home waters and, for the first time, under the sea - with analysis of the strategy and tactics of both sides. He bring the s e s e a battles dramatically to life, and confirms the Allied navies' vital contribution to victory. In his words, 'Though the titantic struggle on the Western Front dominated the strategy of the Allies, it was their Navies, of which the Britis h wa s i mm ea surably the strongest, that in the end brought Germany to her knees.' Illustrated with maps, plans and contemporary photographs, this detailed, immaculately researched account is the authoritative history of an often overlooked but hu gel y imp ort ant aspect of the First World War." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light crease down spine, very light edge wear, minor small scuff on fore-edge of text block, small area of sticker remova l m arks o n re ar c over . Very Good-
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Bridgland, Tony. SEA KILLERS IN DISGUISE: THE STORY OF THE Q-SHIPS AND DECOY SHIPS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1999.
274 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 155750895X B&w photographs, maps. "Some may feel that disguising a well-armed ship as a harmless merchantman is not exactly fair play; others could counter that if both sides are emplo ying such ruses de guerre then that makes it all right. Whatever the rights and wrongs, that is just what both the British and German navies were doing during the First World War, and (the author) gives a fascinating account of the activities an d a dventures of the ships and their crews employed in this highly unconventional form of warfare. Though by its very nature this was an earnest and lethal game, it seems to have been played with a remarkable degree of good humour and chivalry by bo t h sides. Some of the incidents (described have) the elements of farce, with heavy emphasis on surprise and disguise. The latter was not confined to the ships themselves but, on occasion, involved the crews using a variety of fancy dress to ac hie ve t heir deadly aim. As befits its subject matter, (this) is a serious work of naval history and tells of remarkable feats of endurance, leadership and daring." Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, very mino r ru bbi ng. Fine/Near Fine
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Dixon, T.B. (Thomas Benjamin). Foreword by Admiral Sir John Bush. Introduction by Rose Dixon. THE ENEMY FOUGHT SPLENDIDLY. BEING THE 1914-1915 DIARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE FALKLANDS & ITS AFTERMATH BY SURGEON T.B. DIXON R.N.V.R. OF HMS KENT.
Blandford Press, Poole, 1983, first edition.
96 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0713713267 Map endpapers, b&w photographs, reproductions, ship profiles. "This, the 1914-1915 diary of Thomas Benjamin Dixon, is a well-observed and compassionate account of the first year of World War I as seen through the eyes of a young naval surgeon who in later life rose to the rank of Surgeon Captain and was appointed honorary physician to the King. T.B. Dixon's diary of life at sea includes an eye-witness account of the Ba t t l e o f the Falklands, in which Dixon's ship H.M.S. Kent chased and then sank the Nurnberg after a running battle, and a description of the subsequent gruelling search for the German light cruiser Dresden and her destruction by H.M.S. Kent at J ua n Fe rn a nd ez on 14 March 1915." Faint erased pencil marks on free front end paper. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, small ghost sticker mark on front panel. Near Fine/Very Good
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Gray, Edwin. A DAMNED UN-ENGLISH WEAPON: THE STORY OF BRITISH SUBMARINE WARFARE.
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 N a 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
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Gray, Edwyn A. THE KILLING TIME: THE U-BOAT WAR 1914-18.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972, book club edition.
241 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w plates. "The explosion which followed Kapitanleutnant Schweiger's curt order to fire on the afternoon of 7 May 1915 far exceeded even his most fervid imaginings. For the torpedo which streake d away from U 20 in response to his command sent to the bottom of the sea the liner Lusitania and with her 1,195 innocent men, women and children, many of them citizens of neutral America and the howl of indignation which followed this cold-bl o o d e d atrocity resounded throughout the world...(The author) looks at the German side of the picture and in the process raises some very topical moral issues. When two countries are at war is it to be total or limited war and, if the latter, w ho i s to d e fine the limits? The problem was to bedevil the German Submarine Service throughout the First World War as the Kaiser and his Admirals weighed and reweighed the effects of the British blockade against the value of American neutralit y a nd no in cid en t, except perhaps the invasion of Belgium, more clearly defined the problem than the sinking of the Lusitania. Edwyn Gray tells the exciting story of those extraordinarily brave submariners, some like Schweiger, utterly ruthles s, o the rs the very pa ragon of chivalry. Given the facts the reader is left ot make his own judgement as to the ethics of their behaviour..." Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, has large light waterstai n at bott om of r ear f lap- fold/rear panel, light wear at top/bottom of spine and flap-fold has been colored in with black dye or ink. Very Good/Very Good-
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Gray, Edwyn A. THE KILLING TIME: THE U-BOAT WAR 1914-18.
Pan, London, 1975.
244 pp, mass market paperback. ISBN 0330242857 B&w plates. "The thrilling story of the Kaiser's intrepid sea-wolves who brought Britain within a hair's breadth of surrender. It is a savage record of the bitter fighting which centred around them, their triumphs and disasters, their heroisms and barbarities. It is a also a testament to the compassion shown by many officers and crew and to the brutality of those who remained ruthless to their violent and bloody end." Interior - modera t e b r o wning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, moderate browning to edges of text block. Very Good
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Hoehling, A.A. THE GREAT WAR AT SEA: A HISTORY OF NAVAL ACTION 1914-18.
Arthur Barker, London, 1965.
336 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "Written with crisp authority, in a tense, documentary style (this book) presents an unforgettable picture of the battles, the ships, and the fighting men who se blood reddened the seven seas though more than four flaming years of the Great War....(It) ranges over all the world's oceans, from the ice-filled waters of the Arctic to the remote coaling stations of the southern seas. It tells of the mi g h t y l ine of battleships and cruisers whose collision at Jutland resulted in the war's vastest engagement. It describes the revolutionary entry of the dreaded submarine onto the naval scene with the exploits of Kapitanleutnant Otto Weddingen's U -9 a ga i ns t a trio of British cruisers in the North Sea. And it supplies a possible solution to one of the great maritime mysteries of all time - the baffling disappearance at sea of the collier Cyclops." Light edge wear, light wrinkling at to p/b ott om of sp ine, light rubbing, two tiny and one small corner bump. Dust jacket has chips and tears with old tape repairs, light edge wear/wrinkling, light rubbing, crease down front flap. Very Good-/Fair
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Hough, Richard. THE GREAT WAR AT SEA, 1914-1918.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1983, first edition.
353 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0192158716 B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "(The author) describes the years leading up to 1914, the Kaiser's burning resentment of Britain's unchallenged supremacy at sea, and the headlong race to war, accelerated by the construction of the 'Dreadnought', the biggest, fastest, and most heavily gunned battleship in the world. During the course of the war there were shocks and disappointments for both sides. The Royal N a v y f o und itself dogged by a lack of secure bases, over-rigid battle orders, uncoordinated planning, and poor signalling. Operations, from the North Sea to the South Atlantic, were carried out against a background of feuds, scheming, and perso na li ty cl as hes at the Admiralty. Was there 'something wrong with our bloody ships', to echo David Beatty at Jutland? Could the appalling losses have been avoided during the Darndanelles campaign? Why were crucial signals received at the Admi ral ty fil e d i nst ead of being acted upon? The Battle of Jutland was the greatest naval battle of the war, but also the greatest disappointment: who was really to blame for the inconclusive outcome? But despite the losses and the mistakes, the bril lia nce an d co urag e of many men shine through: the invaluable decoding work of 'Room 40'; the resilience of the commanders; the unfailing bravery and high morale of the men on the lower decks; and the excellent relations between the British and A meri can Nav ies t oward s the end of the war. It is Hough's contention that the Royal Navy not only beat the Kriegsmarine without resort to a bloody Trafalgar, but that its unrelenting pressure was the prime factor which led to the defeat on land of th e Ce ntra l Powe rs by the end of 1918. This account shows how that victory was achieved between 4 August 1914 and the abject surrender of the High Seas Fleet over four years later." Slight bump at top/bottom of spine, a few pages with tiny corner crea se, m inor br owning mark on bottom of text block. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, minor rubbing, tiny dint on rear hinge. Very Good/Very Good
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Hoyt, Edwin P. THE LAST CRUISE OF THE EMDEN.
Andre Deutsch, London, 1967.
242 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Map endpapers, b&w photographs, map. "During the last months of 1914, the exploits of the 'Emden' were headline news all over the world, and even the British could not withhold their admiration fo r the daring and gallantry with which this small ship evaded the efforts of the Royal Navy to catch and destroy her. Edwin Hoyt's reconstruction of this story is authoritative and vivid and is the first complete history of the 'Emden' and her c r e w to be published in many years. At the outbreak of war the 'Emden' formed part of Germany's Far East Squadron. The other ships of the squadron, under Admiral von Spee, eventually met their fate at the Falkland Islands; but the 'Emden' wa s d et ac he d and sent into the Indian Ocean as a commerce raider. Alone, and hunted by vastly superior forces, the 'Emden' sank some twenty merchantmen, a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer. The 'Emden's' captain, Kapitan von Muller, was op era tin g i n a n ocean which was virtually a British lake, capturing his supplies and, most important of all, the coal for his ship's boilers, from his victims. He always showed a punctilious care for the lives of the crews of the captured vess els : in fac t on e of t he most fascinating aspects of the story is the gentlemanly, almost chivalrous spirit in which warfare was conducted, only months before the U-boat cast the shadow of total war across the world's oceans...." Book light c rack ed at page 116, very li ght browning to edges of textblock, light wrinkling at top of spine. small crease at top corner of pages 225 to 240. Dust jacket has some very light edge wear/wrinkling, small tear (archivally taped) with chip at b ottom of sp ine, s light darken ing to spine and flap-folds, light soiling on rear panel. Very Good/Very Good-
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Simpson, Colin. THE SHIP THAT HUNTED ITSELF.
Stein and Day, New York, (1977), 2nd printing.
207 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "At the outbreak of World War I, the 18,000-ton British ocean liner 'Carmania' was in Liverpool. The 18,000-ton German liner 'Cap Trafalgar' was in Buenos Aires. Each ship's ca ptain was ordered to convert his ship into an armed merchant cruiser. Conversion was hasty and far from thorough...Either ship would have been an easy victim for a determined opponent, so each resorted to disguise. By coincidence, each capta i n d e c ided to disguise his ship as the other. By an even greater coincidence, they met in the South Atlantic. The outcome was a remarkable battle that ranks as one of the most curious and heroic naval engagements of all time. The personal pa pe rs of t he captains, together with the ships' logs, surviviors' accounts, and the recently released records of the British and German Admiralties have enabled (the author) to reconstruct a sea story that is as odd as it is sensational, and wh ich re v eal s, for the first time, a previously unknown and remarkably entertaining chapter of naval history." Slight tiny bump to top corner of boards. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light to moderate edge wear, tiny chips/tears at top/bott om o f sp in e an d flap -folds, light rubbing, light browning. VG+/G+
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Stinglhamber, G.M., Colonel. Translated by Major C.S. Langdale. THE STORY OF ZEEBRUGGE WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE BLOCKING OF ZEEBRUGGE, ST. GEORGE'S DAY, 23rd APRIL 1918.
Zeebrugge Museum, Zeebrugge, Belgium, n.d., 20th thousand.
48 pp, 8 3/4" H, soft cover. B&w illustrations, plan of port on rear cover. Contents: Preface by the Author; Bruges in the past; The creation of Zeebrugge; The Growth of the Port; Zeegrugge in wartime; The storming of the Mole; The Submarine C3 i n action; The main operation - The blocking of the canal; The retirement; The attack on Ostend; The German Documents; Ypres and Zeebrugge; Zeebrugge after the war - The restoring of the Harbours; Zeebrugge plage; Communications by sea; Communi c a t i o n s by rail; Zeebrugge Museum; Memorial work at Zeebrugge; Conclusion. Interior - soft crease and some very small crease to corners of most pages, light erased pencil notation on preface page, minor browning to pages, otherwise clean and ti gh t wi th n o previous ownership marks. Exterior - light browning and light soiling on covers, tape repair down spine, small ghost sticker mark and small foxing mark on front cover, tiny watermark on each cover, small crease at corners, two ve ry sma ll cl ose d tears archivally taped. Good reading copy only.
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Thomas, Lowell. RAIDERS OF THE DEEP.
Garden City Publishing, Garden City, New York, 1928.
176 pp, 8vo (8 3/8" H), hard cover (blue cloth, yellow lettering on spine) - no dust jacket. B&w plates. Contents: In Quest of an Ultra-Modern Sea Tale; Periscope and Torpedo; New Horizons for the U-Boats. Weddigen Scores Again; Raiding Russian Po rts; The Destroyer of Battleships Leaves His Potato Patch and Tells His Tale; By Submarine from North Sea to the Inferno of Gallipoli; The Sinking of the Battleship Triumph; Hersing Bags Another British Giant. An Adventure with a Floating Mine ; T h e Beginning of the Reign of Frightfulness; The Captain and the Crew that Sank the Lusitania; Von Schwieger's Account of How He Sank the Lusitania; A Survivor Tells His Tale; Water Pouring in and Dogged by a Patrol Boat. Bunking with a Dead M an ; M uz zl e d in the North, They Seek New Fields for the Chase; The U-Boat Ace of Aces; Submarine contra Submarine; Von Arnauld's Tale of Sinking Ships and the Monkey in the Fat Man's Whiskers; The Torpedo That Jumped Over a U-Boat; The Mighty C orn wa lli s Z igz ag s to Its Doom; Voyages of Ill Omen and the Phantom Submarine; Trapped by a Q-Ship, Our Jaunty Baron Sees His Boat Sink Beneath His Feet; When We Found Our Voice it Was to Order a Bottle of Port; New Terrors of the Under Sea; Th e Cl ima x of the U-B oat War; The Flanders Lair; Airplane Fights Submarine; Running the Dover Patrol; The Korvettenkapitan Spins His Yarn in American Slang; The Petty Officers Ate All the Marmalade, and the Sailors Ate All the Ham, and the Cook Got t he I ron C ross; The Ring of Ships Converge Their Fire and the U-64 Goes Down; Ho, for a Raid on Uncle Sam!; A U-Boat Adventure in Delaware Bay; The Lights of Broadway. We Cut the Atlantic Cable; "Human Huns." We Capture a Baby; Depth Bombs - and the L ighted Dinin g Roo m; Vo n Arnauld, the Ace of Aces, Stages the Last Big Fight; The Tragic End - Home and Mutiny; Index. Small scuff on fore-edge of text block - two pages with tiny edge tear, very light edge wear on boards, wrinkling at top /botto m of sp ine, br owning to fo re-edge and bottom of text block, faint small liquid marks on boards. Good+
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