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THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN WETHERELL.

By: (Weatherell, John.) Edited & with an introduction by C.S. Forester.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, Michael Joseph: 1954

Seller ID: 23728

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

275 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). Pictorial endpapers, b&w plates. "John Wetherell was a native of Whitby, one of the thirteen children of Nathan Wetherell, a whaling captain. He was born in 1780, and his father died in 1789 - killed, according to Wetherell, in a skirmish with Eskimos in Davis Strait. Wetherell himself died, probably in New York, sometime after 1834. He left behind him an autobiography, in three volumes of manuscript amounting altogether to a thousand pages. It had been the object of a fruitless search by students of the period until, a few years ago, Mrs Anne Klein of New York...
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE NAVAL AND MILITARY OPERATIONS IN EGYPT FROM 1798 TO 1802.

By: Burgoyne, John M., Lieut.-Col. Sir.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Mississauga, Ontario, Poniard, Mississauga: 1996

Seller ID: 17391

ISBN: 0968087507

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

181 pp, 7" H. B&w maps, reproductions. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor wear on rear hinge.
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Image for SAILING SHIPS: THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE COLLECTION OF SHIP-MODELS IN THE SCIENCE MUSEUM. PART I: HISTORICAL NOTES & PART II: CATALOGUE OF EXHIBITS, WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. 2 VOLUME SET.

SAILING SHIPS: THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE COLLECTION OF SHIP-MODELS IN THE SCIENCE MUSEUM. PART I: HISTORICAL NOTES & PART II: CATALOGUE OF EXHIBITS, WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES. 2 VOLUME SET.

By: Clowes, G.S. Laird.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, His Majesty's Stationery Office: 1932

Seller ID: 28672

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

115 pp + 122 pp, 9 9/16" H. Part I is the Third Edition, printed in 1932 and Part II is the Second Edition, printed in 1936. B&w photographs, reproductions, drawings. Part I Contents: Introduction; Early Ships of the Mediterranean Littoral; The Vessels of Greece and Rome; Early Craft of North-Eastern Europe; The English One-Masted Ship; The Introduction of the Three-Masted Ship; Ships Under Elizabeth and the Stuarts; Men-of-War in the Eighteenth Century; Merchant-Ships in the Eighteenth Century; The Last Fifty Years of the Sailing Warship; The Evolution and Decline of the Clipper Ship....
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NELSON'S FAVOURITE: HMS AGAMEMNON AT WAR 1781-1809.

By: Deane, Anthony.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: London, Caxton: 2003

Seller ID: 29816

ISBN: 184067430X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

320 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). 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 1796 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 centre of events, fighting at the Battle of the Saintes, Copenhagen and, of course, Trafalgar. Later she served in the West Indies, participat...
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NELSON'S FAVOURITE: HMS AGAMEMNON AT WAR 1781-1809.

By: Deane, Anthony.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Caxton: 2003

Seller ID: 30592

ISBN: 184067430X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

SEAPOWER AND STRATEGY.

By: Gray, Colin S. and Barnett, Roger W., editors. (John Gooch, Wayne P. Hughes, Jr., Barry Strauss, Alvin H. Bernstein, Alberto Coll, Robin Ranger, Williamson Murray, Jeffrey G. Barlow, Colin S. Gray, Roger W. Barnett.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press: 1989

Seller ID: 12784

ISBN: 0870215795

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

396 pp, 9 1/4" H. 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 navies in both the West and the East." Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Seapower and Landpower; Maritime Command: Mahan and Corbett; The Strategy-Tactics Relationship; Athens and Sparta; Maritime Strategy and the Punic Wars; England and Spain: 1567-1604; The Anglo-French Wars: 1689-1815; Naval Power in World War I; World War II: Allied and German Naval Strategies;...
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SEAPOWER AND STRATEGY.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press: 1989

Seller ID: 29576

ISBN: 0870215795

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

SHIPWRECKS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY & NAPOLEONIC ERAS.

By: Grocott, Terence.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Caxton: 2002

Seller ID: 29146

ISBN: 1840671645

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

430 pp, 9 1/2" H. "(A) chronicle of shipping disasters during the last great war of the age of sail, based almost exclusively on the reporting of the time. Listed are some fifteen hundred ships, vessels naval and mercantile, of many nations whose tribulations were covered in the national and local newspapers as well as the specialist press like the 'Naval Chronicle'. These reports run the whole gamut of maritime tragedies - the bizarre, curious and quirky, as well as the familiar - and in all their inconsequential detail. Through the medium of the reporting of the time, what is her...
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TRAFALGAR AND THE SPANISH NAVY.

By: Harbron, John D. Inscribed by author.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Conway Maritime Press, London, 1988.:

Seller ID: 19700

178 pp, small 4to (10 7/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. INSCRIBED AND DATED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. ISBN 0851774776 B&w photographs, maps, reproductions, drawings, colour plates. "Contrary to popular opinion, the defeat of the Armada was not the end of the Spanish Navy as a major maritime power. Indeed it underwent a real renaissance in the eighteenth century, and at the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars was the third largest navy in the world. Its ships were well designed and superbly built, and were officered by brave and dedicated professionals, who were nowhere near as inef...
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WELLINGTON'S MILITARY MACHINE.

By: Haythornthwaite, Philip J.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: London, Guild Publishing: 1989

Seller ID: 25430

ISBN: 094677188X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

192 pp, 4to (11 1/8" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with maps/battle plans, uniform studies, reproductions. "(D)escribes in detail the composition and evolution of the British Army and its Allied foreign contingents, from the earliest campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars until the final triumph at Waterloo. All aspects are covered, from the life of the ordinary redcoat to weaponry, tactics, administration, the supporting services at home and the numerous 'foreign corps'; and to the military genius of Wellington himself, all of which are supported by lavish illustrati...
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THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, FROM THE DECLARATION OF WAR BY FRANCE IN 1793 TO THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE IV. 6 VOLUME SET.

By: James, William.

Price: $450.00 USD

Publisher: London, Richard Bentley: 1859

Seller ID: 30377

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

6 volume set - 7 1/8" H, half leather (leather spines with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering/banding, leather corners), marbled paper covered boards, red speckled textblock edges. 6 b&w frontispiece portraits, 40 diagrams, 28 folding tables. After introductory information, the volumes follow a year-by-year format from the First French Revolutionary War (1792) to the Battle of Navarin (1827). Under most yearly sections there is a discussion of the British and French Fleets, Light Squadrons and Single Ships, and Colonial Expeditions. Other fleets are introduced when applicable: Spanish, Dutch,...
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BATTLE AT SEA: FROM MAN-OF-WAR TO SUBMARINE.

By: Keegan, John.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: London, Pimlico: 1993

Seller ID: 25363

ISBN: 0712659919

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

292 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w plates, maps/battle plans. "In 'Battle at Sea (previously 'The Price of Admiralty') John Keegan applies to maritime warfare the technique that he put to such brilliant effect in his classic of war on land, 'The Face of Battle'. He concentrates on four key conflicts: Trafalgar, Jutland, Midway and the Battle of the Atlantic. He takes us into the very heart of the fighting while providing a remarkable panoramic view of naval warfare th rough the centuries." Interior - minor browning in margins of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership m...
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ST VINCENT & CAMPERDOWN. BRITISH BATTLE SERIES.

By: Lloyd, Christopher.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, B. T. Batsford: 1963

Seller ID: 27424

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

184 pp, large 8vo (9" H). B&w reproductions, maps/battle plans. "The year 1797 witnessed two of the greatest victories in British naval history: St. Vincent and Camperdown. These battles were of decisive importance in the war against revolutionary France since the defeat of the Spanish Fleet in February, and of the Dutch Fleet eight months later, effectively frustrated the French 'Grand Strategy' of invading Ireland and England. An attempt, inspired by the Irish patriot, Wolfe Tone, had been made at the end of the previous year to land a French force in Bantry Bay, but it was a bli...
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WARSHIPS OF THE GREAT LAKES 1754-1834.

By: Malcomson, Robert.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Caxton: 2003

Seller ID: 30525

ISBN: 1840675357

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

160 pp, small 4to (10 3/8" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions, maps, ship/fort plans, colour plates. "While the great fleets battled for international domination on the oceanseas, the age of fighting sail also evolved in the interior of North America. For eighty years (roughly 1754-1834) freshwater was the home to warships that ranged in size from the simplest gunboat to a First Rate that could have held its own in Nelson's line of battle. This book presents the history of the navies developed by the French, British and Americans on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, i...
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WHAT'S LEFT OF NELSON.

By: Marriott, Leo.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Shepperton, Dial House: 1995

Seller ID: 15417

ISBN: 0711023034

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

160 pp, 8vo (9" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. This volume details museums, collections, historical sites, etc. where items and locales related to Lord Nelson can be viewed. "This series (of books) concerns the lasting impression that several eminent figures have left upon society. History records their actions and words and their lives are illustrated in books, photo-graphs and paintings. But each person leaves behind more than writings, reputation or notoriety: the place where they were born; the houses they lived in; the clothes they wore; the str...
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WHAT'S LEFT OF NELSON.

By: Marriott, Leo.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Shepperton, Dial House: 1995

Seller ID: 29566

ISBN: 0711023034

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

MEN-OF-WAR. LIFE IN NELSON'S NAVY.

By: Patrick O'Brian.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: New York, W.W. Norton: 1995

Seller ID: 23470

ISBN: 0393038580

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

95 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). "This richly illustrated book offers a concise overview of the historical background to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series, a straightforward exploration of what daily life in Nelson's navy was really like for everyone from the captain to the rawest recruit. What did they eat? What songs did they sing? What was the schedule of the watches? What was the division of prize money to offices and crew? How did these men end up at sea in the first place? These questions and many more are answered in O'Brian's elegant narrative, which includes...
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THE NAVAL MUTINY AT SPITHEAD 1797. THE PORTSMOUTH PAPERS. NO. 5. DECEMBER 1968.

By: Patterson, A. Temple.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Portsmouth City Council, Portsmouth, 1968.:

Seller ID: 20011

15 pp, 9 3/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w map, reproductions. "....a re-statement and assessment of an outstanding episode in the history of Portsmouth and of the British Navy." Interior - previous owner's small stamp on inside of front cover and on first page, tiny crease at top/bottom corner of pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - very small crease at corners of covers, light rubbing on rear cover, minor edge wear. Very Good
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THE DEVIL HIMSELF: THE MUTINY OF 1800.

By: Pope, Dudley.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Alison Press/Secker & Warburg: 1987

Seller ID: 8818

ISBN: 0436377519

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

186 pp, 9 1/4" H. Maps. "The corvette 'La Vaillante' was built in Bayonne in 1796, four years after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1798, she was captured by Captain Sir Edward Pellew, renamed the 'Danae' and given a new young captain, Lord Proby. In March 1800, there was consternation in London when The Times reported the French recapture of the 'Danae' following a mutiny among her crew. Dudley Pope has pieced together the story of the mutiny from British documents and the French naval archives at Brest, where the file is labelled 'Le Diable Lui-meme' - The Devil...
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THE DEVIL HIMSELF: THE MUTINY OF 1800.

By: Pope, Dudley.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Alison Press/Secker & Warburg: 1987

Seller ID: 29572

ISBN: 0436377519

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

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Category: Military - Naval: Napoleonic