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ALSTON, [ALFRED HENRY].  Revised by Commander R.H. Harris: Captain Alston's Seamanship. New edition, Revised and Enlarged by Commander R. H. Harris, with a Treatise on Nautical Surveying by Staff-Commander May; also Instructions for Officers of the Merchant Service by W. H. Rosser. With 200 Illustrations.
Portsmouth: Griffin & Co;  London: Simpkin Marshall, 1871.
The 2nd edition. Folding frontispiece, trimmed on fore-margin without loss), illustrations in the text. 8vo, pp.xxix:(1):585:(1), contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Patch of marbling rubbed through to back board on upper cover, some general rubbing but sound. Some foxing, inner joint cracked between frontispiece and title but firm. Contemporary signature on verso of frontispiece. 
Quote Item No. 10406
Price:  £55.00

ANON:  Geographical Handbooks Series. Pacific Islands.  Volume 1: General Survey.  'For Official Use Only'. 
H.M.S.O. Naval Intelligence Division. Aug. 1945. 
Numerous plates, diagrams, some folding illustrations and large folding map in end-pocket.  8vo, pp.xv:599, original cloth;  binding faded. 
Quote Item No. 676 
Price:  £30.00

ANON:  Geographical Handbooks Series.  Volume 3:  Western Pacific (Tonga to the Solomon Islands).  For 'Official Use Only'. 
H.M.S.O. Naval Intelligence Division, Dec. 1944. 
Numerous plates and illustrations.  8vo, pp.xvii:741, original cloth. 
Quote Item No. 677 
Price:  £30.00

BAUGH, DANIEL A.: British Naval Administration in the Age of Walpole.
New Jersey:  Princeton University Press, 1965.
First edition.  Black & white plates.  Large 8vo, pp.[16]:557, original cloth in dustwrapper;  binding headbands slightly bumped;  dustwrapper suffering a number of short tears, chips and creasing (some loss) along edges and especially at spine, slightly edge-rubbed;  internally excellent. 
Quote Item No. 9077
Price: £65.00

DAWSON, WARREN R. [Editor]:  The Nelson Collection at Lloyd's. A Description of the Nelson Relics and a Transcript of the Autograph Letters and Documents of Nelson and his circle and of other Naval Papers of Nelson's Period.
London: Macmillan for the Corporation of Lloyd's, 1932.
First edition.  Twenty-one plates. 4to, pp.vii:[6]:525, original blue cloth gilt;  a little rubbed but generally very good.
Quote Item No. 1211
Price:  £200.00

DILLON, SIR WILLIAM HENRY [Edited by Michael A Lewis]:  A Narrative of My Professional Adventures (1790-1839). Volume I (1790-1802) only.
London: Navy Records Society, 1953.
Portrait frontispiece, one plate and two maps, one folding. 8vo (9 x 6 inches), pp.xxxiv:468-pages., original cream and blue 2-tone cloth. Binding with some soiling and rubbing, upper inner hinge pulled, some damp marking to prelims. Signature and date on front pastedown. 
Quote Item No. 10753
Price:  £30.00

FEVYER, W.H. and WILSON, J.W.  [Editors]:  The Naval General Service Medal, 1915-1962, to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for the Bars:   Persian Gulf 1909-1914,  Iraq 1919-1920,  N.W. Persia 1920.
The Navy & Military Press, 1995.
Folio, pp.239, softcover; small crease across top corner of back cover, else in all other respects an excellent copy.
Quote Item No. 6895
Price:  £12.00

LAVERY, BRIAN: The Ship of the Line.  Volume 1: The Development of the battle fleet 1650-1850  &  Volume 2: Design, Construction, and Fittings.
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1983.
Volume 2 published 1984.  Two volumes, first editions.  Numerous plates & illustrations.  4to (12 x 10 inches), pp.224 & pp.191, original cloth;  good in slightly edge creased dustwrappers. The dustwrapper backstrip of Volume 2 a little faded. 
Quote Item No.  11869
Price:  £82.00

LEES, JAMES: The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War 1625-1860.
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979.
First edition.  Plates and illustrations.  4to (12 x 10 inches), 196-pages. Original cloth; very good in lightly edge creased dustwrapper. 
Quote Item No.  11887
Price:  £30.00

LONGRIDGE, C. NEPEAN: The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships.
London:  Percival Marshall, 1961.
Reprint revised by E. Bowness.  Plates & illustrations.  8vo (9¾ x 7¼ inches), 283-pages. Original blue cloth gilt; a very nice copy contained in plain card slipcase. 
Quote Item No.  11891
Price:  £21.00

McMURTRIE, FRANCIS E.: Jane's Fighting Ships 1941.  (Issued March 1942).
London:  Sampson Low Marston & Co., 1941.
Black & white photographic illustrations, diagrams.  Oblong (8¼ x 13¼ inches wide), pp.61 advertisements:lvi:529, original blue cloth, no dustwrapper;  binding headbands bumped with a very short split to top headband, front cover with a large very faintly discoloured patch, and with whitish marks to back cover, white speckling to front;  internally, with faint bumping or creasing to top corner of text block, some movement to hinges but generally firm. 
Quote Item No. 11336
Price:  £50.00

MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS  [Editor]:  Selections from the Correspondence of Admiral John Markham During the Years 1801-4 and 1806-7. 
London:  Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1904.
Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 28. First edition.  Portrait frontispiece.  Large 8vo, pp.xx:451:3, original two-tone cloth lettered in gilt on spine, with the Society's emblem stamped in gilt on upper cover;  spine very slightly faded, corners very slightly bumped;  internally, half-title browned, else in all other respects, an excellent copy. 
Quote Item No. 7510
Price:   £20.00

NELSON, LORD: The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson with Notes by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas.  Six volumes of seven published (Volume III missing).  The Nicolas Edition.
London:  Chatham Publishing, 1997.
Reprint (published over a period from 1997-98).  Six volumes only of seven, lacking volume three.  Tall 8vo, softcovers uniformly bound;  spines slightly faded, some shelf wear but generally very good. 
Quote Item No. 9264
Price:  £60.00

NELSON & HAMILTON & THEIR CIRCLE - EDWIN WOLF SECOND COLLECTION - AUCTION CATALOGUE:  Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts, Valuable Printed Books, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts, including the Edwin Wolf 2nd Collection of letters and memorabilia relating to Nelson, Hamilton and their circle.  London, 20th June, 1990.
London:  Christie's, 1990.
A number of coloured illustrations and numerous black & white illustrations. 4to, pp.168:[7], softcover. This sale comprised 388 lots. The Nelson Hamilton Collection comprised Lots 165 to 277.
Quote Item No. 2479  
Price:  £10.00

PERRIN, W.G.  [Editor]:  Boteler's Dialogues. 
London:  Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1929.
Publications for the Navy Records Society, Volume 65.  First edition.  Large 8vo, pp.xxxix:341:[7, Society's list of books], original two-tone cloth lettered in gilt on spine with Society's emblem stamped in gilt on upper cover;  spine faded, white cloth of binding slightly soiled; internally, some foxing, else good.
Quote Item No. 7520
Price:   £20.00

RAYNER, J.J. & SONS:  Naval Outfitters, Clothiers, and Contractors. 
Attractive coloured advertisement for this firm, seemingly removed from some form of nautical publication, illustrated by a lifebuoy and naval and merchant officers in uniform. "Contractors by appointment to the Cunard S.S. Co. Ltd, Pacific S.N.Co..." etc.  Ca.1890's. 
Suitable for framing, size overall 17 x 14 inches.
Quote Item No. 1311
Price:  £25.00

ROSKILL, CAPTAIN S.W:  The War at Sea 1939 - 1945. Volumes 1 & 2 being "The Defensive" & "The Period of Balance".
London:  H.M.S.O. 1954 & 1956.
First editions.  Numerous plates and folding maps and plans.  4to, pp.xxii:(1):664 and pp.xvi:(1):523, original cloth in dustwrappers; bindings generally good; dustwrappers browned (especially spines) and both with short tears, edge- chipped and some edge-creasing; internally, page edges lightly browned, ink name and address on front free-endpaper of Volume 2, otherwise good.
Quote Item No. 8513
Price:   £75.00

SEMENOFF, CAPTAIN VLADIMIR:  The Battle of Tsu-Shima Between the Japanese and Russian Fleets, Fought on 27th May, 1905.
London:  John Murray, 1906.
First edition.  Folding map at end.  8vo, pp.xxxii:165, original blue cloth lettered in gilt, t.e.g.;  binding edge-rubbed and slightly marked;  endpapers browned and some foxing. 
Quote Item No. 5870
Price:  £25.00

SUMIDA, JON TETSURO:  The Pollen Papers.  The Privately Circulated Printed Works of Arthur Hungerford Pollen 1901-1916. 
London:  George Allen & Unwin for the Navy Records Society, 1984.
Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 124. First edition.  Portrait frontispiece.  Large 8vo, pp.xv:400:[5, Society's list of books], original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine with the Society's emblem stamped in gilt to upper cover;  an excellent copy. 
Quote Item No. 7519
Price:   £13.00

WELCH, J.J.:  A Text Book of Naval Architecture for the use of Officers of the Royal Navy.
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1889.
18 folding plates. Tall 8vo, pp.167, original cloth; binding poor, extremely damp-marked, headbands and corners bumped, piece of cloth chipped from both corners of front cover; internally, front joint cracked but generally firm, page edges browned, one folding plate edge ragged and browned where it has been carelessly folded and left protruding, contemporary ink name and date on front pastedown, otherwise good.
Quote Item No. 9124
Price:  £8.00

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