YARROW AND COMPANY LIMITED: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS
Written by Alastair Borthwick.
Stock no. 1825041
Published by Yarrow And Company. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the shipbuilding company 1865-1965. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w photos and illustrations. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is a little grubby and edge-worn.

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THE BATTLESHIP
Written by Walter Wood. Illustrated by Frank H. Mason.
Stock no. 1825032
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1912. Good condition.

Being the Story of the Greatest Naval Weapon From the First Ship-of-the-Line to Present-Day Leviathans. Green pictorial boards, gilt titles. 8 tissue guarded colour plates plus numerous b/w engravings, plans and photographs. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly cocked. Board corners lightly rubbed. Front pictorial board is nice and bright. Joints cracked but binding tight. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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YANGTZE SHOWDOWN: CHINA AND THE ORDEAL OF HMS AMETHYST
Written by Brian Izzard.
Stock no. 1824876
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The dramatic story of the Communist Chinese attack on the British frigate HMS Amethyst in the Yangtze in 1949. Navy blue boards, yellow title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848322240. Boards marked, a few tiny knocks to lower edges of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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FAMOUS SHIPS
Written by Frank C. Bowen. Illustrated by Frank Mason.
Stock no. 1324318
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 39. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour lithographs throughout. Unpaginated. Foxing to covers. Covers slightly edge worn. Staples rusty. Pencil tick marks and other annotations to title list inside front cover.

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THE LONG SILENCE FALLS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE MERCHANT NAVY RADIO OFFICER 1900-2000 (VOLUME II)
Written by Tony Selman; et al.
Stock no. 1824441
1st thus 2015. Nearly fine condition.

More stories from QSO. A cross section of articles that have been published in The Radio Officers' Asssociation quarterly newsletter 'QSO' between 1999 and 2012. Introduction by Tony Selman, Chairman of The Radio Officers' Association. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. A nice copy.

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THE LONG SILENCE FALLS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE MERCHANT NAVY RADIO OFFICER 1900-2000 (VOLUME I)
Written by Brian Cotton; Richard Woodman; et al.
Stock no. 1824438
1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

A cross section of articles that have been published in The Radio Officers' Asssociation quarterly newsletter 'QSO' between 1999 and 2012. Introduction by Professor Brian Cotton, Life President of The Radio Officers' Association; Foreword by Captain Richard Woodman. Large format. Matt blue pictorial boards. B/w photos. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Contents clean.

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A BOOK OF SHIPS
Written by A.C. Hardy; M.J. Hardy. Illustrated by Laurence Dunn.
Stock no. 1323798
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 2nd 1942. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 11. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers slightly edge worn and chipped. Some light foxing to covers. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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WHEN BEATTY KEPT THE SEAS
Written by Frank H. Shaw. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1323785
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates. 312 pages. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Child's heavy pencil inscription to front pastedown. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Foxing. One plate is loose but all still present.

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OPERATION PEDESTAL: THE FLEET THAT BATTLED TO MALTA 1942
Written by Max Hastings.
Stock no. 1824165
Published by William Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Operation Pedestal - one of the bloodiest sea battles of Britain's war, ordered by Churchill to save Malta. Limited Signed Edition. Navy boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780008364946. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has a 'signed by the author' sticker to front panel.

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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Archie White. Illustrated by Archie White.
Stock no. 1323196
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 88. Pictorial paperwraps, oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Tiny corner tip of top front corner torn off. Cover and page corner tips lightly creased.

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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Ron Van Der Meer; Alan McGowan. Illustrated by Borje Svensson.
Stock no. 2140916
Published by Viking. 1st 1984. Almost very good condition.

With their sails hoisted high, three-dimensional ships travel across these pages in dramatic and authentic style. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670615293. 1" splits to base of spine on either side; some creasing. Bumping to corners. Pop-ups in very good working order. Foxing and marks to pages.

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THE CUXHAVEN RAID
Written by R.D. Layman.
Stock no. 2139867
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The world's first carrier air strike. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851773273. Some browning and marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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