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CATAPULT AIRCRAFT
Written by Leo Marriott.
Stock no. 2138457
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seaplanes that flew from ships without flight decks. B/w photos. ISBN: 184415419X. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine. Wrapper has some edge-creasing and a few marks.

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SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
Written by J.J. Colledge; Ben Warlow.
Stock no. 2138359
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth. The complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy. ISBN: 1853675660. Wrapper is stuck to book on wrapper flaps.

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FIGHTING DESTROYER
Written by G.G. Connell.
Stock no. 2138329
Published by Crecy Books. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of HMS Petard in the second world war. B/w photos. Revised and updated edition. ISBN: 0947554408. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a browned spine.

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MAINLY IN MINESWEEPERS
Written by Charles McAra.
Stock no. 2138104
Published by R. J. Leach & Co.. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A Scot at sea. ISBN: 1873050070.

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H.M.S. SURPRISE
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 2138011
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Fine condition.

A novel. Blue cloth boards with gilt title blocks and black titles, gilt vignettes and image of ship with white sails to front. Maps to pale blue endpapers. Colour plates. 2nd printing. Contained in a better than very good slip case; a few marks.

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ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE BATTLESHIP DREADNOUGHT
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 2137843
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Revised edition. ISBN: 085177895X.

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THE HEAVY CRUISER TAKAO
Written by Janusz Skulski.
Stock no. 2137842
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Anatomy of the Ship series. B/w photos and technical line diagrams. Glazed pictorial boards. Complete with 1/450 scale fold-out plan. ISBN: 0851779743.

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DREADNOUGHTS IN CAMERA
Written by Roger D. Thomas; Brian Patterson.
Stock no. 2137840
Published by Budding Books. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. The construction of British Dreadnought warships between 1905 and 1920. ISBN: 1840151080. Light page browning.

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SHIPBUILDING IN THE PORT OF BRISTOL
Written by Grahame Farr.
Stock no. 2137689
Published by National Maritime Museum. 1984. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Maritime Monographs and Reports No. 27 - 1977. Containing a list of the vessels known to have been built in the Port of Bristol, with an introduction, Notes on the builders, appendices, tables and a map. ISBN: 09055555058. Some light browning and a few grubby marks.

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THE BOOK OF BRITISH VICTORIES No. 1 - EXPLOITS ON THE SEA
Written by Sydney Walton.
Stock no. 1823578
Published by The Syndicate Publishing Co.. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

Title on front is: 1588 to 1914 Album-Atlas of British Victories on the Sea "Wooden Walls to Super-Dreadnoughts". Paper covered boards, Cloth spine. Maps of british victories from 1588 (Spanish Armada) to 1855 (wars with Russia). B/w photos and illustrations. 31 pages including inside rear cover. Boards discoloured, rubbed at edges. Two names in pencil to inside front cover 'Signatures of the Brave'. Binding is a little loose with small tear to rear gutter edge of spine. Contents lightly browned with minor foxing.

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A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY 1855
Written by Howard Douglas.
Stock no. 1823561
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The only comprehensive English-language work on the armament of warships during the final period of the cast-iron smooth-bore gun - the main weapon of western fighting ships for nearly 450 years. First published in 1817 and expanded in the following decades. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0851772757. 1982 reprint of the fourth edition. Name & address in pencil to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Red pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE SECRET HARBOUR
Written by Sam Smith. Illustrated by Sam Smith.
Stock no. 1322752
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

'A Very Nice Book about Boats Introducing the Crew Cats'. Nobody loves old boats - except the Crew Cats. They take them to the Secret Harbour where they are looked after and start their lives again... Oblong format. Blue pictorial boards, colour illustrations. ISBN: 0510225020. Spine slightly bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Small ink (blue biro) marks to first few pages else contents clean.

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