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806 NAVAL AIR SQUADRON: THE FAA'S TOP-SCORING FIGHTER SQUADRON OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Brian Cull; Frederick Galea.
Stock no. 1329475
Published by Fonthill Media Limited. 1st 2019. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781781557501. A super copy, looks unread.

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GRUMMAN TBF/TBM AVENGER
Written by Terry C. Treadwell.
Stock no. 1829745
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

An insight into the world in which this sturdy torpedo-bomber found itself, and the impression upon that world which it made. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 0752420070. A lovely copy!

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THE ECLIPSE OF THE BIG GUN THE WARSHIP 1906-45
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1829732
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Conway's History of the Ship series. Limited edition of 2000 numbered copies. Large format. Black cloth spine with gilt title, red cloth boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 223 pages. ISBN: 0851776078. This is copy 1288 of 2000. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a lovely copy!

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STEAM, STEEL & SHELLFIRE: THE STEAM WARSHIP 1815-1905
Written by Robert Gardiner; Andrew Lambert; et al.
Stock no. 1829731
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Conway's History of the Ship Series. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0851775640. A lovely copy!

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THE ILLUSTRIOUS & IMPLACABLE CLASSES OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER 1940 - 1969
Written by Neil McCart.
Stock no. 1829728
Published by Fan Publications. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The comprehensive histories of the six fleet aircraft carriers of the Illustrious and Implacable classes which dominated the Royal Navy's aviation between 1940 ane early 1950s. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations to endpapers. Colour frontis and B/w photos. 191 pages. ISBN: 1901225046. A lovely copy!

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THREE ARK ROYALS 1938-1999
Written by Neil McCart.
Stock no. 1829727
Published by Fan Publications. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The full stories of the last three Ark Royal aircraft carriers in detail. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w pictorial endpapers. B/w photos and a few colour photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 190122502X. A lovely copy!

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NAVIES IN THE NUCLEAR AGE: WARSHIPS SINCE 1945
Written by Robert Gardiner; Norman Friedman; et al.
Stock no. 1829716
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Conway's History of the Ship Series. Warship design, the development of the ships and technology. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775683. A lovely copy!

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THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1829713
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Chatham Pictorial Histories Series. This volume is chronologically structured by campaign and battle with introductory essays and thematic text boxes by well-known authorities. Large format. Turquoise cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 1861760639. A lovely copy!

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A FORMIDABLE HERO: LT R.H. FRAY, VC, DSC, RCNVR
Written by Stuart E. Soward.
Stock no. 1329456
Published by Canav Books. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 186 pages. ISBN: 096907039X. Minimal bumping to top of spine and a tiny nick to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine.

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WINGS OF THE NAVY: TESTING BRITISH AND US CARRIER AIRCRAFT
Written by Eric M. Brown.
Stock no. 1329450
Published by Hikoki Publications; Blacker Design. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War Two. Originally published in 1980 by Jane's, this edition has been revised and updated. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 343 pages. ISBN: 9781902109329. Top corners bumped and top page corner tips of first 15 pages very very slightly creased. Otherwise, a fine copy in like wrapper.

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TARANTO AND NAVAL AIR WARFARE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1940-1945
Written by David Hobbs.
Stock no. 1829704
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Fleet Air Arm's contribution to naval operations in the Mediterranean after the Italian declaration of war in June 1940 - from the famous successes like Taranto, Matapan and the defence of Malta convoys to lesser known operations like the Aegean campaign. Blue cloth boards, orange title to spine. B/w photos. xiv and 440 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526793836. A lovely copy!

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DREADNOUGHT GUNNERY AND THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND: THE QUESTION OF FIRE CONTROL
Written by John Brooks.
Stock no. 1829703
Published by Routledge. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Cass Series: Naval Policy and History. Digitally printed. New and revisionist accounts of the Dreyer/Pollen controversy, and of the gunnery at Jutland. Cardwraps. xiv and 321 pages including index. ISBN: 9780415407885. A lovely, clean copy.

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