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1:00 AM PT - Jul 7th, 2005

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General Books and Prints

673 items

Lot Description Estimates
(GBP)
1C
Lot 1C
14pp. stapled 'Amendment' loosely inserted, moder


Admiralty. Ships of the Royal Navy Statement of Losses during the...

100
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150
2C
Lot 2C
Albion (Robert Greenhalgh) Naval & Maritime Histo

ry: An Annotated Bibliography, fourth edition, Mystic, Ct...

60
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80
3C
Lot 3C
Campbell (John) Lives of the British Admirals:

containing an accurate Naval History from the earliest periods...

150
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200
4C
Lot 4C
Charnock (John) Biographia Navalis;

or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of...

200
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300
5C
Lot 5C
Clerk (John) An Essay on Naval Tactics...,

second edition, half-title, 52 folding engraved battle-plans...

150
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200
6C
Lot 6C
Clowes (William Laird) The Royal Navy: A History

from the Earliest Times to the Present, 7 vol., plates and...

400
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600
7C
Lot 7C
Corbett (Sir Julian S.) History of the Great War

based on Official Documents: Naval Operations, 5 vol. text and...

400
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600
8C
Lot 8C
[2 copies]; Diamond Jubilee Procession, each with


Diamond Jubilee Naval Review, [2 copies]; Diamond Jubilee...

300
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400
9C
Lot 9C
Entick (John) The General History of the Late War

...in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, 5 vol., mixed edition...

200
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300
10C
Lot 10C
Hervey (Frederic) The Naval History of Great Brit

ain; including the Lives of the Admirals..., 5 vol., 4 engraved...

100
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150
11C
Lot 11C
Ingram (Bruce S., editor) Three Sea Journals of S

tuart Times, number 274 of 500 copies, catalogue entries of the...

80
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120
12C
Lot 12C
James (William) The Naval History of Great Britai

n, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession...

300
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400
13C
Lot 13C
Jane (Fred T.) All the World's Fighting Ships,

...

100
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150
14C
Lot 14C
Jellicoe (Admiral J.R.) The Grand Fleet 1914-16,

contemporary calf, rebacked preserving most of old spine...

180
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220
15C
Lot 15C
Keyes (Admiral Sir Roger) The Naval Memoirs,

2 vol., 1934-35 ? Young (Filson) With the Battle Cruisers...

180
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220
16C
Lot 16C
Mahan (Capt. A.T.) Sea Power in its Relations to

the War of 1812, 2 vol., first english edition, folding maps...

60
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80
17C
Lot 17C
Mahan (Capt. A.T.) The Influence of Sea Power upo

n History 1660-1783, maps, one folding and lightly water-stained...

80
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120
18C
Lot 18C
Marder (Arthur J.) From the Dreadnought to Scapa

Flow: The Royal Navy in the Fisher Era, 1904-1919, 5 vol., first...

100
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150
19C
Lot 19C
Marder (Arthur J.) and others. Old Friends, New E

nemies: The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy, 2 vol...

300
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400
20C
Lot 20C
Marder (Arthur J., editor) Fear God and Dread Nou

ght: The Correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher of...

75
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100
21C
Lot 21C
vol.1-89 in 63, vol.90 nos.1-2, 7 vol. of Indexes


Mariner's Mirror (The): The Journal of the Society for Nautical...

600
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800
22C
Lot 22C
Marshall (John) Royal Naval Biography,

12 including supplement, mixed set, foxed, some leaves soiled...

300
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400
23C
Lot 23C
Millington-Drake (Sir Eugen) The Drama of Graf Sp

ee and the Battle of the Plate, 1964 ? Waldeyer-Hartz (Hugo...

200
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300
24C
Lot 24C
Molyneux (Thomas More) Conjunct Expeditions:

or Expeditions that have been carried on jointly by the Fleet and...

100
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150
25C
Lot 25C
Mundy (Maj.-Gen. Godfrey) The Life and Correspond

ence of the late Admiral Lord Rodney, 2 vol., 1830 ? Keppel (Hon...

200
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300
26C
Lot 26C
National Maritime Museum. Catalogue of the Librar

y, 5 vol. in 7 (all published), illustrations, original cloth...

200
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300
27C
Lot 27C
Navy Records Society. Publications,


Navy Records Society. Publications, vol.1-137 in 136 only (lacking...

1,500
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2,000
28C
Lot 28C
Nelson (Horatio, Lord) The Dispatches and Letters

..., edited by Sir Nichols Harris Nicolas, 7 vol., engraved...

200
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300
29C
Lot 29C
Nelson.- [Parliamentary Paper.] Report of a Commi

ttee appointed by the Admiralty to examine and consider the...

80
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120
30C
Lot 30C
Southey (Robert) The Life of Nelson,


-. Southey (Robert) The Life of Nelson, 2 vol., engraved...

180
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220
31C
Lot 31C
Norie (J.W.) The Mariner's New and Complete Naval

Dictionary, 2 parts in 1, 12 engraved plates including 2 of flags...

80
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120
32C
Lot 32C
O'Byrne (William) A Naval Biographical Dictionary

, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, lightly browned and soiled...

80
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120
33C
Lot 33C
Parkes (Oscar) British Battleships...1860 to 1950

: A History of Design, Construction and Armament, illustrations...

80
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120
34C
Lot 34C
Ralfe (James) The Naval Biography of Great Britai

n, 4 vol., 2 engraved portraits, 2 plates and 9 folding battle...

100
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150
35C
Lot 35C
fifth edition, engraved title vignette and head-


Regulations and Instructions relating to His Majesty's Service at...

150
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200
36C
Lot 36C
Richards (Denis) and Hilary St.George Saunders. R

oyal Air Force 1939-1945, 3 vol., 1953-54 ? Macintyre (Capt...

80
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120
37C
Lot 37C
Richmond (H.W.) The Navy in the War of 1739-48,

3 vol., Cambridge, 1920 ? Burrows (M.) The Life of Edward Lord...

300
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400
38C
Lot 38C
Robinson (M.S.) A Pageant of the Sea: The Macpher

son Collection of Maritime Prints and Drawings in the National...

100
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150
39C
Lot 39C
Roskill (Stephen) Naval Policy between the Wars,

2 vol., 1968-76 ? Marcus (G.J.) A Naval History of England, vol...

200
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300
40C
Lot 40C
Tomlinson (R.L.) and Cdr. Ken. Gemmell. H.M. M.T.

B. 687 1943-44, carbon copy typescript, rectos only, photograph of...

100
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150
41C
Lot 41C
Adye (Ralph Willett) The Bombardier, and Pocket G

unner, fourth edition, half-title, 10pp. publisher's catalogue at...

75
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100
42C
Lot 42C
Amery (L.S., editor) The Times History of the War

in South Africa 1899-1900, 7 vol. including Index, first edition...

80
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120
43C
Lot 43C
Anglesey (Marquess of) A History of the British C

avalry 1816 to 1919, 8 vol., vol.1 & 2 reprints, maps and...

60
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80
44C
Lot 44C
including an account of the establishment of the


Army in India and its Evolution including an account of the...

60
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80
45C
Lot 45C
Army Records Society. Publications,

vol.1-19, some illustrations, original boards, vol.19 with...

100
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150
46C
Lot 46C
Barrett (C.R.B.) Battles and Battlefields in Engl

and, 1896 ? Kinglake (A.W.) The Invasion of the Crimea, 9 vol...

150
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200
47C
Lot 47C
Bland (Humphrey) A Treatise of Military Disciplin

e..., seventh edition, imprimatur leaf, 7 folding engraved plans...

100
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150
48C
Lot 48C
Clode (Charles M.) The Military Forces of the Cro

wn; their Administration and Government, 2 vol., first edition...

100
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150
49C
Lot 49C
Cruttwell (C.R.M.F.) A History of the Great War 1

914-1918, second edition, Oxford, 1964 ? Babington (A.) For the...

60
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80
50C
Lot 50C
Dalton (Charles) George the First's Army 1714-172

7, 2 vol., 1910-12; The Scots Army 1661-1688..., 2 parts in...

150
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