Auction No 410, Tag: Naval

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

Peter Smith "The Battle of Midway", 1976; Chris Craig "Call for Fire", 1995; James Leasor "Boarding Party", 1978 (2 copies);

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £16
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Peter Smith The Battle of Midway, 1976; Chris Craig Call for Fire, 1995; James Leasor Boarding Party, 1978 (2 copies); and a selection of other naval history; all fine hardbacks in d/jkts, mylar-protected, largely first editions. (15)

Anthony Smith "The Fleet That Faced Both Ways", 1963; Stephen Roskill "Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty", 1980;

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £18
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Anthony Smith The Fleet That Faced Both Ways, 1963; Stephen Roskill Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty, 1980; John Winton The Forgotten Fleet, 1969; Arnold Lott Brave Ship, Brave Men, 1986; and other naval history, all bar one in d/jkt, mylar protected, mostly fine and mostly first editions. (18)    

"The Nelson Dispatch: Journal of the Nelson Society", 1985-2004, mainly 1990s/2000s, 42 issues (one with cover stained), and nine related monographs

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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The Nelson Dispatch: Journal of the Nelson Society, 1985-2004, mainly 1990s/2000s, 42 issues (one with cover stained), and nine related monographs, two heavily duplicated. All A5 softbacks. Mainly fine. (100)

Gerald Bowman "The Man Who Bought a Navy", 1964; Lord Chatfield "It Might Happen Again", 1947; Cecil Hampshire "The Secret Navies", 1978;

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £14
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Gerald Bowman The Man Who Bought a Navy, 1964; Lord Chatfield It Might Happen Again, 1947; Cecil Hampshire The Secret Navies, 1978; all VG/VF, together with other naval history of which two have ownership inscriptions. All (bar one) first editions, and all in fair to VF d/jkts. (14)

Robert Stern "The Lexington Class Carriers", 1993; Neil McCart "The Colossus-Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972", 2002;

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Robert Stern The Lexington Class Carriers, 1993; Neil McCart The Colossus-Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972, 2002; J.J. Nortier & others De Japanse Aanval op Java, 1994; and other Naval history, mostly WW2; all h/bks and all bar one in d/jkts, VG/VF. (26)

Nelson related softback publications, 1980s/2000s, with 37 different titles, some much duplicated; plus 1980s/90s issues of "The Nelson Dispatch,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Nelson related softback publications, 1980s/2000s, with 37 different titles, some much duplicated; plus 1980s/90s issues of The Nelson Dispatch, Journal of the Nelson Society (22), plus facsimile newspapers and drawings of HMS Victory. VG/VF (Large qty, over 10 kilos)

Wolfgang Frank "The Sea Wolves",1955; Ulrich Gabler "Unterseebootbau", 1987; Rossler "Geschichte des Deutschen Ubootbaus", 1985-6, 2 vols;

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £14
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Wolfgang Frank The Sea Wolves, 1955; Ulrich Gabler Unterseebootbau, 1987; Rossler Geschichte des Deutschen Ubootbaus, 1985-6, 2 vols; Geoffrey Jones Under Three Flags, 1973; and other works on German naval history, VG/Fine in mixed condition d/jkts. (14)     

British Naval Ships interest with many photographs & ships’ plans, Gun Trials programmes 1905-1910 (11), and sundry ephemera;

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £135
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British Naval Ships interest with many photographs & ships' plans, Gun Trials programmes 1905-1910 (11), and sundry ephemera; plus some merchant ship items including few company brochures. Mainly good to fine with many useful items. (Qty) (6 kilos)

Vincent O’Hara "Struggle for the Middle Sea", 2009; Alan Burn "The Fighting Captain", 1993; Ronald Seth "The Fiercest Battle", 1961;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £32
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Vincent O'Hara Struggle for the Middle Sea, 2009; Alan Burn The Fighting Captain, 1993; Ronald Seth The Fiercest Battle, 1961; Paul Ryan First Line of Defense: The U.S. Navy since 1945, 1981; and other Naval history, all h/bk in mylar-protected d/jkts (bar one) with many first editions. Good to fine. (31)

James Lamb "The Corvette Navy"; Joel Sokolsky "Seapower in the Nuclear Age", 1991; Kerr & James "Wavy Navy by some who served", 1950;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £36
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James Lamb The Corvette Navy; Joel Sokolsky Seapower in the Nuclear Age, 1991; Kerr & James Wavy Navy by some who served, 1950; and other naval history including many relating to the Napoleonic Wars. All h/bks, largely in mylar-protected d/jkts, many 1st editions. Mostly VG/VF (36)

Shipping Photographs (142) and Negatives (131), plus further photographs of naval uniforms, and much related ephemera;

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £145
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Shipping Photographs (142) and Negatives (131), plus further photographs of naval uniforms, and much related ephemera; many of the photos large format and mostly merchant vessels, mixed quality with approx 5% damaged. Includes a pamphlet by Edmund Blunden A Retired Naval Man, 1955, inscribed and initialled by the author, in VG condition. Generally good to fine. (6 kilos)   

Shipping selection both Naval (14, largely RPs) and Merchant vessels, 1900s to 1960s, the Naval ships mostly pre-1920. Good to VF (65)

Lot: 149

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Shipping selection both Naval (14, largely RPs) and Merchant vessels, 1900s to 1960s, the Naval ships mostly pre-1920. Good to VF (65)