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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)

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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)   

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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)

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)