Naval history and biography
£450
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 3 September 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
A collection of works relating to the role of the Navy in the two world wars, to include Chalmers. W.S The life and letters of David Beatty. London, 1951. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Roskill. S. Churchill and the admirals. Barnsley, 1977. 8vo. Publisher’s paper covers; Halpern, P.G. A naval history of World War I. London, 1994. 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Jameson, Wlliam. The fleet that Jack built. London, 1962. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Gibson, L. & Harper, J.E.T. The riddle of Jutland. London, 1934. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Morison, S.E. The two-ocean war. Boston, 1963. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Gordon, Andrew. The rules of the game: Jutland and the British Naval Command. London, 1996. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers, signed by the author on the titlepage; Hough, Richard The longest battle: the war at sea 1939-45. London, 1986. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Macintyre, Donald. The battle for the Mediterranean. London, 1964. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Parkin, Ray Out of the smoke. London, 1960. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Cook, James The voyages … selected from his Journals and edited by C. Lloyd. London, 1949. 8vo., publisher’s cloth; Muir, John Reid The life and achievements of Captain James Cook. London, 1939. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, spine loose; British Museum. Captain Cook and the South Pacific. (British Museum yearbook 3). London, 1979. 4to., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Lyte, Charles. Sir Joseph Banks. Newton Abbot, 1980. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrapper, damp stained; Aughton, Peter Endeavour: the story of Captain Cook’s first great epic voyage. Moreton-in-Marsh, 2002. First edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers, Beaglehole, J.C. The exploration of the Pacific. London, 1975. Third edition, 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; and 56 others [73]