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THE BLACK BATTLEFLEET : A STUDY OF THE CAPITAL SHIP IN TRANSITION.

By: Ballard, G. A. Admiral. (Osbon, G. A. & Rodger, N. A. M. edited.)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Nautical Publishing Company Limited / the Society for Nautical Research: 1980

Seller ID: 67393

ISBN: 0245530304

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; boards bowed, tape-marks to endpapers, otherwise very good tape-marked and heavily faded dustjacket. ; Text reprinted from The Mariner's Mirror, the Journal of the Society for Nautical Research, which the author contributed to between 1911 to 1948. With additional material. Illustrated with over 200 b/w photographs and illustrations. ; 261 pages
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BIRTH OF THE BATTLESHIP : BRITISH CAPITAL SHIP DESIGN 1870-1881

By: Beeler, John.

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Chatham Publishing: 2001

Seller ID: 65568

ISBN: 1861761678

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in creased dustjacket. ; The successes and failures as navies in the late 19th century moved from the world of wooden sailing ships to the new technology of steam and iron. Illustrated. ; 224 pages
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THE GARRETT ENIGMA AND THE EARLY SUBMARINE PIONEERS

By: Bowers, Paul.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Airlife: 1999

Seller ID: 65169

ISBN: 1840370661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; marks to endpaper otherwise good in torn dustjacket. ; Nineteenth-century British inventor George William Garrett and his submarine Resurgam. Illustrated. ; 224 pages
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BEFORE THE IRONCLAD : WARSHIP DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 1815-1860

By: Brown, David K.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing: 1990

Seller ID: 62405

ISBN: 978184322585

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published 40.00.; The advent of steam and the paddle fighting ship, iron hulls and screw propulsion. The performance of the fleet in the Crimean War; and the design of the Warrior - the first iron-built, sea-going capital ship. Illustrated. (Reprint of the Seaforth edition, published 2015). ; 224 pages
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SAILING WARSHIPS OF THE US NAVY

By: Canney, Donald L.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Chatham Publishing: 2001

Seller ID: 63843

ISBN: 1861761104

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in very good dustjacket. ; A well illustrated study re-assessing the work of Howard Chapelle and the evolution of the American Navy. The warship types and service, Navy-built warships of the American Revolution, and ship design up to the 1860s. ; 224 pages
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SAILING WARSHIPS OF THE US NAVY

By: Canney, Donald L.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Chatham Publishing: 2001

Seller ID: 66452

ISBN: 1861761104

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; pages bowed, otherwise a good clean copy in creased and faded dustjacket. ; A well illustrated study re-assessing the work of Howard Chapelle and the evolution of the American Navy. The warship types and service, Navy-built warships of the American Revolution, and ship design up to the 1860s. ; 224 pages
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AFRICA SQUADRON : THE U.S. NAVY AND THE SLAVE TRADE, 1842-1861

By: Canney, Donald L.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.: 2006

Seller ID: 67325

ISBN: 1574886061

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; a few small ink marks to bibliography, otherwise very good in lightly creased dustjacket. ; The first book-length history of the US Navy's Africa Squadron, established in 1842 to enforce the ban on importing slaves to the USA. Illustrated. ; 277 pages
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DICTIONARY OF ADMIRALS OF THE US NAVY VOLUME 1: 1862-1900

By: Cogar, William B.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 1989

Seller ID: 67520

ISBN: 0870214314

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardback issued without dustjacket; light foxing to edge of pages, otherwise very good. ; The 211 admirals of the United States Navy between the American Civil War and the end of the century. Includes personal information, ranks achieved, dates of promotions, and a career summary from enlistment to retirement or death. Illustrated. +xxxipp. ; 218 pages
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MEN OF WAR : COURAGE UNDER FIRE IN THE 19TH CENTURY NAVY

By: Crane, D.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Harper Press: 2009

Seller ID: 40246

ISBN: 0007254059

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in very good dustjacket. ; A portrait of the Royal Navy through the lives of three outstanding naval officers. Frank Hastings, William Peel, and James Goodenough. Illustrated. ; 480 pages
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A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY (1855)

By: Douglas, H. General.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Naval & Military Press:

Seller ID: 50308

ISBN: 1843425319

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Paperback; lean to spine, dent to margin of pages, blemish to edge of pages, otherwise good in creased card covers. ; Facsimile reprint of the Revised Fourth Edition, published 1855. Illustrated. ; 645 pages
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ROYAL NAVY VERSUS THE SLAVE TRADERS : ENFORCING ABOLITION AT SEA 1808-1898

By: Edwards, Bernard.

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2007

Seller ID: 67312

ISBN: 1844156338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; a few small ink marks to bibliography, otherwise very good in lightly creased dustjacket. ; Illustrations & maps. ; 197 pages
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MAD JACK PERCIVAL : LEGEND OF THE OLD NAVY

By: Ellis, J. H.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 2002

Seller ID: 62234

ISBN: 1557502048

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in very good dustjacket. ; Percival's naval career began in 1797 when he was impressed into British naval service aboard HMS Victory and ended in 1846 after taking the USS Constitution on her only around-the-world cruise. Illustrated. ; 242 pages
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A SAILOR'S LOG : RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS OF NAVAL LIFE

By: Evans, R. D. (Cooling, B. F. Introduction.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 1994

Seller ID: 60502

ISBN: 0870215876

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Classics of Naval Literature. Hardback without dustjacket; blemish to edge of pages otherwise very good in marked cloth boards. ; The author (Robley D. Evans) served in the American Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. First published 1901. With new Introduction. +xxviiipp. ; 481 pages
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BRITISH ADMIRALS AND CHINESE PIRATES 1832-1869

By: Fox, Grace.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. , Ltd.: 1940

Seller ID: 67332

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; boards dented, light foxing to edge of pages, small ink marks to bibliography, otherwise good in torn, marked, and creased dustjacket. First edition. ; The suppression of piracy in China; from the point of view of the Admiralty. Illustrated; xivpp. ; 227 pages
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BRITISH CRUISERS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA

By: Friedman, Norman.

Price: £29.99

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing: 2017

Seller ID: 65244

ISBN: 184832099X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published 45.00.; Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. Ship plans by A D Baker III. ; 352 pages
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TORPEDO WAR, AND SUBMARINE EXPLOSIONS

By: Fulton, Robert. (Henkle, Herman H. Introduction. )

Price: £15.00

Publisher: The Swallow Press Incorporated: 1971

Seller ID: 64968

ISBN: 0804005338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Hardback without dustjacket; bookplate to paste-down, otherwise very good in discoloured cloth boards. ; Facsimile reprint of the 1810 edition; with New Introduction. Illustrated; +xiiipp. Robert Fulton, designer of the Nautilus, the first practical submarine in history; and inventor of some of the earliest naval torpedoes for use by the Royal Navy. ; 60 pages
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STEAM, POLITICS AND PATRONAGE : THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROYAL NAVY 1815-54

By: Greenhill, Basil & Giffard, Ann.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Conway: 1994

Seller ID: 66807

ISBN: 0851776124

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; edge of pages yellowed, small ink marks to bibliography and margin, otherwise good in faded, torn and price-clipped dustjacket. ; The development of the Royal Navy which took place between the Napoleonic Wars and Russian Wars. Illustrated. ; 256 pages
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THE U.S. NAVY AND THE ORIGINS OF THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, 1847-1883

By: Hackemer, K.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 2001

Seller ID: 47460

ISBN: 1557503338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardback issued without dustjacket; a fine copy. ; The first book to examine the developing relationship between American business and the U.S. Navy in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.; 181 pages
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BLACK NIGHT OFF FINISTERRE: THE TRAGIC TALE OF AN EARLY BRITISH IRONCLAD

By: Hawkey, A.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Airlife: 1999

Seller ID: 41477

ISBN: 1840370955

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in lightly creased dustjacket. ; The loss of HMS Captain in 1870, the first sea-gowing turret warship; and the controversy in parliament and the press which led to her building. Illustrated. ; 192 pages
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COMMISSIONERS AND COMMODORES: THE EAST INDIA SQUADRON AND AMERICAN DIPLOMACY IN CHINA

By: Henson, C. T.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: The University of Alabama Press: 1982

Seller ID: 59784

ISBN: 0817300872

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardback without dustjacket; tear to margin of one page otherwise good in scuffed boards. ; The creation of the American East India Squadron in 1835 and the effects of its presence on the China coast during the nineteenth century. ; 231 pages
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BATTLESHIPS IN TRANSITION : THE CREATION OF THE STEAM BATTLEFLEET 1815-1860

By: Lambert, Andrew.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Conway Maritime Press: 1985

Seller ID: 66806

ISBN: 085177315x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; small ink marks to bibliography, otherwise very good in faded and creased dustjacket. ; Warship development and naval policy; the evolution and active service of the wooden steam battleship. Illustrated. ; 161 pages
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GOLD BRAID AND FOREIGN RELATIONS: DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES OF U.S. NAVAL OFFICERS, 1798-1883

By: Long, D. F.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press: 1988

Seller ID: 41642

ISBN: 0870212281

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Hardback; fine in fine dustjacket. ; Maps & illustrations.
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FATHER OF THE SUBMARINE: THE LIFE OF THE REVEREND GEORGE GARRETT PASHA

By: Murphy, W. S.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: William Kimber: 1987

Seller ID: 50227

ISBN: 0718306546

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in creased dustjacket. ; Biography of the inventor of the first practical British submarine 'Resurgam'. Illustrated. ; 254 pages
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RUSSO-TURKISH NAVAL WAR 1877-1878

By: Olender, Piotr.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Stratus / MMP Mushroom Model Publications: 2017

Seller ID: 67333

ISBN: 8365281368

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Maritime Series 3107. Paperback; very good in creased and scratched card covers. ; Historical background to the conflict fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Orthodox coalition. Combat operations on the Danube and in the Black Sea. The Russian and Turkish ships involved, described and illustrated. ; 224 pages
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STODDARTS'S WAR : NAVAL OPERATIONS DURING THE QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE, 1798-1801

By: Palmer, Michael A.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press: 1987

Seller ID: 67391

ISBN: 0872494993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; small ink marks to bibliography, otherwise very good in heavily faded dustjacket. ; The Franco-American undeclared naval war of 1798-1801. Naval operations and the role of Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert. Illustrated; +xivpp. ; 313 pages
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HOW THE BATTLESHIP MAINE WAS DESTROYED

By: Rickover, H. G.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, Washington: 1976

Seller ID: 50779

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Hardback without dustjacket (if issued) ; light foxing to edge of pages otherwise very good in faded and scuffed boards. First edition. ; The sinking of USS Maine, and the tragic loss of 266 lives was blamed on a mine, and it was a partial cause of the Spanish-American war. ; 173 pages
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THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH (1865)

By: Russell, W. H.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: David & Charles: 1972

Seller ID: 43088

ISBN: 0715353748

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; marks to one page otherwise good in creased dustjacket. ; How the cable was manufactured, how the Great Eastern was adapted, and how the cable was laid. First published 1865. Illustrated. ; 117 pages
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PIRATE KILLERS: THE ROYAL NAVY AND THE AFRICAN PIRATES

By: Thomas, G. A.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2011

Seller ID: 44612

ISBN: 1848842406

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99. ; The Royal Navy's fight aggainst african pirates in the nineteenth century. Illustrated. ; 200 pages
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE GREAT WHITE FLEET: AMERICAN SEA POWER COMES OF AGE

By: Wimmel, K.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Brassey's: 1998

Seller ID: 38631

ISBN: 1574881531

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Hardback; fine in fine dustjacket. ; The development of of the modern American navy from the late 1800s to the early twentieth century. ; 273 pages
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HURRAH FOR THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER : LIFE ON THE LOWER-DECK OF THE VICTORIAN NAVY

By: Winton, J.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Michael Joseph: 1977

Seller ID: 47901

ISBN: 0718115805

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; edge of pages yellowed otherwise good in creased and torn dustjacket. ; The life of the common sailor, based on contemporary accounts, memoirs, diaries and despatches. With 300 illustrations. ; 320 pages
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Category: Naval