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Beaufort of the Admiralty The Life of Sir Francis Beaufort 1774-1857.

By: Friendly (A.)

Price: £18.00

Publisher: 1977,

Seller ID: 1615

362pp, 14 illus, 2 maps, endpaper maps, attractive copy, dw. DNB: (1774-1857), rear-admiral and hydrographer; surveyed entrance to Rio de la Plata, 1807; surveyed coast of Karamania, 1811-12; hydrographer to navy, 1829-55.
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Admiral of the Blue The Life and Times of Admiral John Child Purvis 1747-1825.

By: Gordon (I.)

Price: £19.99

Publisher: 2005,

Seller ID: 5577

xvi + 272pp, 16 plates, 5 maps and plans, dw. Publisher: Admiral John Child Purvis was a contemporary of Nelson.ûNMM, Cat Vol 1, Pt 2, Page 855: Purvis, Adm John Child (b 1746). SeeûMarshall, Lt John: Royal Naval Biography, Vol 1, page 235.
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Great Britain and Napoleon 1814-1815.

By: Grant Robertson (C.G.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: 1944,

Seller ID: 9302

unpaginated, 17pp, original green wrappers. SBS: In this pamphlet written in 1944 Grant Robertson writes 'History'ûmay or may not repeat itself, but it only too often confronts a coalitionûat the end of a great war with issues, affecting leading enemyûindividuals, in which policy and law are inextricably intertwined.
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Fitzroy The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast.

By: Gribbin (J.) & (M.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: 2004, Yale,

Seller ID: 8062

xii + 336pp, 17 illus, 2 maps, text illus, dw. AJS: A modern life of Fitzroy of the Beagle.
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NRS Vol 118. The Royal Navy and North America: The Warren Papers, 1736-1752.

By: Gwyn (J.) Editor.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: 1973,

Seller ID: 1518

xlv + 463pp, frontis, map, 7 illus, blue cloth. AJS: No 118 in the series.
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Frances, Lady Nelson The Life and Times of an Admirable Wife.

By: Hardy (S.)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: 2005,

Seller ID: 5513

320pp, 16 illus, 3 maps, dw. AJS: A new biography based on the hundred or so letters she wrote toûNelson. With a foreword by Colin White.
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The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734-1995.

By: Heathcote (T.A.)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: 2002,

Seller ID: 4173

320pp, illus, dw. AJS: Outlines the 115 officers who held the rank of Admiral of the Fleetûin the Royal Navy from 1734, when it took its modern form, to 1995, whenûthe last one was appointed.
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Lewin of Greenwich The Authorised Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin.

By: Hill (Rear Ad R.)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: 2000,

Seller ID: 3188

443pp, 28 illus, 6 maps, dw. Publisher: His career encompassed every naval conflict since the Second World War, culminating in his role as Chief of Defence Staff during the Falklands War. AJS: An interesting man and a book collector too...the last senior naval officer to buy books from us..modern Admirals do not read apparently.
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Augustus Hervey A Naval Casanova.

By: Holmes (M.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: 1996,

Seller ID: 3668

xiv + 306pp, frontis, 8 illus, 5 maps, dw. Publisher: Augustus Hervey (1724-1779), sailor, philanderer andûpolitician.
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Unpathed Waters An Account of the Life and Times of Joseph Huddart, FRS., At one time a Captain in the Service of the Honourable East India Company and later an Elder Brother of the Corporation of Trinity House.

By: Huddart (W.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: 1989,

Seller ID: 626

viii + 200pp, 17 illus (inc plans and sketches), dw. AJS: Captain Huddart (1741-1816), an expert in navigation, his advice wasûsought in the formation of the East India Dock Co. He also invented steamûdriven machinery for laying up rope.
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A Great Seaman the Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver.

By: James (W.)

Price: £12.00

Publisher: 1956,

Seller ID: 664

190pp, 8 illus, dw. Marder: A short authorised biography of an almost legendary characterûwhose service career spanned the years 1878-1927. Based on the Admiral'sûpost-war recollections.
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Naval Brigades in the South African War 1899-1900 Written by Officers Attached to the Various Brigades, and Edited by Surgeon T.T. Jeans, RN.

By: Jeans (Surgeon T.T.)

Price: £250.00

Publisher: 1901, 1st ed,

Seller ID: 5169

xx + 304pp, frontis, 11 illus, 5 maps (4 folding), original decorated pale blue cloth, some slight wear to binding. AJS: A standard account of the involvement of the naval brigades in the South African War. The illustrations show the 4.7in naval gun in use on the improvised gun carriage, this inspired William Britain to create the toy gun that became a great success. There was a second edition in 1902.
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Somewheres East of Suez.

By: Jones (T.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: 1988,

Seller ID: 3699

252pp, 15 illus, 3 maps, endpaper illus, dw. AJS: More tales from this master mariner.
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Dearest Mother Extracts from the Letters of F.R. Kendall.

By: Kendal (F.R.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: 1987,

Seller ID: 7921

46pp, 7 illus, original pictorial laminated wrappers. AJS: Issued by P&O to celebrate their time in business, 1837-1987.ûKendall served with the company in India, Singapore, Hong Kong andûAustralia and sent regular letters home describing his experiences.
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Coxswain in the Northern Convoys.

By: Kerslake (S.A.)

Price: £13.00

Publisher: 1984,

Seller ID: 754

(x), 191pp, 48 illus, dw. AJS: The author took part in Convoys PQ17, QP14 and JW51B. He later servedûin the clandestine small boat organisation at Algiers, the African CoastalûFlotilla.
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Adventures Ashore and Afloat.

By: Keyes (Admiral of the Fleet Sir R.)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: 1939 rp 1973,

Seller ID: 836

374pp, 34 illus, 7 maps, dw. AJS: Roger Keyes..his early life in the Royal Navy, anti-slavery patrols,ûat Relief of Peking. The work ends in 1906.
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Fleet Admiral King A Naval Record.

By: King (Fleet Ad E.J.) & Whitehill (Cdr W.M.)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: 1953,

Seller ID: 2215

xvi + 465pp, 19 illus, 7 charts and maps, original blue cloth. AJS: C-in-C of the US Fleets, and Chief of Naval Operations from 1941-45.ûHe was directly concerned both with the active planning of navalûoperations and with the overall Allied strategy.
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My Naval Life 1906-1929.

By: King-Hall (S.)

Price: £16.00

Publisher: 1952,

Seller ID: 7380

287pp, 12 illus, original pale blue cloth. Marder: Interesting for the accounts of the main North Sea actions of the war, in all of which the author's ship, the light cruiser Southampton, was present.
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The Journal of Daniel Paine 1794-1797.

By: Knight (R.J.B.) & Frost (A.) Editors.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: 1983,

Seller ID: 921

xxix + 107pp, 4 illus, large format (25cm x 18cm), dw. AJS: The journal was kept on his voyage to Sydney in the Reliance inû1795. The editors go on to discuss government shipbuilding and timberûgathering in New South Wales, 1795-1805.ûPublisher: First edition of a diary kept on the voyage to Sydney in theûReliance in 1795 and sojourn in New South Wales.ûIntroduction and appendix on early government, the fledgling boat buildingûindustry and timber industry. With biographies of all the personsûmentioned in the journal.
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Last But Not Least. His Own Story of the 1978 Round-the-World Race.

By: Knox-Johnston (R.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: 1978,

Seller ID: 3701

207pp, frontis, 20 colour Illus, 7 illus, 3 maps, endpaper maps, dw.
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