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DOUGLAS, Sir Howard. Naval Evolutions; A MemoirLondon : 1832
First edition, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To my Dearly beloved Daughter Mary Gartshore, Green Street, Sept. 28 1844, Howard Douglas"; Mary (d. 1851) married John Murray-Gartshore of Ravelston in 1836 (Gartshore served on the committee of the Naval and Military Bible Society); Howard's address was 15 Green... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 130442
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SUEZ CANAL - VETCH, James. Inquiry into the Means of Establishing a Ship Navigation between the Mediterranean and Red Seas.London : 1843
First edition. Uncommon, this copy inscribed "from the Author" to the Institute of Civil Engineers on the title page. Vetch was a Royal Engineers officer who served in the Peninsular War and from 1819 to 1823 was employed on the Ordnance Survey, surveying in Ireland, Orkney and the Shetlands. Subsequently he worked for the Birmingham and Gloucester... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 143835
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NELSON, Horatio, Viscount Nelson - BEATTY, William. Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson:London : 1807
First edition, inscribed in an elegantly flourished secretarial hand on the blank before the frontispiece: "To John Houseman Esqr. with every sentiment of Regard by his friend & humble servant, the author". A most apposite and appealing provenance: the recipient is almost certainly the John Houseman who was appointed in 1798 as first clerk to the Sick... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 128879
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MALLETT, Alfred J. Small naval archive including original notice board announcement of VJ Day from submarine HM Submarine Terrapin.1927-1962
Slight and slightly scruffy, this nevertheless remains an evocative assemblage of documents from an extraordinarily long and highly distinguished naval career. Perhaps the "star" item being the two-page "Notice Board Copy", pencil on naval message pad, of the announcement of VJ Day from the submarine Terrapin, which was at that point returning via Suez... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 142705
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FRUNEAU, René. Collection of six scarce works on navigation, hydrography, meteorology, and astronomy published at Nantes.Nantes : 1829-33
First editions of a group of rather eccentric theoretical papers on a range of matters maritime by an "ancien marin Nantaise", based in his experiences as a ship's captain in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. In his introduction to the first "opuscule" Fruneau insists that he is not seeking patronage (Certes! l'intérêt ni autres motifs n'ont... Learn More£6,000.00Stock Code: 67938
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NELSON, Horatio, Viscount Nelson. Autograph letter signed concerning Napoleon to Colonel William Stewart, commander of marines on board Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen.Merton [Place], Surrey : 12 October, 1802
A quite superb letter full of interest and colour, ranging across personal and international affairs, addressed warmly to his respected brother-in-arms Colonel William Stewart during the period of peace following the Treaty of Amiens (27 March 1802). It includes a memorably witty and waspish attack on Napoleon and until now has never been fully elucidated.
In... Learn More£22,500.00Stock Code: 137849
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EARDLEY-WILMOT, Arthur Parry. A Complete and Universal Dictionary of Signals for Boats of Her Majesty's Fleet:London : 1850
First edition, this a prepublication presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the first blank; "Mrs. Holt with the author's most affectionate love, November 1849". The recipient was possibly Jemima Arabella, the author's aunt who married Sir John Holt. Extremely uncommon, WorldCat shows just 6 locations for this first edition - BL, NLS, Oxford,... Learn More£1,850.00Stock Code: 119966
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ASPINALL-OGLANDER, Cecil. Roger Keyes.London : 1951
First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author "For Elizabeth, this memory of her wonderful father, with love from Cecil Aspinall Oglander, Oct 1951" on the initial blank, with the publisher's printed compliments slip ("Sent at the author's request") laid in. Elizabeth has annotated two pages (8 and 441) in the book, the first identifying... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 118288
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GOLF; JAPAN - WHITE, Cyril T. H. Commonplace book containing documents relating to cruises on the China Station and elsewhere.1890-1906
A naval officer's commonplace book from the last years of the 19th century containing rare ephemera, notably two printed documents of 1897 relating to the Hakodate Golf Club. These both predate the accepted date for the foundation of the "first golf club in Japan", at Kobe in 1901. Hakodate, on the northern island of Hokkaido, was the first Japanese... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 117485
