Too Deep the Sea
London: Staples Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Scarce. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine. Cover art by William Randell. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
Nautical
The Long Trick
London: William Kimber, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Re-issue of the 1917 Cassell First Edition. Classic World War I British Navy novel. Price-clipped, else fine. Cover art by P. Ensleigh Castle.
The Tinfish Run
New York: Harper and Row, 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A clean and solid example of this fine World War II naval adventure novel. Very nice wrap-around cover art by Paul Wright. Very minor edge-wear, else fine.
The Emperor's Coloured Coat
London: Secker & Warburg, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. The author's second title in this series. Precedes the US first by three years. Wrap-around cover art by Geoff Hunt. Some minor browning along the edges just visible.
The Captain's Wife
London: William Kimber, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. A Captain Davy story. Very nice wrap-around cover art by Stephen Seymour.
Proud Waters
London: Jarrolds, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. The jacket is price-clipped. Previous owner signature on ffep. Closed tear to bottom edge of front panel. World War II Mine Sweeping novel. Very nice cover art by Hofton.
A Flock of Ships
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A nice copy of this World War II convoy novel. There are shadow marks on both spine ends of interior tape re-inforcement.
The Somers Mutiny
London: Gollancz, 1972. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. A clean, bright and solid copy of this adventure novel of Mutiny on the high seas. Wrap-around cover art by Andrew Soltysik.
Voyage to the First of December
New York: Putnam, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A story of mutiny on the high seas. A clean, bright and solid copy. The jacket has some minor rubbing along the edges and a scratch on the front panel.
The Monday Mutiny
London: William Kimber, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of this Ben Grant naval adventure story. Concerns the blockade of the newly forming country of Israel.
Sea Wolf Hunter
London: William Kimber, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Pages beginning to brown along the edges. World War II submarine novel.
The Log of a Privateersman
London: Blackie and Sons, 1897. Hardcover. Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and attractive copy. 12 full page illustrations by W. Rainey. Beveled edges. Original green cloth with decoration in white, black and gilt. Spine decorated as well. A "Student Prize" book, with the award announcement on the front paste-down. The spine leans a bit. A beautiful copy and scarce.....
Honour Redeemed
London: Orion, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. The second book in the Markham series. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page.
Honour Redeemed
London: Orion, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A Markham of the Marines Novel.
Honour Be Damned
London: Orion, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A Markham of the Marines Novel.
The Pirates of Shearwater Island
London: Robert Hale, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Signed by the author on the title page.
Firedrake
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A lovely copy in all respects. Extremely clean and bright. World War II naval action, telling the story of "the destroyer that wouldn't give up." Illustrated with photographs.
An Awkward Commission
London: Allison & Busby, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page.
A Game of Bones
London: MacMillan, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects. From the Ludlow series.
A Hanging Matter
London: Macmillan, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. The third title in the Ludlow series. A fine copy in all respects.
On a Making Tide
London: Orion, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. A novel of Nelson and Emma.
Whale Ships and Whaling
Salem, Mass: Marine Research Society, 1925. First Edition. F. Original cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this volume absolutely filled with photographs and old illustrations of the history of the whaling industry.
Battle Fleet
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed, dated and with the additional phrase, " Battle Fleet Trafalgar 1805" all present on the title page. A lovely copy in all respects. The third volume in this children's action adventure trilogy.
Powder Monkey
London: Bloomsbury, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page.
Prison Ship
London: Bloomsbury, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author, along with the the title and the phrase, Copenhagen 1801, all on the title page. The second volume of this very collectible children's trilogy. Illustrated endpapers and illustrated boards.