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.
Cmdr. Prince, USN
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. As new. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. Illustrated map endpapers. The jacket is not price-clipped. US Naval action in the Pacific during World War II. Cover art by Ian Robertson. Previous owner signature hidden beneath the flap.
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.
Trapp's Peace
New York: Dutton, 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very solid and pleasing copy. Smuggling intrigue.
The Great Bluff
London: Frederick Warne, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of an exciting naval action from World War I. Lovely cover art by Laurence Dunn. Quite scarce in this condition. The jacket shows some minor edge-wear with shallow chipping. Original blue cloth very nice indeed.
A Custom of the Sea
London: Gollancz, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. A whaling novel of the Essex. A lovely book to behold with wrap-around cover art. Previous owner signature on the ffep, else fine. Cover art by Wendell Minor.
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 Sentinels
Oxford: Oxford, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A lovely copy in all respects. Beautiful cover art by Paul Wright. A nautical adventure novel focused on attacking the slave trade off the coast of Africa.
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. Bevelled 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.
Deep Soundings
Idaho: The Caxton Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. The jacket has some chipping at both ends of the spine and again along the top edge. A scarce Caxton Press edition. US Naval action in World War II.
The Pirates of Shearwater Island
London: Robert Hale, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Signed by the author on the title page.
Ship Models - How to Build Them
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated throughout. An excellent guide to model ship building.
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.