Captain Roskill (376 results)

Condition: Good. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 480 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boar…

Condition: Good. 1960. No edition remarks. 480 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate ma…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. 1st Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover, has small 'H' to front board in black marker, very slight bumps to spine ends, and foxing to interior hinges, otherwise a solid, sharp VG+ copy in VG slipcase which is cracking where left and rear panels meet but i…

Condition: Good. 1959. 2nd Impression. 156 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear wit…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One page corner is dog-eared, very little wear overall. Quite clean. Illustrated. First published in 1831, Folio Society reprint MCMLXXVI. Bound in deep blue cloth with nautical theme. Includes leather-pattern slipcase which shows rubbing to the boards. 261 pages. 5.75 x 9 inches. Size: 8vo - ove…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, (1960. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. 480pp, Index. Blue cloth, top edges blue. Book in very good plus condition, slight white specks on shelf edge of one board; dj very good, edges slightly worn/rubbed. With…

Condition: Good. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 480 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgew…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spine, binding and covers all fine though spine is faded. Contents very clean throughout and no inscription. Dustcover in very good condition though tanning towards edges and slight wear on top edge. 664 pages. Heavy - may attract additional p…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Glossy pictorial card cover. 138 x 217 x 25mm. 480pp. One section of b/w photos; maps within text; with appendix and index. A single faint vertical crease on spine; otherwise an immaculate copy, apparently unread and unopened. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Wordsworth Edition. Paperback. The Navy at War. 1939-1945. The author writes with the same simplicity and ease whether he is describing the movement of ships in a single action or the relation of a whole campaign to the strategy of total war. The narrative is thrilling and the analyses clear:…

Condition: New. 2004 N&M Pres reprint (original pub 1954). xxii + 664pp with 43 maps (many in colour) and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £38 Contents: Maritime War and Maritime Strategy â" Maritime War â" The British Shore Organisation â" The Development of Sea-Air Co-operation â" Allied and Enemy War Plans and Di…

Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1961). xvi + 502pp with 46 maps (many in colour) and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £38 Contents: Chronological Summary of Principal Events â" Prelude to âNeptuneâ â" The Assault on Normandy 6th June-3rd July 1944 â" The Mediterranean Campaigns 1st June-31st Dec…

Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1960). xv + 413pp with 21 maps (many in colour) and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £38 Contents: Chronological Summary of Principal Events â" The Background to the Maritime Offensive â" The Battle of the Atlantic 1st June-31st August 1943 â" The Bay of Biscay Of…

Condition: New. 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1956). xvi + 523pp with 42 maps (many in colour) and numerous contemporary photos.Published Price £38 Contents: Chronological Summary of Principal Events â" The Pacific and Indian Oceans 1st January-31st July 1942 â" The African Campaigns 1st January-31st July 1942 â" The Pri…