Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1946
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st U.S. Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Large 8vo. xii,228pp, Index. Gray cloth, blue letters and image. Near fine condition, slightly worn; no dj. Many and maps photographs, other illustrations. Struggle to control the narrow seas to prevent the Germans from using coastal shipping and keep open allied convoy routes, for the most part employing Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 228 pages.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946
Seller: Fritz T. Brown - Books, Georgetown , MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945. Good to good+ tight condition with slight wear to top/bottom of spine and cover corners. Short Gift inscription on first front end page. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.
Language: English
Published by Hydrographer of the Navy, 1973
Seller: Books that Benefit, Fawley, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Blue cloth hard cover - Good+. 139 pages. Includes the Fourth Edition Supplement. Content Good+. (814g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted.
Published by The Hydrographer of the Navy. London. ., 1973
Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
4th edition (03/73) of the 1962 original, with a preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. Sailing Directions No. 100. VIII, 139 PP with 10 tables, and 12 diagrams, and 41 Ice Photographs (4 in colour, and 37 bw), plus 3 folded charts, 4 charts, 4 colour plates (buoyage), and 14 pages with 12 diagrams (3 on meteorology). Fp: New Symbols and Colours on Metric Charts. Eps: Table for converting Feet and Fathoms to Metres. Supplement No. 2 - corrected to 24th August, 1976 loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.2. Supplement 3, corrected up to 25th May, 1985.
Published by The Hydrographer of the Navy, England, 1973
Seller: Turn The Page Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fourth Edition. Some notation to first page. Rest of book appears clear. Light age and reading wear. 140 pages. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57197.
Published by Country Life Ltd, London, 1946
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
Cloth Boards. Reprint. Reprint, Royal 8vo, pp. xii, 228, Index, colour frontis, colour and b/w plates, maps, endpaper maps, previous owner's inscr., newspaper clippings taped to margins of pp. 80, 141, 215 and pp. 218 (servicemen obituaries), light foxing scattered throughout, original pictorial cloth bds., spine lightly suned particularly head, edges rubbed, top cnrs bumped, id worn d.j., edges creased and chipped, tape marks to front fore-edge, number of closed tears, protected. The coastal forces that fought to keep open the convoy routes of the English Channel. Includes the stories of the Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches.
Published by The Hydrographer of the Navy. London. ., 1992
Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
Reprint 11/92 of the 6th edition of 1989, with a preface by Rear-Admiral R.O. Morris. Sailing Directions No. 100. VIII, 225 PP with 13 tables, 38 diagrams, and 29 b/w Ice Photographs, 6 pages in colour on buoyage, 7 colour photos Auroral forms, and 3 pages with 147 Merchant Flags in colour, plus 2 folded charts in colour. FEP: Map with Limits of Volumes of Admiralty Sailing Directions. REP: Table for converting Feet and Fathoms to Metres. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Stamp of Port of Brisbane authority. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.2.
Published by Country Life London 1945, 1945
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition orig. cloth Very Good quarto xii + 228pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, maps, charts, index, The coastal forces that fought to keep open the convoy routes of the English Channel. Includes the stories of the Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches.
Published by Country Life London 1946, 1946
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
reprint chipped dust jacket Nice Copy quarto xii + 228pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, maps, charts, index, The coastal forces that fought to keep open the convoy routes of the English Channel. Includes the stories of the Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, and Motor Launches.