Vice Admiral B B Schofield (44 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1973 1st ed. (printed in Great Britain) 94pp. illus. hardback 16mo: Very Good in a near Fine dj [light foxing of edges; old yard sale price in ink on ffep; else VG] Sea Battles in Close Up No. 6.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Condition: New. Brand New.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or limited writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. near fine book & price-clipped dustjacket.

paperback. Condition: New. *Brand new* Ships from USA.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, previous owner's bookplate, foxing, browning/VG, Price-clipped, edgewear, spine fade, foxing. 168 pages, including the index. Illustrated with photographs. Expanded condition report/scan on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Small dust spotting on cover and spine. Creases on jacket, not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Like New. First Edition. NF/NF. First Edition; First Printing. 1972. United States Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. Unmarked. Hardcover. NF bright orange cloth boards w/ black spine lettering; bright & clean. Solid, tight & square. NF unclipped dust jacket w/ $5.00 price intact; clean exterior, no rips, tears, or stains; light foxing & spotting to jacket verso, interior only. 96 pp. 4.5x7. Illustrated w/ b&w photographs, maps, and tactical diagrams throughout. Volume 3 in Ian Allan's Sea Battles in Close-Up series; Vice-Admiral Schofield's technical account of the Royal Navy's pursuit and sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941, from the loss of HMS Hood through the Swordfish torpedo strike that crippled her steering. Ships from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: The Loss of the Bismarck is Volume 3 in Ian Allan's Sea Battles in Close-Up series, co-published in the United States by the Naval Institute Press. Written by Vice-Admiral Brian Betham Schofield, CB, CBE, a distinguished Royal Navy officer who served in WWII and authored several respected naval histories, the book provides a technical, blow-by-blow account of the Royal Navy's pursuit and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck from May 24 to May 27, 1941. Beginning with the catastrophic destruction of HMS Hood, Schofield traces the naval strategies, search patterns, and the pivotal Swordfish torpedo strike from HMS Ark Royal that crippled the Bismarck's steering gear and sealed her fate. The account draws from official records and is illustrated throughout with historical black-and-white photographs, maps, and detailed tactical action diagrams. A foundational title for collectors and students of WWII naval warfare, Royal Navy operations, and World War II military history. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good or Better. (1976) 128 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled. Bottom of spine a bit bumped. Light scattered foxing. Red publisher's remainder mark to bottom edge of text block. DJ has wear and several closed tears to edges. Small chip to top of spine. Creases to bottom of front flap. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos, and special illustrations. Contents nice. The County Studio (illustrator).…

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New hardback copies at a reduced price.; Combined volume reprinting Ian Allan's SEA BATTLES IN CLOSE-UP 6: THE ATTACK ON TARANTO, and SEA BATTLES IN CLOSE-UP 3: LOSS OF THE BISMARCK, studies first published 1972-3. Illustrated.; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2018, 270 pages, Hardback, not exlib. Schofield's experience spans the first half of the 20th Century - joining the navy in 1908, he was a naval attache, had command of a cruiser, in charge of convoys during WW2 and finally commanding King George V, a large battleship. This is the first appearance of these memoirs. Ref notes, chronology, index. Condition - a lovely copy -clean, well kept and undamaged in every way.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

F. Detailed coverage, with extensive appendices and maps and well illustrated. 198pp., Very good condition, no dw.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 199pp. b/w ills. Inscript on ffe, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. The story of RN training of navigators from 1900-1977.

1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant. XII, 164 PP with 1 map on double page and 22 diagrams, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w plates. Fp: HMS Torquay, 2500 tons, a frigate of the Whitby class. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Some chips and small pieces missing from dust jacket. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise internally near fine. 22 x 14.2.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, 192pp, b&w plates. Light wear to edges of dw/boards, page edges lightly browned with a little foxing on top edges of pages. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

1st edition dust jacket Very Good small octavo 96pp., b/w plates, maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Sea Battles in Close-up 3. Neat ownership stamp & boards 'protected' with contact and dust jacket slightly chipped o/w a nice copy & internally very good indeed.

1st edition dust jacket Very Good small octavo 94pp., b/w plates, maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Sea Battles in Close-up 6. Sea Battles in Close-up series No. 5. Heavily annotated in text o/w a very good copy in like unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. This book contains detailed historical accounts, photographs, and diagrams regarding the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck during World War II. It is part of the "Sea Battles in Close Up" series.

8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, several charts and plans in the text, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Considerably updated version of the author's earlier account ('The Russian Convoys', 1964) with full use of subsequent revelations (primarily 'Ultra'). More of a reference work, if less dramatic, than the former version. Enser, p.60; Law, 0512.…

1st edition dust jacket Very Good small octavo 168pp., b/w plates, maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Sea Battles in Close-up 10. Ex-library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w a very good copy.

1st edition dust jacket Nice Copy small octavo 168pp., b/w plates, maps, plans, appends., bibliog., index, Sea Battles in Close-up 10. Nice copy in like dust jacket.