Search Results: Naval from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

London: Printed For John Stockdale, 1786., 1786. 8vo. pp. 50, [2]ads. disbound..

London: Whittaker And Co. & Bell & Sons, 1892. First Edition. Including chapters on early Atlantic steamers, the Cunard and Collins Lines, the Inman, Anchor, and Allan Lines, the Galway, National, and Guion Lines, White Star Line, Dominion, American, State, Warren, Wilson, and Beaver Lines, Leyland, Johnston, and London Lines, Continental Lines, &c. 8vo. pp. xviii, 304. with half-title & tipped-in errata slip. 14 plates (incl. frontis.; 13 folding) & 1 folding diagram. numerous text illus. (many full-page). A very nice untrimmed copy in original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth

Brussels: A.Mertens, Printer, 1829. First Edition of the English Translation of this rare romanticized account. The Battle of Navarino, the last naval battle in history to be fought entirely with sailing vessels, took place on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821–32) in Navarino Bay, on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. Equipped with superior vessels and arms, and better trained crews, the smaller combined English, French and Russian force, commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, succeeded in destroying a combined Ottoman, Algerian and Egyptian armada. 8vo. pp. 88. folding lithographed frontis. contemporary quarter roan (dampstained throughout, some light foxing, neat repairs to frontis.– no loss)

St. John's, NF: The Author, Printed by Dicks and Company Limited, 1986. First Edition. oblong 4to. pp. 2 p.l., iii, 75. profusely illus. wrs. (front wr. with small stain & small piece of cellotape, manuscript note inside front wr.)

np: c1910?]. 12mo. [pp. 30]. 28 full-page photographic illus. accordion-foldout. pictorial bds. (soiled & rubbed, spine ends worn, upper front joint split)

London: Printed for M.Cooper, 1745., 1745. 8vo. pp. viii, [9]-50. woodcut ornaments & initials. disbound. First Edition. Captain Opie was serving on the hospital-ship, the Sutherland, when Vice-Admiral Mathews ordered his court-martial and dismissal on June 24th, 1743 for failing to bring his Master to a court-martial for breach of discipline. In this tract he presents the full details of his case and subsequent appeals to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. "Here we have an extraordinary Instance of one Gentleman's being punished for the Act of Humanity, after forty Years Service as a Commission-Officer, dismissed from his Duty, turn'd a-shore to travel Home at a great Expence; while other Captains, who are said to have neglected the Service of their Country on the Day of Battle.were skreened from Justice, and continued in full Power and Authority." (Introduction). F.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd., 1890. First Edition. A passionate plea for the more humane treatment of cattle and a safer environment for seamen on board cattle transport vessels advanced by the English politician and social reformer. On the verso of the title, Plimsoll claims no rights of publication are reserved except for certain illustrations belonging to a meat merchant named Waldie, and encourages the liberal reprinting of the whole, currently being done in instalments by the County Council Gazette, in order to make the facts of the matter widely known. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 150. with half-title. frontis. & numerous text illus. original pictorial cloth (some fraying to extremities)

Paris: Printed By P.N.Rougeron…Sold By the Author, Bance aîné, and Fantin, 1814. First Edition. An attractive series of ship portraits, designed and engraved by Baugean, depicting European and American ships-of-war and merchant vessels. Included are engravings of American and English frigates, French corsairs and corvettes, Dutch cutters, Spanish and Italian fishing vessels, American and Swedish merchant brigs, &c. Polak 479 (listing in the notes an edition for 1802 – apparently in error; 1814 is the earliest edition cited in NUC and the British Library). cfThieme-Becker III 74. oblong 4to. pp. 15. 72 engraved plates. contemporary tree calf (somewhat worn, upper front joint wormed, occasional light foxing, last plate with smudge in lower margin, but the plates generally clean and fresh)

London: Printed for J.Clarke, A.Millar, and R. and J.Dodsley, 1758., 1758. 8vo. pp. 30. 1 folding map engraved by Thomas Jefferys & 2 engraved plates (1 folding with views of 3 forts & prospect of land at the mouth of the River Charante). woodcut title vignette. disbound. Second Edition. Admiral Knowles' was second in command to Sir Edward Hawkes during the abortive expedition against Rochefort in 1757. Knowles' conduct and the conduct of the military commander, Lieutenant-General Sir John Mordaunt, provoked considerable criticism. cfGoldsmiths' 9428..

[Philadelphia: c1894]. Established as a small family business in 1830 building wooden clipper ships, Cramp's of Philadelphia transitioned into making iron warships during the Civil War, and by 1895 was the largest and most important shipyard in America, covering 32 acres and employing 6000 men. "[Cramp's] enhanced its reputation as the premier maker of modern ships in the naval program of 1890 with the construction of the battleships USS Indiana and USS Massachusetts, armored cruiser USS New York, and protected cruiser USS Columbia. Cramp-built vessels comprised three of the five capital ships that defeated the Spanish fleet in 1898 at Santiago de Cuba, an event that heralded America's emergence as a great power." (GlobalSecurity) The present work illustrates and describes the company’s most important ships from the clipper ship Morning Light to the new American transatlantic passenger liners Saint Louis and Saint Paul, at the time the two most important commercial ships ever built in the Western… Read More

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1936. First American Edition. 8vo. pp. 280. 8 plates. cloth (spine darkened & frayed at ends)

Edinburgh: T. and A.Constable, 1890. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, [15]-94, [2]. with half-title. frontis. & numerous text illus. original cloth (extremities trifle frayed). printed complimentary slip of Sir Donald Currie laid in

London: Printed for Robert Clavell, 1694., 1694. 4to. pp. 51, [1]ad. disbound (outer leaves browned & some foxing). First Edition. Captain St. Lo. addressed the problem of naval administration in two pamphlets, England's Safety (1693) and England's Interest. In this 1694 tract he outlines a method whereby seamen on Men of War might be relieved yearly by merchant seamen. "For tis very obvious, that a great many Seamen.have shifted their Necks out of the Collar.getting into Merchants Service, only for the lucre of greater Pay, than is given to Fore-mast-men in Men of War; without any respect to the welfare of the Nation in general; receiving sometimes Fifty Shillings, and sometimes Three Pound, Four Pound, and Five Pound per Month; while most part of those on Board the King's Ships have not received above Three and Twenty shillings per Month during the whole War." (pp. 9-10) Wing S340. National Maritime Museum V 865. Davies & Keeler 1732.. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good.

[London: Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Limited, 1947]. First Edition: Printed for Private Circulation. An account of the achievements of some of the 477 members of Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Limited lost during the Second World War. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 71, [1 leaf]. colour title & 12 plates. pebbled cloth

[np: The Author, 1962]. First Edition. oblong folio. unpaginated profusely illus. wrs. spiral-bound. Very good copy. Signed by the Author on dedication page

Paris: G. De Bure l'aîné, 1786., 1786. 2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 6 p.l., 491; 2 p.l., 492. with half-titles. folding table. contemporary mottled calf, gilt backs (extremities worn). Second and Best Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. In the prefatory remarks Sainte-Croix laments the numerous errors and inadequacies of the first edition of 1780 which was published in Yverdon. The naval history includes numerous passages relating to America: the exploits of Sir Francis Drake against the Spanish in the West Indies and South America, the struggles of the French and English over the Newfoundland fisheries and Hudson's Bay, the Seven Years' War and the conquest of Canada, and the Paris Treaty of 1763. Cioranescu 59315. Sabin 75533.. F. Hardcover.

Exeter: Webb & Bower, [1984]., 1984. Foreward by Alan G. Hill. 8vo. pp. 208. numerous illus. (some colour). biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1940 [1941]. An important reference source for international maritime defence, this volume of particular interest in providing reliable visual and technical information for the world’s navies at the beginning of World War II. "For the first time since 1919, a War Loss section has been included in the prefatory pages. Though this cannot pretend to be exhaustive in the absence of complete information concerning enemy losses, every effort has been made to ensure its being as accurate as possible...the account given of the British Fleet is as complete as could possibly be expected in war-time. Illustrations of our latest type of aircraft carrier and of the light destroyer type known as the Hunt class…are amongst the items which we have been officially permitted to publish. A clearer plan of the new battleships of the class has been substituted for the somewhat sketchy one which was all that the authorities would allow to appear last year...In the United States… Read More

np: 1922. Includes the following drawings, most relating to south east China and Hong Kong: “Kum Sing Teng”, “High Seas Fishing Junk”, ‘Junk’, “Tai Lup Teng” Small Fishing Junk’, “Jeu Sui Suen”, “Tai Toe” Large Junk (1 Mast), “Toe Teng” Junk For Transporting Coolies, “Cho Teng Chai”, “Toe Chai” Small Junk, “Seen Teng” Junk For Transporting Fish, ‘Cargo Junk’, “Cho Teng” Swatow, “Sui Teng” Fresh Water Carrier, “Sai Kwar Pin” Junk For Carrying Stones Canton, “Pune Teng”, “Sampan”, “Tai Tor” Fishing Junk, ‘Small Fishing Sampan’, “Handicaps” Rounding The Beacon and ‘H.M. Naval Yard’ [Hong Kong]. 8vo. [ff. 21: 20 pencil drawings & bookplate of Abbib Abbas. Jan 1923]. drawings titled, signed ‘A. Abbas’ & dated 1922. paper watermarked ‘Deerlake Mills’. tissue guards watermarked “WJ&C extra strong 3000’. cloth (covers spotted & bit worn & scattered traces of foxing). dola882

London & Newcastle-On-Tyne: The Tyne Publishing Company, Limited, [c1880]. Including chapters on the Lady Hobart, the Duke of Cumberland, the Nautilus, the Medusa, the Alceste, the Kent, the Comet, the Neva, &c. 8vo. pp. viii, [9]-304 + [16]ads. with half-title. 4 tinted wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.). decorative headpieces. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (rubbed, inner front hinge cracked, some gatherings sprung, some scattered light soiling). Inscription dated 1882 on front flyleaf from the Rock of Shelter Juvenile Lodge presenting the book to Bro. Wm. Lambie, for bringing new members)