Naval & Maritime (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Palau & Dulcet, Barcelona, 1995 reprint of 1851 first edition. Limited edition of 1000 copies. 2 vols, cloth, red cover titles, , 8vo, 26 cm,. xxxv, [2], 671 + [4], 801, [2] pp. Near Fine in slightly fingersoiled dustwrappers.

National Maritime Museum, London, first edition, 1971. Illustrated wrappers, large 8vo, 30 cm,. [1], vii, 120 pp. 1446 entries. The first attempt to cover the field, including both books and monographs and journal articles. . Part I (pp 1-87) covers descriptions of boats all over the world which were in contemporary or near contemporary use at the time the… Read more about this item

R. Perkins, Newton Abbot, first edition, 1994. Rexine, top edge gilt, 8vo, 24 cm,. 806 pp, ills. From the introduction - "More than two thousand books are recorded in the following pages, and virtually all of them are regimental or Corps histories, formally published and available in conventional permanent bindings. They are all accessible - some a great… Read more about this item

Never published; typescript c.1930?, with later manuscript additions. Half calf and marbled boards, gilt spine-title, all edges gilt, 4to,. Typescript in red and black, 110 numbered leaves with typescript on rectos only, interleaved with blanks for notes. An unpublished typescript bibliography. (Copac records a copy in the National Maritime Museum Library dated 1930 and a photocopy dated… Read more about this item

Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1929. Illustrated printed wrappers, 4to,. 618, [25] pp, 53 plates (some in red and black), ills. 1253 items. Includes many early works - arranged in chronological order, by the halfway point of the catalogue at page 309 the catalogue has reached only the year 1625. Indexed. Front wrapper detached with old sellotape… Read more about this item

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, first editions, 1970. 2 vols, cloth, 4to,. xiii, 502 + 503 - 977 pp,8 plates. 1,463 entries in Part One, over 15,000 names indexed n Part Two. This second volume (in 2 parts) of the superb bibliographical catalogue of the famous library of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. From a contemporary review:… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 1985. Laminated printed wrappers, large 8vo,. xiv, 54 pp. 106 entries. The publishing firm Mount & Page dominated maritime publishing in England throughout the first half of the 18th century and continued to occupy a prominent place in the second half. This handlist attempts to identify the titles and editions of all non-cartographical books… Read more about this item

Eyre & Spottiswoode for His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, first edition, 1912. The edition was of 500 copies. Contemporary half-calf and moire boards, gilt spine-title, 4to,. 374 pages in double-column format. Very approximately 7,500 entries. A scarce and very important bibliographical source for early naval history.This volume comprises "all printed books in the Library bearing on Naval History" and… Read more about this item

Eyre & Spottiswoode for His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1912. The edition was of 500 copies. Original tape-backed, printed paper boards, 4to,. 374 pages in double-column format. Very approximately 7,500 entries. A scarce and very important bibliographical source for early naval history.This volume comprises "all printed books in the Library bearing on Naval History" and is arranged in a… Read more about this item

Navy Records Society, [London], first edition, 1903 - 1923. 4 vols, two-tone cloth, gilt cover device, top edge trimmed, others untrimmed, 8vo, 25 cm,. xii, 452, 3 + xxxviii, 455, [3] + liii, 458, 4 + cxxviii, 725 pp. Contents: Vol I. General introduction (pp 1-251). Register of ships (pp [253]-306. Register of sea officers (pp 307-435). Index;… Read more about this item

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, first edition, 1968. Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to,. xi, 403, [1] pp, 8 plates, 2 maps. 1204 entries. The first volume of the superb bibliographical catalogue of the famous library of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. Arranged geographically, sub-arranged chronologically. Contents include : Introduction; Collective voyages; Circumnavigations; Africa; America; East Indies; Europe… Read more about this item

Conway Maritime Press, London, second printing, 1970. Cloth, 8vo,. xxii, 163 pp. Approximately 2,500 entries. A useful reprint of the 1930 first edition. Manwaring's bibliography remains a key reference, covering "British Naval History from the earliest times until roughly speaking just after the Battle of Trafalgar" and including works on this period published up to 1930. It is not… Read more about this item

Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, bookseller's catalogue, 1928. Rebound in quarter leather and cloth, (original wrappers not present), small 4to,. 200, 8 pp, 24 plates, ills. 500 items. Indexed. Good.

Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 1985. Laminated printed wrappers, large 8vo,. xiv, 54 pp. 106 entries. The publishing firm Mount & Page dominated maritime publishing in England throughout the first half of the 18th century and continued to occupy a prominent place in the second half. This handlist attempts to identify the titles and editions of all non-cartographical books… Read more about this item

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, first edition, 1968. Cloth, gilt cover device, 4to,. xi, 403, [1] pp, 8 plates, 2 maps. 1204 entries. The first volume of the superb bibliographical catalogue of the famous library of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. Arranged geographically, sub-arranged chronologically. Contents include : Introduction; Collective voyages; Circumnavigations; Africa; America; East Indies; Europe… Read more about this item

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, first editions, 1970. 2 vols, cloth, 4to,. xiii, 502 + 503 - 977 pp,8 plates. 1,463 entries in Part One, over 15,000 names indexed n Part Two. This second volume (in 2 parts) of the superb bibliographical catalogue of the famous library of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. From a contemporary review:… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, first edition, 1985. Laminated printed wrappers, large 8vo,. xiv, 54 pp. 106 entries. The publishing firm Mount & Page dominated maritime publishing in England throughout the first half of the 18th century and continued to occupy a prominent place in the second half. This handlist attempts to identify the titles and editions of all non-cartographical books… Read more about this item