commander royal navy (26 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by previous owner. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and uncut edges. There is foxing around the block of the book. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Traces of use. No Jacket. 319 pp. Index. B/w photographs. Maps inside boards. Back faded and upper corner a bit dammaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 266 pages. 9.13x6.02x0.83 inches. In Stock.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 8vo. Large bold signature - 'Richard F. Phillimore / 1920.', a third of the way down the page on what is clearly the fly leaf of a book. The rest of the leaf is blank. The side of the leaf with the signature is somewhat discoloured, the reverse not so much. In good condition otherwise.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon. Charles Elsden Gladstone (1855-ap.1904), bibliophile, commander de la Royal Navy (HMS Fearless). L.A.S., Sitia (Crète), 17 mars 1897, 3p in-8. Il demande à Durel de lui envoyer huit livres de son catalogue de septembre 1896 et lui donne une adresse à Malte. Seuls deux ouvrages étaient disponibles. [261].

Card with printed stamp. In fair condition, lightly aged. Central vertical fold line and two punch holes at head. Addressed to 'Dr. B. Guisburg | 18 King's Bench Walk | EC 4', with address corrected in another rhand to 3 Downside Crescent | Haverstock Hill | London | N.W.' Begins: 'Dear Dr. Guisburg, | I wrote you a letter no a PC this morning, sending it to the Controller of Shipping Office St James' Park'. That being the wrong address, he now attempts to arrange a meeting for lunch.

1p, 12mo. In fair condition, aged and lightly creased, with typed biographical details at head. Reads: 'My dear Henderson, | If you have not made other arrangements we hope you Mrs H & Judy will join our Christmas party for dinner. We shall be a small party, | Yours sincerely, | E R Fremantle'.

Zustand: Good. Engraved plates [32 including 31 full-paage and half page engraving to pictorial titlepage as listed in plate list] Octavo pale blue cloth with gilt and brown and green pictorial cover and spine on bevelled boards [edges rubbed/corners sl.bumped/plain blue lower cover with some discoloration] All Edges Gilt 359pp Lower corner of Rear end papers with pale damp mark and affecting a few leaves of last pages in the lower margin - no printed area affected. The blank verso of a plate at page 304 small brown mark which was also offset onto the facing page. Award label to front pastedown by the School Board of London to Ben Jonson. All pages well bound and tight, paper clean and no underlining or other marginalia. * Exciting victorian travel adventure in Africa. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Plates including Victorian photos (as listed). Octavo textured blue cloth gilt spine title in edge chipped dust jacket (tips sl.bumped/jacket with a few creases but nearly complete) 251pp includes index. Neat pencil name to endpaper else V.G in V.G dust wrapper. 1 volume. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Leichtere Gebrauchsspuren. 1. Auflage. Leinen mit SU, Mit 7 Fotos, 5 Karten, Schiffsskizzen und Tabellen. Das Original von Saunders erschien in England, das bis 1945 die Weltmacht war und auf dem Meer sowieso. Da interessiert man sich naturgemäß für Schlachtschiffe und Flugzeugträger, Kreuzer, Zerstörer, U-Boote, Schnellboote und Minenleger sowie die Versorgungsschiffe wie Tanker, Eisbrecher usw. Unverzichtbar, wenn man nach dem NATO-Beitritt Finnlands und Schwedens und nach dem Untergang vieler russischer Schiffe im Schwarzen Meer einen realistischen, historisch begründeten Einblick in die reale Stärke Russlands haben will. Die Tagespresse baut in ihrer Manipulation auf unzureichende geographische und geschichtliche Kenntnisse der Zeitungsleser, Blogleser und Anklicker. Betrifft natürlich auch die Krim und das Asowsche Meer. Für die Ostsee (BALTIK) gibt es sogar eine eigene Schiffsklasse der Sowjetunion. Von Atomraketen ganz zu schweigen. Kl Namensstemp. aVo, Buch innen sauber, keine Markierungen, Ebd. fest; sofort lieferbar.

6½'' x 4¼'' Gallipoli stamped flown cover. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

The recipient Eileen Margaret Cond (1911-1984) was an enthusiastic collector of autographs, with the ability to draw a more than perfunctory response from her targets. 1p, 8vo. Good firm signature, 'William Guy Carr', above typed 'Wm. Guy Carr.' On lightly browned paper with nicks and short closed tears to extremities. His London publishers Hutchinsons have sent on her letter, and he is pleased to learn that she enjoyed her book, and is sending his autograph for her correction. 'I have just had published another book "Brass Hats and Bell Bottomed Trousers" dealing with the thrilling adventures of the famous "Harwich Striking Force" during the great war up to the time of the Battle of Jutland'. He is 'busy right now preparing a companion volume covering the activities of the same Force from Jutland until the end of the war'.

8½'' x 5''. Certified Copy No. 55 of 250 first day Royal Navy cover stamped envelope. SIGNED 'Brian G. Young, DSO Captain Royal Navy HMS Antrim'. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. FALKLAND ISLANDS.

On 11 x 5.5 cm piece of grey paper. Good firm signature, with emphatic underlining, apparently in response to request for an autograph. Reads: 'Richmond Hill / Ontario / Canada. / William Guy Carr / June 13th. 1939.'.

HMS Gorgon was designed by Sir William Symonds and launched in 1837. Her direct-acting engines (in which the engine's cylinders are placed under the crankshaft), built by Seaward and Company, were the first to be fitted in any vessel. She was scrapped in 1864. 4pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, but with the signature torn away. Addressed, with seal in black wax, to 'Benjamin Sharpe Esq | 19, Fleet Street, | London' (Sharpe's father had been resident partner at that address in the banking firm of Gosling & Sharpe. The first paragraph reads: 'Dear Sharpe, | I have just returned from the Gorgon, and my visit to her has verified the substance of our Conversation on Thursday last. | Her present armament consists of 4 32-pounder (bored) guns & 2 84-pounders (10-inch) on the weather deck. if properly armed she would also carry 12 32-pounders on the main-deck, but she is deficient in these. Her draft of water is about 15th. & 15 . 6 which, I believe, is what she ought to draw if her armament were complete, with the full compliment of men, water, provisions, munitions &c.' The letter continues with detailed criticism, with reference to a trail 'in the river in July last, with Ld Minto & other lords of the Admiralty on bd', the fact that 'her displacement had been sadly miscalculated',an incident on the coast of Spain, her engines and paddle-boards. 'To judge of Gorgon, whether she be a failure or otherwise, she should be tried as an armed vessel, carrying 16 32-pounders & 2 swivel guns [.] We have no more money that we know what to do with - no more workmen than we to keep pace with our wants in the shipwright department - & yet we are sacrificing both to the vain endeavours of adventurers in naval architecture, while there are plenty of persons in the service who might be advantageously employed in preventing the occurrence of these & other discreditable blunders if it were not the fashion to prefer speculative notions to the plain & unerring principles of the of naval Construction'.

12mo, 2 pp. On Drummond's embossed crested letterhead. Good: on lightly aged paper with corners a little dogeared and slight discoloration along one margin. Small glue stain from previous mounting at foot of reverse (not affecting text). Headed 'General Memo -'. Instructing Randolph 'to conduct all necessary evolutions relative to the exercise of guns, Sails, Boats - small arm | men landing, & Marines - on acting permission for the same from my Flag as he may find conducive to the instruction of the Ships of the Ships herein named of the squadron [five ships named at end of letter]'. Directions on reports and station orders.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. With thin mourning border. Extraction from an album has resulted in some wear to the border at the right of the page: otherwise in good condition, lightly aged. Addressed to 'My dear Major' and signed 'Thos Sabine Pasley'. He is sorry the recipient 'can't come on Wednesday', but he has 'the best possible reason for not doing so'. He asks to be remembered 'very kindly to your father on that day'. He asks if he can 'come on Wednesday week', as he has engaged a family (illegible) to meet him that day.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Rare 1st edition 1921 of this classic reference. 307pp.,plates, ills., in text. index. Some wear to spine edge at top and rubbing at bottom, also corners a little rubbed, still overall a good+ copy. Owned by Geoffrey Callender (signature 1921) first Director of the National Maritime Museum. Also signature cut from letter from author (F.Leslie Robertson, Engr Comdr RN) and neatly affixed to title page. Unusual book paricularly as a "signed" association copy 0.0. Signed by Author(s).

Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, very good condition. Text: "A line to acknowledge your stirring poem on the loss of the Titanic which I admire much. | I suppose & hope that the story of the band is true, but it requires some corroboration. | May I make one criticism - Why 'tinselled' heroes- There is something in the pomp & circumstance of war no doubt, but leaders in a forlorn hope are heroes all the same; and mere passive resignation to death in which the Chinese would surpass us is not so superior to the courage which induces a man to 'seek the bubble reputation e'en at the cannon's mouth' as you would put it- Excuse the criticism-". Note: I haven't managed to find a Poem about the sinking of the Titanic with the word "tinselled" in it.

First edition in publisher's original plain brown card wrap covers [soft back], black title lettering to the front cover. 8vo. 10½'' x 7¼''. Contains 92 printed pages of English text with monochrome photographs throughout. Inside the rear cover are six fold-out colour maps, these maps and the photographs are the courtesy of the Chilean State Railways. This copy has the author's indigo stamp to the title page with his name and dated 1962, errata note tipped to the copyright page. Age tanning to the spine and cover edges and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILE.

The 1812 HMS Dublin was the third Royal Navy ship of that name. At the time of this document she was a 40-gunner, and the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the South American station Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Hamond (1779-1862). See the entries on Barton, Hamond and Tait in O'Byrne's 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' (1849), and Hamond's in the Oxford DNB. 1p, landscape foolscap 8vo. Aged and creased. Docketed on reverse: 'Dublin / Treasure conveyed. / 31. March 1838. / E1/1 / Entd 2d. April. / W Let'. Headed: 'A Return of Treasure conveyed in Her Majesty's Ship Dublin, Robert Tait, Esquire, Captain, between the 1st. day of January, and the 31st. day of March 1838, to answer the provisions of the Freight Proclamations.' The entry is arranged in a table, with columns for: Ship's Name, Captain's Name; Received [three columns: When; From Whom; At what place], Consigned [two columns: To whom; To what place]; Species of Treasure, or other Articles on which Freight is payable; Total amount received on board, noting whether, certain or estimated; Rate per Cent; Where landed, or to what vessel transhipped. If unshipped, to be inserted as a new Shipment; Greenwich Hospital Proportion; Name and Address of the Agent authorized to give information respecting the proportion due to the Hospital.' Signed at bottom right for 'Sick. Captain. / Ralph Barton. Senior Lieutenant.'.

From around 1913 the recipient of these two documents elected to go by the name of Ralph Tindal. On the outbreak of the Great War he was appointed captain of the destroyer Electra, and in 1917 was made captain of the torpedo gunboat Circe. Thereafter he worked with paddle minesweepers, retiring with the rank of Commander in 1921. He was the father of RAF Group Captain Nicholas Tindal-Carill-Worsley (1911-2006), one of the planners of the celebrated Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. The National Maritime Museum contains a collection of 'Documents relating to the Naval Cadetship of Charles N, and Ralph Tindal Carill-Worsley. / Examinations, correspondence and printed documents' (MSS/76/080). Two documents, in Admiralty 'On Her Majesty's Service' envelope, with frank dated 24 December 1895 and Admiralty anchor stamp, addressed to 'Mr. R. Tindal-Carill-Worsley - / Platt Hall / Rusholme / Manchester'. The documents are in good condition, on lightly aged paper, in discoloured and torn envelope. ONE: Printed standard commission, completed in manuscript, with cyclostyled facsimile of signature of 'Evan MacGregor.' Dated: Admiralty, 24 December 1895. 1p, folio. 'SIR, / I AM commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that, having passed successfully at the recent examination for Naval Cadetships, you are hereby appointed to H.M.S. "Britannia," from the 15th [January, 1896], and I am to direct you to join the Ship at Dartmouth, on the [25th. January] next. / You are to forward to the Captain of H.M.S. "Britannia," within a fortnight from this date, a Medical Certificate to the effect that you have been re-vaccinated since infancy. [the result of the operation being stated.] / A copy of the Regulations respecting Cadets while under training is enclosed, as is also a list of the various articles with which you must be provided previously to joining.' TWO: Printed document headed 'NAVAL CADETS. / REGULATIONS respecting Cadets while under Training. / (For the information of Parents and Guardians.)' With facsimile signature of 'Evan MacGregor.' 6pp, folio. Bifolium, with third leaf (paginated 5-6) attached at end. Pp.1-3 with fifteen numbered sections, beginning: '1. The Naval Cadets who join the "Britannia" are allowed Four Terms - two in each year - to complete their course of study; - at the expiration of which they go up for final examination.' P.4 headed: 'List of Articles required for a Naval Cadet on joining Her Majesty's Ship "Britannia." P.5 headed: 'List of Books required for a Naval Cadet on board H.M.S. "Britannia." The lower half of the page concerns the cadet's sextant. P.6 headed: 'The following Articles may be supplied to Cadets on board H.M.S. "Britannia.".

See Nares' entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded three times. Clearly and boldly written, reading: 'Please give the bearer my delicate instrument for Alert or Discovery | G. S. Nares.' (Wikipedia) "Because of his previous experience in the Arctic, he was summoned from this assignment to take charge of another Arctic voyage in search of the North Pole in Discovery and Alert in 1875, the British Arctic Expedition.".

The problem with which the thesis deals is summed up at the start: 'If war broke out in the near future, attack by atomic bombers would become an immediate possibility, and one of the biggest problems would be the defence of this Island, which, with its areas of dense population, particularly around its essential industries, would present many ideal targets to the enemy. It would, therefore, be essential to destroy, or attempt to destroy, each enemy bomber before it reached the coast. [.] In the immediate future [.] our first line of defence against enemy bombers must remain the pilot-manned interceptor-fighter, [.]'. The thesis consists of [7] + 65pp., folio, followed by 71 'figures' (many on graph paper) on a further 70 leaves, 68 of them folio and the other two larger fold-outs. In grey card folder, printed with the Cranfield crest and details, and with the title and date in manuscript. The word 'SECRET' in manuscript at heads of both the cover of the folder and the title-page. In fair condition, with light signs of age and wear, and the seven preliminary leaves somewhat creased and chipped. The seven pages preceding the text include a dedication page ('fama nihil est celerius'), lists of contents and illustrations, and full-page summary. The final page carries a list of references. There are also two pages of 'Notation'. The summary reads: 'The turning performance and manoeuvrability of aircraft at supersonic speeds has been investigated in order that the problems of aircraft interception at these speeds may be more easily understood. The range of investigation has been restricted to Mach numbers between 1.0 and 2.0, and to altitudes between 36,000 ft. and 50,000 ft. | A study of the manoeuvres likely to be undertaken by an interceptor-fighter when closing in to attack an enemy bomber flying at a Mach number of 0.9 indicates that, generally, only a small speed margin over the bomber is desirable in the turns, in order to keep the penetration of the bomber to a minimum and to avoid excessive normal acceleration on the fighter. But it is shown that at these low supersonic Mach numbers, 1.0 to 1.2, the minimum turning radius in the stratosphere may be limited by the maximum usable lift coefficient available, or by insufficient thrust to overcome the increased drag in the turn. Reheat considerably increases in manoeuvrability, and is considered to be essential for any interceptor-fighter of the immediate future designed to operate at these speeds and altitudes.' The only work by Langley listed on Copac is another College of Aeronautics production, co-written in 1953 with C. F. Bethwaite, and titled 'Note on research into some aspects of stall warning devices'. By 1962 Langley was a Lieutenant Commander, and having completed his appointment at the Escuela de Guerra Naval, Madrid, has been appointed Head of the Air Engineering Department, Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon, Plymouth.

Eigenhändiger Kurzbrief in Tinte mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift als Vice-Admiral signiert - unten auf einem Bittbrief um sein Autogramm des Frankfurter Autographensammlers Ernst Fritz Katz vom 4.X.1933.