Maritime Book Sale

Updated on 22 April 2022

The following list of brand new and second-hand books are for sale. Email Brian at briancrabb@talktalk.net or, if you are having problems with the email address above, please use:

bustercrabb548@gmail.com

or telephone 01275 844229 (00441275844229 from abroad) or mobile: 07811582082 (00447811582082 from abroad) for more information. Note: All the prices quoted include postage within the United Kingdom (elsewhere in the world will have to quoted).

Book List:

Engage the Enemy More Closely

by Correlli Barnett 1991

Reasonable condition with dustwrapper, £10.

The War at Sea 1939 - 1945 (complete set)

by Captain S. W. Roskill RN published by HMSO in 1957

rebound in 2010 - very good condition, £250.

War with Japan (Volumes 1 to 6 - complete set)

published by HMSO in 1995

as new, £140.

The Second World War (abridged edition)

by Winston S. Churchill and published by Cassell Publishers in 1989

Very good condition, £20.

In Harm's Way. The Story of HMS Kenya

by Brian James Crabb, 1998 (hardback) brand new, £23.50p

The Forgotten Tragedy. The Story of the Loss of HMT Lancastria

by Brian James Crabb, 2002 (hardback) brand new, £23.50p

Beyond the Call of Duty. The Loss of British Commonwealth Mercantile

and Service Women During the Second World War

by Brian James Crabb, 2006 (hardback) brand new, £27.50p

Operation Pedestal. The Story of Convoy WS21S in August 1942

by Brian James Crabb, 2014 (hardback) brand new, £27.50p

Passage to Destiny. The Story of the Loss of the SS Khedive Ismail

by Brian James Crabb, 2015 (hardback) brand new, £27.50p

Operation Demon

The story of the evacuation pf British Commonwealth troops from mainland Greece and the tragic loss of the Dutch troopship Slamat and HM destroyers Diamond and Wryneck in April 1941

by Brian James Crabb, 2021 (hardback) brand new, £28.50p.

Book of Remembrance - HMT Lancastria

64 pages - remembering all the known names of those lost.

by Brian James Crabb (paperback) brand new, £8.50p.

Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two, German, Italian and Japanese Submarine Successes, 1939-1945, by Jürgen Rowher, 1999, (hardback) good condition with dustcover, £25.

Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two, European Theatre of Operations, 1939-1945, Jürgen Rowher, 1997 (hardback) good condition with dustcover, £15.

U-Boats Destroyed. German Submarine Losses in the World Wars, Paul Kemp 1997 (hardback) excellent condition with dustcover, £15.

British and Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses to Axis Submarines 1939-1945, by Alan J. Tennent, 2001 (hardback) good condition with dustcover, £50.

The Second World War, by Antony Beevor (paperback) excellent condition £8.

Hitler's U-boat War. The Hunters 1939 - 1942, by Clay Blair, 1996 (hardback) good condition with dustcover (ex-library book) £10.

British VCs of World War Two. A Study of Heroism, by John Laffin, 1997 (hardback) good condition, with dustcover. £10.

The Ohio & Malta, The Legendary Tanker that Refused to Die, by Michael Pearson, 2004 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £15.

The Battle for the Mediterranean, by Donald Macintyre, 1964 (hardback) good condition, with dustcover. £10.

At all Costs, by Sam Moses, 2006 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £15.

Fairey Aviation, compiled by John W. R. Taylor, 1997 (paperback) as new. £10.

Taranto 1940, 'A Glorious Episode', by A. J. Smithers, 1995 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £8.

Britain's Maritime Memorials & Mementoes, by David Saunders, 1996 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £15.

The Battle of the Atlantic, by Donald Macintyre, 1961 (hardback) reasonable condition, with dustcover. £8.

Cruisers of the Royal and Commonwealth Navies, by Douglas Morris, 1987 (hardback) almost as new, with dustcover. £10.

Jack's War, by G. G. Connell, 1985 (hardback) reasonable condition, with dustcover. £5.

Battleship Bismarck. A survivors story, by Baron Burkard von Mullenheim-
Rechberg, 1984 (paperback) reasonable condition. £8.

German Raiders of World War II, by Karl August Muggenthaler, 1977 (paperback) reasonable condition. £5.

Bismarck, the story behind the destruction of the pride of Hitler's navy, by David J. Bercuson and Holger H. Herwig, 2002 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £7.

Fleet Air Arm Carrier War. The history of British Naval Aviation, by Kev Darling, 2009 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £20.

Falling Star. Misadventures of White Star Line Ships, by John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas, 1989 (hardback) reasonable condition, with dustcover. £15.

The History of the Fleet Air Arm, from kites to carriers, by Bill Finnis, 2000 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £20.

Somerville's Force H. The Royal Navy's Gibraltar-based Fleet

June 1940 – March 1942, by Raymond Dannreuter, 2005 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £30.

Capturing Enigma. How HMS Petard seized the German naval codes, by Stephen Harper, 1999 (hardback) as new, with dustcover. £20.

The Mighty Hood. The life and death of the Royal Navy's proudest ship, by Ernle Bradford, 1959 (hardback) good condition, with dustcover. £10.

HMS Gloucester. The untold story, by Ken Otter, c. 2000 (paperback) as new (signed by the author). £10.

Enigma. The Battle for the Code, by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, 2000 (paperback) reasonable condition. £8.

The Greatest Raid of All. The commando raid on St Nazaire, by C. E. Lucas Phillips, 1958 (hardback) reasonable condition, no dustcover. £7.

Hunt the Altmark, by Richard Wiggan, 1982 (hardback) good condition, with dustcover. £15.

Fighting Ships of World War II, by J. N. Westwood, 1977 (hardback) good condition, with dustcover. £20.