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E-300: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, UK. 1966. 317 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Percy Scott rendered his greatest service to the British Navy in the field of naval gunnery, which differs materially from artillery practice on land. The battery commander on land can aim and fire his pieces by means of the clinometer with almost mathematical accuracy, even when the target is invisible. The gunnery officer on ship board cannot use the clinometer because his gun platform, the ship, is not steady or exactly level. These considerations and others have led to the… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. 318 pp. Original tan cloth covers, lightly soiled. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. DJ has light edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w plates and figures. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Hodder and Stoughton; London, 1966. Hardcover. A Very Good, mint green cloth binding with navy blue lettering on spine, binding intact, heavy discoloration/oxidation top front board buckram and left side of board also partially on spine, bit biblichor, some rubbing to board and spine edges, slightly cocked, small moisture stain top text block edge, bit of scattered foxing to text block edges and front/back matters, some age toning to pages, previous owner info sticker top front pastedown and previous owner embossed stamp bottom half title page, in a Very Good, some handling/rub marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, sunned flaps, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 317pp., appendix, indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item,… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1966. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. 317, [1] pages. Illustrations. Figures. Footnotes. Index. DJ has some wear, tears, and soiling. Peter L. N. Padfield (3 April 1932 - 14 March 2022) was a British author, biographer, historian, and journalist who specialized in naval history and in the Second World War period. Padfield trained for a naval career as a Royal Naval Reserve cadet on HMS Worcester. He then became a navigating officer with the P&O shipping company. In 1957 he was accepted as one of the crew of Mayflower II, a replica of the original Mayflower, and sailed in her on her maiden voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to New York City. After New York, he returned to sea in the Pacific, then wrote The Sea is a Magic Carpet, an account of his adventures. In his second book, The Titanic and the Californian, he defended the reputation of Captain Lord, the master of the Californian who since 1912 had been widely blamed for the death of hundreds of… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.8179 in x 23.1724 in x 16.6773 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Original dust cover laminated to boards. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable.