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ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD - Nelson’s Own Hero (Adams) £22.50

ASIAN ENTERPRISE L.E. NIAMH’S Goodwill Voyage to Asia 2002 p/b £16.50

A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE NAVY 1793-1815 (Lewis) £28.00

BIRTH OF THE BATTLESHIP - British Capital Ship Design 1870-1881 (Beeler) This fascinating study, based on primary sources, tackles a misunderstood aspect of warship history. Was £38.00 Now £23.00

BUT NO BRASS FUNNEL (Stewart) The story of one man’s war, served mainly in the Mediterranean taking supplied to Malta and North Africa, then back to home waters and the dreaded Russian Convoys. p/b Was £19.95 Now £9.95

CALL TO ARMS Keith Taylor and Brian Steward) Since the Norman Conquest Eaton Hall has been the ancestral home of the Grosvenor family, but from 1940 to 1958 it became part of Britain’s World War II and Cold War military affairs; first as a hospital, then as a temporary home for the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and finally as an Army Officer Cadet School. The core of this book is a collection of reminiscences by Old Eatonians - PRICED AT £22.50

CHARTS OF WAR (Blake) A fascinating illustrated account of the role that charts have played in planning, preventing, conducting and recording war at sea. £33.00

COMMANDO- Story of the Green Beret. (VIDEO) The only film made in WW2 behind the scenes with British Commandos. £13.99

CONWAY MARITIME HISTORY OF THE SHIP SERIES THE AGE OF THE GALLEY: Mediterranean Oared Vessels Since Pre-Classical Times (Ed. Gardiner) £18.99

DISASTERS OF THE DEEP (Gray) The fully revised and updated edition of the first comprehensive account of every peacetime submarine disaster from 1774 to the present day. Was £21.95 Now £11.99

EXPERT WITNESS: A Defence Correspondent's Gulf War 1990-91 (Bellamy) Was £20.00 Now £9.99

FIRST U-BOAT FLOTILLA (Paterson) Formed in 1935, 1st U-Boat Flotilla operated against Hitler’s enemies from the beginning of the war through to September 1944 when disbanded amid the flames of Brest during the US?siege. This fascinating work records the Flotilla’s successes and disasters in detail. Was £22.50 Now £10.99

FLY NAVY (DVD) From the archives of the Imperial War Museum come three films reflecting the work of the Fleet air Arm in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Carriers ARK ROYAL and EAGLE are centre stage. £15.95

FOUR WEEKS IN MAY (David Hart Dyke) The loss of HMS COVENTRY - A captain's story.
Was £18.99 Now £9.99

FULL CIRCLE- Log of the Navy’s No 1 Conscript (Gritten) £21.99

GHOST FORCE (Connor) The Secret History of the SAS (Scruffy dust jacket) Was £20.00 Now £9.99

HIT THE BEACH (Simon Foster) The drama of amphibious warfare from the Dardanelles to the Falklands conflict. p/b Was £6.99 Now £4.99

IN THE COMBAT ZONE (Robin Neillands) Special Forces since 1945 (Slightly scuffed dust jacket) Was £20.00 Now £10.00

JUTLAND (Tarrant) The German Perspective p/b Was £12.99 Now £7.99

LOST WARSHIPS (Delgado) An Achaeological tour of the War at Sea. Was £28.00 Now £18.00

MIRACLES ON THE WATER (Tom Nagorski) Based on firsthand accounts from the child survivors and other passengers, this book tells the story of the sinking of the SS City of Benares by a U-boat whilst crossing the North Atlantic to Canada with 400 people on board, including 90 evacuee children. p/b £9.99

NAVAL OCCURRENCES OF THE WAR OF 1812 (James) A full and correct account of the naval war between Great Britain and the United States of America, 1812-1815. with a new introduction by Andrew Lambert. £27.00

NELSON THE ADMIRAL (White) An enthrallingly different portrait of Nelson as an Admiral - more rounded and more insightful than any yet achieved. Was £20.00 Now £9.99

NELSON - The Immortal Memory (Howarth) A penetrating biography which brings us closer than ever before to an understanding of one of our most revered heroes. p/b £10.99

NELSON THE ESSENTIAL HERO (Bradford) Very last copy in print - slightly scruffy. p/b Reduced to £3.99

NELSON’S FLEET AT TRAFALGAR (Lavery) Using previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, letters and research, the author reveals a fascinating and vivid picture of the real people behind the conflict - of not only Nelson himself, his admirals and officers but also the untold stories of the ordinary men who served in the Fleet. p/b £16.99

NOVEL - SIGNAL - CLOSE ACTION (Alexander Kent) Was £5.99 Now £3.99

OCEAN SHIPS (David Hornsby) 13th Edition An indispensable guide to the ever changing shipping scene. A record of the major passenger cruise ships, principal deep-sea general cargo, container, bulker and tanker fleets operating regularly to the UK. Was £19.99 Now £14.99

PHILIP & SON LTD, SHIPBUILDERS AND ENGINEERS (Blackhurst) £23.99

POCKET GUIDE TO FLAGS (Costantino) Over 200 flags from around the world. p/b Was £8.99 Now £5.99

SEA BATTLES IN CLOSE UP Vol 1 (Steven)£22.50

SEA KILLERS IN DISGUISE - Q Ships and Decoy Raiders of WWI (Bridgland) Disguised as merchant ships, they could be transformed in moments to powerful killers. Was £21.45 Now £11.99

SIXTY MINUTES FOR ST GEORGE (Hardback - fiction) (Fullerton) Was £16.99 Now £6.99

SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY (Wragg) 20th Century military blunders set out in chronological order from Tsushima to Serbia. Was £14.99 Now £7.99

STANDARD OF POWER - The Royal Navy in the 20th Century (Van Der Vat) £6.99 p/b

STORM FROM THE SEA (Young) This book dramatically evokes what it was like to fight with British Commando unit in World War II, as seen through the eyes of a professional soldier and military historian. p/b Now £5.99

SUBMARINE WARFARE (Antony Preston) An Illustrated History Reduced to £9.99

TASK FORCE - UNTOLD STORIES OF THE HEROES OF THE ROYAL NAVY (Parker) The author tracks the Navy’s metamorphosis through the recollections of those who were involved in some of the greatest British naval campaigns of the twentieth century. p/b £8.99

THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (Heyman) £6.50

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC (Williams) A BBC publication £16.99

THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN Volume 6: 1811-1827 (James) £28.00

THE PEN AND INK SAILOR - Charles Middleton & The King’s Navy (Talbott) p/b £18.50

THE PLIMSOLL SENSATION (Jones) The great campaign to save lives at sea. p/b Was £10.99 Now £5.99

THE SHIP - RETRACING COOK’S ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE (Baker) Featuring original drawings, maps and artworks plus spectacular new photographs. Reduced to £10.99

THE SHIP THIEVES (Sian Rees) The true tale of James Porter, Colonial Pirate Was £12.99 Now £7.99

THE VICTORY OF SEAPOWER (Woodman) Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814 Was £32.50 Now £14.99

UNRAVELLING ENIGMA (Freedman) £13.95

WAR ON THE HIGH SEAS German Naval warfare during the Second World War including the personalities of the German Navy. £15.99

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