Scott Peter Cdr (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First American Edition? Large 8vo. xii,228pp, Index. Grey cloth, blue letters and image. Book in near fine condition (text block slightly age-toned); dj very good (few short tears, mild wear/chipping to edges). Map endpaper, 8 color plates, 6 maps, and numerous illustrations from photographs and other sources. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 228 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. "A" present on copywright page. Ilustrated gray cloth boards, sharp corners, water stain present. Book is firm in binding, 228 pages include Index, water warp and occasional stains, not affecting text. Map illustrated endpapers, with age toning and stain edge, image sharp. Free of any other markings, not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 228 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Cash. No Jacket. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! The back cover has light soiling and a few small scuffs on the edges. The scuffs on the edges show the boards. The pages are slightly yellowed on the outside. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Country Life London 1946 reprint VG (blue cloth w title on spine and front board, maps on endpapers, sl worn, spine faded, edges sl foxed) in G DW (worn, considerably creased and torn on rear which has been repaired by previous owner, spine faded and marked, price clipped) plastic protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardback in fair condition no jacket. Pages in good clean condition. Cover is faded and marked. Edges and corners are bumped. 4 maps and 30 drawings, plus 8 colour plates and 42 pages with 76 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, illustrated front cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine is faded.

The Battle of the Narrow Seas, LT. CDR. Peter Scott, Country Life Limited, 1945, First Edition, First Impression As told by Sir Peter Scott, a Motor Torpedo Boat commander who saw action throughout World War II, this is a classic account of the fight for control of the English Channel and the southern North Sea. The book, a rare jacketed First edition, First impression, is illustrated throughout with colour Illustrations reproduced from oil-paintings by the author, charts and monochrome photographs. The book is in very good condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. The end papers and pages are free from marks, tears or inscriptions. There is slight foxing to the top and fore edges. The unclipped dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover, is in fair condition, with repairs carried out to the edge of the spine, nibbling to the edges, loss to the top edge of the spine, a tear to the front cover, loss to the corners and tears to the fore edge of the spine. Will be dispatched wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box.

Condition: good. Country Life (London) 1945, first printing, 228 pp, photos, maps, illus, Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gunboats, Motor Launches, author Commanded Steam Gunboat Squadron, good with minor damp spot to outer edge of front free endpaper and the following page, DJ (rubbing, folds, closed tears, missing small pieces from extremities),

Hard. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First edition. Hard cover. Published London: Country Life, 1945. 4to., 7 1/2" x 10", xii+228pp., illustrated color frontis and color plates reproduced from paintings by the author, b/w plates, maps, charts, map endpapers. Pale green cloth with black titles. English torpedo boats and the fight for control of the English Channel and the southern North Sea during WWII. Fade to the spine cloth, two small nicks. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. War Economy Standard. pp.xii 228, Illustrated with four charts in the text and two endpaper charts, eight illustrations in colour reproduced from oil paintings by the author and numerous photographs in monochrome (all present). Grey/blue cloth with some fading especially at the spine which also has some spotting. Repaired split at top front spine corner and a little light wear to base of spine and bottom front corner. Otherwise a good clean copy. Signed by author on half-title page "Peter Scott / November 1945". Heavy book which may require extra overseas Shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Presumed 1st Edition. Type: Book pp xii, 228. Prior owner name to FPD. Published circa 1945.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue cloth with black title lettering to spine and upper cover in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket.This is a fascinating and scarce copy with a handwritten letter tipped onto the front pastedown by Lieutenant CWS Dreyer a British officer who commanded MTB 102, 3rd Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla and MTB 30, 4th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla in GB coastal waters, English Channel and during Dunkirk Evacuation, 1940; commanded 5th, 6th and 9th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotillas in GB coastal waters, 1942; commanded 24th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 1943; served as staff officer with Operations Division (Coastal) and to Captain, Coastal Forces (Channel), Coastal Forces in GB, 1944.His two sided letter from 1944 was written to Lieutenant GJ Peel of the Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve.In the letter there is some mention of the attack and demolition of the German U-Boat which was in the papers (see picture of newspaper article) which is also laid in at the front of the book.The dust-jacket has survived superbly well as it's has been protected in brown paper and on the front is the title of the book and it's date.Now the writing to the brown paper sheet is not dissimilar to the hand writing of Pater Scott The Author,however we are not able to verify it to be sure it comes from the hand of Peter Scott.Regardless of that the book remains a great looking copy and certainly rare in this condition and is a great copy for the collector of Navy or Maritime History with this wonderful letter laid in by Christopher William Stuart Dreyer.Illustrated work with 8 colour plates and some 76 monochrome plates.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.As an MTB commander, Peter Scott saw action against the enemy during the course of World War Two. In this book he recalls the struggle for control of the narrow seas of the Channel and the southern North Sea during the war,4to 228pp First Edition 1st Impression [1945].

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd ed. 228p. Photos. Maps. Color Illustrations. Green cloth. Large format. Sunned. Very Good Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 1st ed. Photos. Maps. Color Illustrations. Green cloth. Large format. Bottom of spine worn. Very Good Copy. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st ed. 228p. Photos. Maps. Color Illustrations. Green cloth. Large format. Very Good Copy. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 1st ed. Photos. Maps. Color Illustrations. Green cloth. Large format. Fine Copy. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st ed. Photos. Maps. Color Illustrations. Large format. Fine/Very Good Copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Full cloth binding. First edition. SIGNED by author. Covers faded and "foxed" around edges. Top of spine frayed. Corners somewhat bumped. Covers a bit dirty here and there. Inscriptions and names by two previous owners on flyleaf. Inscription and signature by author on half-title page. Interior otherwise unmarked. The book is about English torpedo boats battling German shipping during World War II in the North Sea and the English Channel. Peter Scott, the son of Robert Falcon Scott, who died during a polar expedition in 1912, not only wrote the book, he also made the 12 color paintings used as illustrations. 228 pages. Illustrations/photos. Index. Binding tight and square. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. xii, 228pp, photos, cold. illustrations, charts, ep maps. History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Chanel and North Sea, 1939-1945. Nice clean copy in clipped, minor edge wear wrapper. 1.2kg.

1946 London, Hardcover 228 pages, with photographs, plans and an index. In very good condition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Ex library book. Ex-Library Book. Has usual library markings Photograph available on request.