Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

History of the Indian Navy 1613-1863.
By Charles Rathbone Low, originally published by Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1877, two volumes, Vol. I, 541pp.; Vol. II, 596pp., this edition reprinted by Vintage Naval Library, 1990, hardback, with slip case, extremely good condition

Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the age of Steam 1824-1962.
Compiled by Charles Hocking, published by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, London, 1969, two volumes, Vol. I, 438pp.; Vol. II, 341pp., hardback, good condition

Ships of the Royal Navy.
Compiled by J. J. Colledge, published by Greenhill Books, 1987 and 1989, two volumes, Vol. I, 388pp.; Vol. II, 345pp., hardback, both with dust jackets, generally good condition

British Warship Names.
Compiled by Captain T. D. Manning, R.N.V.R., and Commander C. F. Walker, R.N., published by Putnam, 1959, 498pp., hardback, fair condition

Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy.
Compiled by Lieutenant-Commander B. Warlow, R.N., Second Edition, published by Maritime Books, 2000 , 182pp., hardback, with dust jacket, extremely good condition (lot) £60-£80

Sold with bound copies of the Fleet Annual for 1915 and 1916; A Deathless Story, the Birkenhead and its Heroes, by A. C. Addison and W. H. Matthews; and Log-Letters from ‘The Challenger’, by Lord George Campbell.