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THE 'REDBROOK' A DEEP-SEA TRAMP
Written by P.M. Heaton.
Stock no. 1329950
Published by The Starling Press. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Account of the Management and Operation of a South Wales Owned Vessel in the 1960s. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A couple of small, light marks to covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tear to top edge of front panel (tape repaired on verso). Spine of wrapper is faded.

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BRITISH DESTROYERS & FRIGATES: THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER
Written by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by A.D. Baker.
Stock no. 1830079
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive design history of modern British surface escorts. Includes Commonwealth navies, particularly Australian and Canadian. Large format. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 9781861761378. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Else a lovely copy!

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BRITISH BATTLECRUISERS 1905-1920
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1830074
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Battlecruisers combined heavy guns and high speed in the largest hulls of their era. Conceived as 'super-cruisers' to hunt down and destroy commerce raiders, their size and gun-power led to their inclusion in the battlefleet as a fast squadron of capital ships. This book traces in detail the development of the first battlecruiser Invincible of 1908, through to the 'Splendid Cats' of the Lion class, and culminating in HMS Hood in 1920, the largest warship in the world for the next twenty years. The origins of the unusual 'light battlecruisers' of the Courageous type are also covered. Large format. Olive green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, the centre pages are colour plans. Large plan of HMS Queen Mary 1913 contained in envelope at back of book. ISBN: 9781473882355. Top and tail of spine lightly shelf-worn else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Folding plans present.

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THE FIGHTING LADY: THE NEW YORKTOWN IN THE PACIFIC WAR
Written by Clark Reynolds.
Stock no. 1830069
Published by Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

An intimate day-by-day account of the life of The Fighting Lady - the epic aircraft carrier which dominated the greatest sea war of all time - the new Yorktown, named for the 'OldYorky' sunk at the Battle of Midway early in World War II. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and a few colour photos. viii and 355 pages. ISBN: 0933126786. Old price-label to inside front cover. Else a lovely copy.

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CARRIER AIR POWER
Written by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1830066
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of ship-based aircraft and their employment. A penetrating analysis of the very special requirements of carrier design and the operational roles both of the ships and of their aircraft. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0851772161. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER VICTORIOUS (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Ross Watton.
Stock no. 1329915
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Anatomy of the Ship series. A full description of the ship, including the armoured box hangar, and the postwar modifications, as well as an outline of her service history. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 160 pages. ISBN: 0851775802. Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners of wrapper.

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BUILDING THE WOODEN WALLS
Written by Brian Lavery.
Stock no. 1329897
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Design and Construction of the 74-Gun Ship Valiant. Large format. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0851775799. A super copy.

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NAVAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS AND GUNNERY
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1329891
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Chronicling the growing aerial threat from its inception in the First World War and the response of each of the major navies down to the end of the Second, highlighting in particular the widely underestimated danger from dive-bombing. Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 399 pages. ISBN: 9781848321779. Spine very slightly shelf bumped. Slight creasing to top of spine wrapper.

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NAVAL FIREPOWER: BATTLESHIP GUNS AND GUNNERY IN THE DREADNOUGHT ERA
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1329890
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book outlines in layman's terms the complex subject of fire-control, as it dominated battleship and cruiser design from before World War I to the end of the dreadnought era. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781591145554. Slight rubbing to spine and corners else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is very slightly rubbed at spine ends.

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THE FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE AGASSIZ (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John McKay; John Harland.
Stock no. 1830040
Published by Conway. Circa 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised edition with 1/144 scale fold-out plan to verso of dustwrapper. This volume is devoted to one of the most famous and most nuerous of all escort vessels, the 'Flower' class corvette. The particular subject is the corvette Agassiz which was build in Vancouver and commissioned in January 1941. Of the short forecastle configuration she best represents the Canadian Flowers as they were when thrown into the thick of the bitter Atlantic convoy battles of 1941-42. A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. 160 pages. ISBN: 0851779751. 3rd printing. A lovely copy.

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THE BATTLESHIP WARSPITE (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Ross Watton.
Stock no. 1830039
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised Edition with 1/300 scale fold-out plan to verso of dustwrapper. Arguably one of the finest capital ship designs of all time, Warspite and her sister-ships were the prototypes of the modern fast battleship, the ultimate development of the dreadnought type. This volume features a complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. 120 pages. ISBN: 0851779212. A lovely copy with minimal fading to front edge of dustwrapper spine.

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THE BOMB VESSEL GRANADO 1742 (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Peter Goodwin.
Stock no. 1830038
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Granado was one of twelve bomb vessels that were built to supplement the depleted bomb vessel fleet at the outbreak of the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739 and the ensuing War of Austrian Succession. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Complete with a 1/96 Scale Fold-out plan (to verso of dustwrapper). B/w diagrams. 125 pages. ISBN: 1844860051. A lovely copy.

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