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WARSHIP 2001-2002
Written by Anthony Preston; et al.
Stock no. 1827106
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
'Warship' is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. The contributors are respected authorities, and so detailed and accurate information is the keynote of all the articles - fully supported by plans, tables and photographs. This is Volume XXIV edited by Preston and includes: First Class Cruisers Part 2; The Royal Navy and the Role of Seapower in Global Politics, 1856-1871; Spain's Farewell to Greatness: The Battle of Santiago, 3 July 1898; Australian Colonial Navies, 1855-1900; and much more. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851779018. Light bumping to top of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
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THE SAILING NAVY LIST: ALL THE SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - BUILT, PURCHASED AND CAPTURED - 1688-1860
Written by David Lyon.
Stock no. 1325772
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1997.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The first complete and authoritative list of ships, derived from official sources. Organised by type and class. Details of dimensions, tonnage, armament, building data and fates. Complete ship name index. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 367 pages including index. ISBN: 085177864X. Standard edition reprinted. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Some slight grubbiness to textblock else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby.
THE 50-GUN SHIP: A COMPLETE HISTORY
Written by Rif Winfield.
Illustrated by John McKay.
Stock no. 1826080
Published by Mercury Books.
1st thus
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. Large format. Plans and cutaway drawings by John McKay. Outboard profile of HMS Leopard of 50 Guns in pocket to inside rear cover. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1845600096. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby. Lower cover edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pocket to rear is 3/4 split at base. Plans present in pocket. Rear cover lightly scuffed.
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THE BATTLESHIP
Written by Walter Wood.
Illustrated by Frank H. Mason.
Stock no. 1825032
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd..
1st
1912.
Good condition.
Being the Story of the Greatest Naval Weapon From the First Ship-of-the-Line to Present-Day Leviathans. Green pictorial boards, gilt titles. 8 tissue guarded colour plates plus numerous b/w engravings, plans and photographs. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly cocked. Board corners lightly rubbed. Front pictorial board is nice and bright. Joints cracked but binding tight. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.
MAN O' WAR 3: BATTLESHIPS RODNEY AND NELSON
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 2138977
Published by Arms & Armour Press; R.S.V. Publishing Inc..
Circa
1979.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Many diagrams - a couple of fold-out ones to middle of book. ISBN: 0853682631. Browning to covers.
SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
Written by J.J. Colledge; Ben Warlow.
Stock no. 2138359
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st thus
2003.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black cloth. The complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy. ISBN: 1853675660. Wrapper is stuck to book on wrapper flaps.
BAYLY'S WAR: THE BATTLE FOR THE WESTERN APPROACHES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Written by Steve R. Dunn.
Stock no. 2138330
Published by Seaforth Publishing.
1st
2018.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781526701237.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- WARSHIP
THE BATTLESHIP DREADNOUGHT (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 2137843
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Revised Edition with 1/256 scale fold-out plan to verso off dustwrapper. Launched in 1906, Dreadnought was the first 'all-big-gun' battleship and as such revolutionised battleship design and construction. A detailed anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. 256 pages. ISBN: 085177895X.
A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY 1855
Written by Howard Douglas.
Stock no. 1823561
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st thus
1982.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The only comprehensive English-language work on the armament of warships during the final period of the cast-iron smooth-bore gun - the main weapon of western fighting ships for nearly 450 years. First published in 1817 and expanded in the following decades. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0851772757. 1982 reprint of the fourth edition. Name & address in pencil to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Red pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.
TIGRIS GUNBOATS THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN IRAQ 1914-1917
Written by Wilfred Nunn.
Stock no. 2136698
Published by Chatham Publishing.
1st thus
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
On the outbreak of the War in 1914 Wilfred Nunn was the commander of the gunboat Espiegle on the East Indies station. His ship was sent to the Arabian Gulf to defend British oil interests, and he thus became the senior naval officer on the Tigris river throughout the Iraq campaign, up to the capture of Bagdad in 1917. ISBN: 9781861763082. Book IOPERATIONS LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF BASRA AND KURNAI. WAR WITH TURKEY COMMENCESII. THE LANDING IN MESOPOTAMIAIII. THE KURNA OPERATIONSBook IIOPERATIONS LEADIDNG TO THE SURRENDER OF AMARAIV. MINOR OPERATIONSV. THE VICTORY OF SHAIBA AND SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS ON THE KARUNVI. OUR ADVANCE UP THE TIGRIS IN 1915Book IIIFROM THE CAPTURE OF NASIRIYA TO THE INVESTMENT OF KUTVII. THE CAPTURE OF NASIRIYAVIII. OUR FIRST CAPTURE OF KUTIX. THE BATTLE OF CTESIPHONX. THE RETREAT FROM CTESIPHONXI. THE INVESTMENT OF KUTBook IVOPERATIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF KUTXII. THE ATTEMPTS TO RELIEVE KUTXIII. UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTSXIV. THE SURRENDER OF KUTBook VOPERATIONS LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF BAGHDADXV. EVENTS AFTER THE FALL OF KUTXVI. REORGANISATIONXVII. THE ADVANCE OF KUTXVIII. THE CAPTURE OF BAGHDADXIX. EVENTS AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF BAGHDAD
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- IRAQ
- NAVY
- WARSHIP
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HMS VICTORIOUS 1937-1969
Written by Neil McCart.
Stock no. 1322321
Published by Fan Publications.
1st
1998.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the Royal Navy's most remarkable aircraft carrier from the laying of the first keelplates in 1937 to her decommissioning in 1967 and her departure to the breaker's yard in 1969. Each year of her operational service is covered together with memories from ex members of the ships company. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 1901225011. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- WARSHIP
- AIRCRAFT CARRIER
- MILITARY
- NAVY
PROFILE WARSHIP 26: RUBIS FREE FRENCH SUBMARINE
Written by H.L.G. Rousselot.
Stock no. 2134911
Published by Profile Publications.
1972.
Very good condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. Staple binding. B/w photos. Colour centre-spread. Some browning and a few marks.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- MARITIME
- NAVY
- WARSHIP