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FROM TREE TO SEA: THE BUILDING OF A WOODEN STEAM DRIFTER
Written by Ted Frost. Illustrated by Ted Frost.
Stock no. 1831501
Published by Terence Dalton Limited. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

In this book, Ted Frost, who was apprenticed as a shipwright in 1916, tells in detail with the aid of his own incomparable drawings how a wooden fishing boat was built in one particular shipyard at the time he began to learn his trade. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Digitally reprinted from the 1985 edition. xi and 179 pages including index. ISBN: 9780861381098. Light fading to spine and front & rear spine edge. Old price-label to rear cover. Contents clean.

SHIP MODELS: THEIR PURPOSE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1650 TO THE PRESENT
Written by Brian Lavery; Simon Stephens.
Stock no. 1830763
Published by Zwemmer. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich houses one of the most celebrated collections of ship models in the world and its riches are presented here, from the magnificent Navy Board models of Samuel Pepy's day through replicas of frigates, steamships, clippers, battleships, cargo and passenger ships, to aircraft carriers and submarines. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0302006540. SIGNED by both authors. Boards clean. Light pencil erasure mark to blue front endpaper (small). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby.

THE BATTLECRUISER HOOD (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1329959
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The battlecruiser Hood was the largest, fastest and one of the most handsome capital ships in the world. Early on in her career she was employed on several international assignments as a representative of the British Empire, and thus became one of the most recognisable symbols of the Royal Navy; her destruction by Bismarck in 1941 was received with shocked disbelief throughout the country. A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 127 pages. ISBN: 0851772501. Third impression.

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.

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.

THE FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE AGASSIZ (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John McKay; John Harland.
Stock no. 1830012
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine 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. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 160 pages. ISBN: 0851776140. A lovely copy!

THE BATTLECRUISER HOOD (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1830004
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The battlecruiser Hood was the largest, fastest and one of the most handsome capital ships in the world. Early on in her career she was employed on several international assignments as a representative of the British Empire, and thus became one of the most recognisable symbols of the Royal Navy; her destruction by Bismarck in 1941 was received with shocked disbelief throughout the country. A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 127 pages. ISBN: 0851772501. Third impression. A lovely copy!

THE BATTLESHIP WARSPITE (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Ross Watton.
Stock no. 1830003
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine 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. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 120 pages. ISBN: 0851774121. A lovely copy!

FRIGATES OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1829970
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An in-depth history of the sailing navy's most popular and charismatic ship type at the height of its development as a warship. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 186176135X. A lovely copy, appears unread! Rear panel of dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

ALLIED COASTAL FORCES OF WORLD WAR II VOLUME II: VOSPER MTBS AND US ELCOS
Written by John Lambert; Al Ross.
Stock no. 1829864
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Dealing comprehensively with the technical detail of these boats in words, photographs and line drawings. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851776027. A lovely copy, appears unread!

THE FIRST FRIGATES: NINE-POUNDER & TWELVE-POUNDER FRIGATES 1748-1815
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1329429
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Conway Ship Types Series. Design history and general aspects of the ships. B/w illustrations and draughts. ISBN: 0851776019. Spine slightly bumped else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

PRACTICAL SHIPBUILDING A: A MANUAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEA-GOING MERCHANT SHIPS AND WAR-SHIPS
Written by G. De Rooij.
Stock no. 1828537
Published by N.V. De Technische Uitgeverij H. Stam-Haarlem. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Ships and Marine Engines series Volume III A. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w scale drawings/diagrams throughout, many folding diagrams to rear. Boards scuffed and lightly worn, lower corners bumped. Text block browned. Minor lower corner crease to first couple of sections. Some folding plates strengthened on the plain side of the fold with strong tape. Contents are clean.