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THE ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF VENETIAN SHIPS AND BOATS
Written by Lillian Ray Martin.
Stock no. 1327133
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Number five in Studies in Nautical Archaeology series. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 236 pages. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1585440981. Spine and corners just a little bumped and rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso, is lightly edge creased and has a slightly sticky patch to rear panel where a label has been removed.

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THE CHINESE STEAM NAVY 1862-1945
Written by Richard N.J. Wright.
Stock no. 1827150
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The extraordinary story of the transformation of a navy from one of armed junks to one exploiting the latest steam and steel technology. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1861761449. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustswrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and has a few minor marks.

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FEEDING NELSON'S NAVY
Written by Janet W. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1325118
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The true story of food at sea in the Georgian Era. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 224 pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 186176233X. Spine slightly bumped. Small, yellow address label to front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

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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.

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NAVIES AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1783
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1819325
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Chatham Pictorial Histories series. The crucial contribution of seapower to the struggle for American independence forms the theme for this volume. Large format. Turquoise cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1861760175. Previous owner's small name label to front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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