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GERMAN WARSHIPS 1815-1945 VOLUME TWO: U-BOATS AND MINE WARFARE
Written by Erich Groner; Dieter Jung; Martin Maass. Illustrated by Erich Groner; Peter Mickel; Franz Mrva.
Stock no. 1825042
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Including U-boats and U-boat cruisers, coastal U-boats, minesweepers, motor minseweepers, auxiliary minsweepers, minelayers, mine ships and hulks, net layers, net tenders and barrage workboats. English translation of the standard work on German naval vessels. Large format. Revised and Expanded. B/w line drawings. ISBN: 0851775934. Base of spine shelf worn (creased). Contents fine. Black and red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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GERMAN WARSHIPS 1815-1945 VOLUME ONE: MAJOR SURFACE VESSELS
Written by Erich Groner; Dieter Jung; Martin Maass. Illustrated by Erich Groner; Peter Mickel; Franz Mrva.
Stock no. 1825039
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised and Expanded by Jung and Maass. Including armoured vessels, battleships, frigates and corvettes, battle-cruisers, aircraft carriers, cruisers, light cruisers, gunboats, torpedo-boats, destroyers and fleet escorts. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w line drawings. ISBN: 0851775330. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ZEPPELIN! A BATTLE FOR AIR SUPREMACY IN WORLD WAR I
Written by Raymond Laurence Rimell.
Stock no. 1823942
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The complete story of the Zeppelin offensive, from Admiral Hugo von Pohl's successful campaign to persuade the Kaider to initiate the raid, to the destruction of L53, the last Zeppelin to be brought down in combat. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851772390. Faint fading to boards. Small mark to front vertical edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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THE CUXHAVEN RAID
Written by R.D. Layman.
Stock no. 2139867
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The world's first carrier air strike. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851773273. Some browning and marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE BATTLESHIP DREADNOUGHT
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.

Large square format. Revised edition. ISBN: 085177895X.

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THE HEAVY CRUISER TAKAO
Written by Janusz Skulski.
Stock no. 2137842
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Anatomy of the Ship series. B/w photos and technical line diagrams. Glazed pictorial boards. Complete with 1/450 scale fold-out plan. ISBN: 0851779743.

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ALLIED COASTAL FORCES OF WORLD WAR II VOLUME 1: FAIRMILE DESIGNS AND US SUBMARINE CHASERS
Written by John Lambert; Al Ross.
Stock no. 1823585
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dealing comprehensively with the technical detail of these boats. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and extensively detailed diagrams. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775195. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine and board corners. Top of spine bumped. Text block lightly browned, Grubby marks to edge of title page, contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners & top of spine, lightly edge-creased.

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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.

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THE BATTLECRUISER HOOD
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 2136607
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Anatomy of the Ship. Oblong format. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0851772501. Bumping and wear to corners and edges. Some fading and damp marking to bottom edges and base of spine. Page edge browning. Some grubby marks to endpapers. Wrapper is browned with some chips and nicks to corners.

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THE BATTLESHIP WARSPITE
Written by Ross Watton.
Stock no. 2136606
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Anatomy of the Ship series. B/w photos and diagrams. Slightly oblong format. ISBN: 0851774121. Spine and a couple of edges are browned. Bumping to a couple of edges. Dates in ink to front endpaper. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips; faded to spine.

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THE SHIPS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Written by Xavier Pastor.
Stock no. 2136605
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta. A complete anatomy of the ships in words, photographs and drawings. Slightly oblong format. Tan boards, b/w photos, detailed line drawings. 118 pages. Anatomy of the Ship Series. ISBN: 0851775853. Bumping to corners; a little fading along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks; faded to spine and a couple of edges.

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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. 2136493
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. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine and edges; vertical and horizontal cut to rear edge/panel, but nothing missing.

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