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82 pages. Features: Fearless British MGBs during WWII; The U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo; A Mighty Task Force Prepares to Strike Iran; The USS Pennsylvania; Remembrance of the Iowa; British Naval Equipment on Show; Battleships of the French Navy, 1913-1965. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
130 pages. Sea Classics Special: 100 Years of the Battleship. Magazine format. Archival black and white photography throughout. Features include: The Bull of Scapa Flow - the Sinking of the Royal Oak; Battleship Losses of World War Two; Japan's Mighty Kongos; The American Dreadnought - 1890-1916; The Death of Force 'Z'; Battleship Shoot-out at Guadalcanal; The Fleet that Rose From the Ashes; Operation 'Cerberus' - the escape of Hitler's navy; Still Steaming 'in harms way' - the Iowas of Today's Navy; U.S. Navy Battleship Directory; For all the World to see - the new Mexico Class BBs; HMS Warspite - England's Grand Old Lady; U.S.S. Utah - The Forgotten Memorial; The Best Kept Secret of WWII - The 'Alaska' Class; The Battleship 'Texas' at Normandy. Average wear. No tears. Binding sound. Nice solid copy. Book
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous photographs and diagrams (the majority full-page) in the text; cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Warship Monographs. Monograph Two. The five battleships of this class - Queen Elizabeth, Barham, Malaya, Valiant, Warspite - were the last designed under Sir Philip Watts as Director Naval Construction. All served in the latter stages of WWI (Queen Elizabeth controversially at the Dardanelles) and with distinction (especially Warspite) throughout WWII which all save Barham, a tragic early loss, survived. Scarce, especially in this condition. Law, 0994.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Conway's outstanding Anatomy of the Ship series. Law 1006
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8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monchrome pgotograpohs and illustrations; cloth, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The most comprehensive coverage, including builder's plans, of a single British battleship ever attempted.
4to., Second and Best Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs , illustrations, plans and mas throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Second and corrected version of the first UK edition of 2009. Detailed coverage of the French Navy's battleships of WWII: Dunkerque, Strasbourg, Richelieu, Jean Bart, Clemenceau and Gascogne.
Articles: The Advisory Committee on Trade Questions in Time of War; British Marine Industry and the Diesel Engine; Management and Finance in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Ports; The Development of Strategic Concepts and Shipbuilding Programmes for the Soviet Navy, 1922-1953 - Stalin's Battleships and Battlecruisers; plus several book reviews. One article high-lighted in Table of Contents, else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Conway's splendid 'Anatomy of the Ship' series.
DG-51-300405New. unknown
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Technical appreciation of the ability of designers to meet the demands of both politicians and admirals. SCARCE. Law 1769.
20102111902153100188Ikaros Publishing 2010. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Ikaros Publishing paperback
4to., Second Impression thus, with many hundreds of details illustrations in the text, and pictorial endpapers; pictorial cloth blocked in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Standard reference first published in Munich in 1970 with the first English edition appearing three years later. Law 0993 (recording the first UK edition).
Roy. 8vo., with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 14 folding charts in pocket at end, some mild offsetting to front free endpaper, signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, boards lightly age-marked and soled else good, bright, clean copy. American journalist Langhorne Gibson provides a lively (if sometimes apparently unfeeling) recounting of the action, supported by the largely pro-Jellicoe findings of Harper's board of enquiry. Arguably the best chronological account prior to Marder some thirty years later. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Albion, p.271; Enser, p.186
Oblong 4to., Revised Edition, with frontispiece, and very numerous illustrations from photographs and detailed scale drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the scarcest titles in Conway's outstanding 'Anatomy of the Ship' series featuring probably the most detailed drawings ever produced for historical naval publications. First published in 1992.
1992yam0087Petit in- reliure éditeur sous jaquette illustrée en très bon état de 128 pages Abondante illustration en noir et blanc
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Detailed histories of the RN's only 16-inch gun battleships. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Shell tanker Halia; On the Waterfront; Shiips Pictorial; New Ship News; 'North Carolina' Class Battleships - Alan Crisp describes the design and history of a notable class of US battleship of WWII including their camouflage schems; Goole's Compartment Boat Hoists - the history of a unique coal shipping system at Goole; Recalling the Atlantic Steam Navigation Co - photofeature; Shell's Classic Tankers - photo-illustrated article; Ferry Fleets Updates; Cruise Ship Review; Freighter Travel Updates; Baltic Ferry Cruise Pictorial; Ship Sales; Full-page photo of the Sir Charles Parsons; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Queen Mary; On the Waterfront; Fal Report; Ships Pictorial; Naval Review; Poland's Pride - mv Batory - Part 1 - Fifty years after she entered service, Peter C. Kohler describes the career of the Gdynia-Amerika liner Batory; Motor Schooner 'De Wadden' - the career of the Dutch-built motor schooner now preserved at Liverpool by the Merseyside Maritime Museum; Under Sail; Hail and Farewell to a Great Lady, how the Queen Mary was sold to the city of Long Beach, California - part 1 of 2; 'North Carolina' Class Battleships - Alan Crisp describes the design and history of a notable class of US battleship of WWII- Part 2 - from WWII actions to preservation; European Ferry Commentary; Ship Sales; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Full-page photo of the Norasia Caria; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of navy buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. NRS vol. 161.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Detailed career history with badge and battle honours. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Cover illustration of Sir Douglas Haig and his Army Commanders on horseback. How the Germans Received the Armies of Occupation - article. Allied flags off the Golden Horn - 5 photos. Gallipoli - where Britons now keep watch and ward - 6 photos. Signs of the Conquest from Kiel and Cologne - 5 photos. Photogravure centerfold includes the following: Excellent photo portrait of Sir Douglas Haig, King George at the St. Quentin Canal, Allied Battleships off Constantinople and a photo portrait of President Poincare presenting General Petain with his baton as a Marshal of France. Photos of British troops in Beirut. Huns yield tribute to their masters in the air - 5 photos. Homewards from Horror-camps of the Boche - 4 photos. Revitalising our Villages - article by Basil Clarke, and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A worthy copy. Book
