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Hore, Peter
The World Encyclopedia of Battleships.
Select Editions / Anness Publ.; London, 2005. 256 Seiten; sehr zahlr. Illustr. (auch farbig); graph. Darst.; 30 cm; kart.
Bookseller reference : 1238899
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HOUGH (Richard).
Dreadnought. A History of the Modern Battleship. Introduction by C.S. Forrester.
New York, 1964, in-4°, 268 pp, très nombreuses photos, plans, index, cart. éditeur, jaquette. Texte en anglais
Bookseller reference : 9003
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HOWARTH David
L'ère du dreadnought. Par David Howarth et les rédacteurs des Éditions Time-Life
Couverture rigide. Reliure de l'éditeur. 24 x 29 cm. Environ 200 pages.
Bookseller reference : 137989
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IRVING Commander John
The Smoke Screen of Jutland. JOHN WINTON'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF NAVAL HISTORIAN JOHN WINTON AND BEARS HIS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Enser, p.186.
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James Phinney Baxter
NAISSANCE DU CUIRASSE
1935 / 314 pages. Broché Editions de la nouvelle revue critique
Bookseller reference : MAR317C164GAR
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JANE Frederick T.
The British Battle Fleet. Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries to the Present Day.
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt backs, a fine copy. Jane's classic history first appeared in 1912 [not, as stated in NMM5, 1914], with a revised edition in two volumes in 1915. This facsimile reproduces the latter version with Jane's final amendments.
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JOHNSTON Ian
Battleship Ramillies. The Final Salvo. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout, and coloured endpaper illustrations; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The last capital ship to join the Grand Fleet in 1917, and the first ship of the Duke of Edinburgh, RAMILLIES continued her distinguished career throughout WWII, despite being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.
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JORDAN J.
French Battleships 1922-1956. [Second and Best English Edition].
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.
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KEMP Lieutenant-Commander P.K.
Nine Vanguards. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 16 plates, free endpapers very lightly spotted; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Scarce in this condition.
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Kohler, Peter C.; Et al
Ships Monthly - The International Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat: May 1986
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
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KONSTAM Angus
Battleship Bismarck 1936-1941. Owner's Workshop Manual. An Insight into the Design, Construction and Operation of Nazi Germany's most famous and feared Battleship. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs, and illustrations throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
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KOOP Gerhard
Battleship Tirpitz. [Military Book Club edition].
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; pictorial boards as issued, a fine copy. Essential reading for modellers and capital ship enthusiasts. This is the superior hardbound edition prepared for Doubleday's Military Book Club of New York.
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LAUTENSCHLAGER Karl
Warship Profile 39: USS Mississippi (BB23). Greek Kilkis. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
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Lodge, J.; Boone, A.; Teale, E.; Martin, R.; Armagnac, A.; Johnson, G.; Burton, W.
Popular Science, December 1934, Volume 125, Number 6 - Aerial Cannon May Revolutionize Aerial Battle Tactics
132 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue. Features: Cover illustration of mobile deep-sea floor device of J.E. Williamson; Fire at sea - a challenge to science; Lone fingerprints trap master criminals; Wins worldwife fame with microscope hobby; Earth's last drop of oil sought by new discoveries; Flying Battleships; How to Build a Sky Globe; Stalk Sea Monsters in Odd Craft; How Shotgun Champions battle for their crowns. Ads: Very nostalgic illustrated General Electric ad inside front cover features their home battery charger; RCA Victor ad illustrates the Table Model 123 "Magic Brain" radio; Midwest Radio Corp. ad inside back cover features inset photos of W.C. Geiser of Springfield, Illinois, Mrs. M.C. Mondy of Conneaut, Ohio, and R.T. Pursley of Hammond, Louisianna; Lovely color back cover ad for Chesterfield features their cigarettes in color superimposed over black and white photos from Asia and Europe. Average wear. Signature upon front covers. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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LOTT Arnold S
Ship's Data No. 1. USS North Carolina (BB55). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations (a number folding); pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a bright, clean copy.
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LOTT Arnold S
Ship's Data No. 2. USS Alabama (BB60). NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations (a number folding); pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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LOUIS FIGUIER
ARMES A FEU ET BATIMENTS CUIRASSES
674 PAGES-FORMAT 20 CM X 29 CM-VERS 1900-COUVERTURE EDITEUR BORDEAUX AVEC PREMIER PLAT A DECOR FLORAL ART NOUVEAU-SUPPLEMENT A LA PHOTOGRAPHIE P1 A 80 (MENTIONS MANUSCRITES P49 P51)-SUPPLEMENT AUX POUDRES DE GUERRE (LES EXPLOSIFS) P81 A 152-SUPPLEMENT A L'ARTILLERIE MODERNE P153 A 234-SUPPLEMENT AUX ARMES A FEU PORTATIVES P235 A 288-SUPPLEMENT AUX BATIMENTS CUIRASSES (LES BATIMENTS CUIRASSES,LES CROISEURS ET LES TORPILLEURS) P289 A 384-SUPPLEMENT A L'ART DE L'ECLAIRAGE P385 A 520-SUPPLEMENT A L'ART DU CHAUFFAGE P521 A 568-SUPPLEMENT AU MOTEUR A GAZ (LES MOTEURS A GAZ ET A PETROLE) P569 A 601-SUPPLEMENT AUX PHARES (LES PHARES ELECTRIQUES-LA TOUR EIFFEL) P602 A 628-LE PHONOGRAPHE P629 A 662-TRES RICHE ICONOGRAPHIE-PREMIER PLAT RECOLLE-BEL ENSEMBLE-(100O)
Bookseller reference : ABE-11825404032
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MACINTYRE Captain Donald
Jutland. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 21 plates on 12, several maps (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Enser, p.186.
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MACINTYRE Captain Donald
Jutland. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 21 plates on 12, several maps (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, fore-edge very lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.186.
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MacIntyre, Donald
The Thunder of the Guns - A Century of Battleships
352 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. "...Makes fascinating reading, not only for the naval historian but for anyone whose imagination is stirred by the famous names and high adventures of the battleship era." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now protected in glossy new archival-grade Brodart jacket. A sound copy. Book
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MCCART Neil
HMS Vanguard 1944-1960. Britain's Last Battleship. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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MCCART Neil
Nelson & Rodney 1927-1949. The Big Battleships. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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MIDDLEBROOK Martin
Battleship. The Loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 16, and 2 illustrations and 4 maps in the text; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. As always with Middlebrook, a striking narrative (mainly of the actual sinkings) based on eyewitness accounts. Enser, p.23; Law, 0403.
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MOULIN, Jean
Les cuirassés français
Marine éditions 2006 In-8 broché 19 cm sur 26,5. 96 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 128698
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MULLENHEIM-RECHBERG Burkard von
Battleship Bismarck. A Survivor's Story. Translated [from the German] by Jack Sweetman.
8vo., First UK Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, numerous photographs and charts in the text, and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Fascinating and long-awaited account by the senior survivor, who served in her throughout her career. Some very useful photographs. Striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork specially commissioned from Thomas G Webb. First edition in English published in the US in the preceding year. Enser, pp.23, 110; Law, 1685.
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Multiple Contributors
Newsweek Magazine, May 22, 1944 *THE WAR IN ITALY*
Contents: Cover illustration of a Long Tom (155 mm) gun firing in Italy; Oldsmobile/GM color ad inside front cover features insigne of the 339th fighter squadron Army Air Forces; GM Diesel Power color ad showing excavating equipment in action; First Act of Invasion Drama - attack on Nazi's Gustav Line - Allies strike hard in Italy following regrouping of Forces - Japs follow suit in China; Air cooperation with ground forces still a problem for invasion command; Sevastopol Rises - smashing 3-day assault brings proudest victory since Stalingrad; Interesting list of fines posted near the front line in Italy (place name deleted by censor); Report on Italy - Our First Continental Invasion - Seven Bloody Months of Fighting; Priest Orlemanski's mission to Moscow ends in suspension from Holy duties - his "treating" with Stalin brings disciplinary action amid Polish-Russian Quarrel; Dramatic photos of Herman Wallenda and a stunt gone wrong at Madison Square Garden - with no net below him!; De Soto Transportation ad - shows cars and planes; Poll-Tax Filibuster; Cold-blooded Ethyl ad shows a sneering airman painting another Jap kill onto his aircraft; PCA Airline ad; Bonds to Battleships - James V. Forrestal; Allies touch up last plans for rule of liberated Europe - but Russia does not yet see eye to eye with U.S. and Britain on Handling of Nazis and Poles; Firestone color centerfold ad; Drama in Stokholm - Allied agents Force SKF to decide on ball bearings vital to the Nazis; Photos of Doukhobors partially disrobed in a Vancouver, B.C. courtroom; El Salvador rebels flock back home as Menendez takes over Presidency; Montgomery-Ward employees celebrate their CIO union's election victory; Rocket to the moon - Willie Ley says it is possible; Budd Manufacturing color ad; Old Overholt whiskey color ad. Moderate wear. Address label atop front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Northern Mariner - The Journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society: July 1997
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
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Multiple Contributors
The War Illustrated, No. 229 - 4 January 1919
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
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Newell, Gordon & Smith, Allan E.
Mighty Mo: The U.S.S. Missouri, a Biography of the Last Battleship
190p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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PARKES Oscar
British Battleships. 'Warrior' 1860 to 'Vanguard' 1950. A History of Design, Construction and Armament. New and Revised Edition. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. [Fourth Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., Fourth Impression, with 450 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with closed tear on front panel. Considerably revised edition of a standard reference first published in 1956. ALL PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Law 0998.
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PARKES Oscar
British Battleships. 'Warrior' 1860 to 'Vanguard' 1950. A History of Design, Construction and Armament. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 450 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text, free endpapers lightly spotted; original navy buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Bright copy of a standard reference. SCARCE. Law 0998.
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Parkes, Oscar; The Earl Mountbatten of Burma [Foreword]
British Battleships: "Warrior", 1860 to "Vanguard", 1950 - A History of Design, Construction and Armament
xv, 701 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with diagrams and black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The final word on the subject, a book that can never ben superceded. The sources from which it is drawn are principally the Official Returns, Admiralty Ships Covers, Progress Books and the personal notes and confidences of a number of Directors of Naval Construction. The large number of photographs came from the author's collection ammassed over the years; the ships' plans have never before been equalled; throughout, previously unpublished information is provided and details of all vessels are compared with those of their foreign rivals." - dust jacket. Former library copy with above-average wear and usual markings. Front hinge starting. Back hinge taped. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reference copy of this monumental study. Bibliographic reference: Law 0998. Book
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PEILLARD Leonce
Sink the Tirpitz!. ink the Tirpitz! Translated from the French by Oliver Coburn.
8vo., First English Edition, with 16 plates on 8, 6 maps (4 double-page) and 4 line drawings in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and frayed at edges. First published in Paris in 1965, Peillard's account is a graphic and lively survey of the various British attacks on Tirpitz in the Norwegian fiords. Appendices include a useful tabular summary of the air assaults. Enser, p.59;Law, 1681.
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PLEVY Harry
Battleship Sailors. The Fighting Career of 'HMS Warspite' recalled by her Men.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 8; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The 'Old Lady' was arguably the most famous British capital ship of the two world wars. This well-crafted account includes valuable personal reminiscences from the men who served on her.
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Plummer, Russell; et al
Ships Monthly - The Magazine for Shiplovers Ashore and Afloat, March 1983 - Salvaging the Èuropean Gateway
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the steam collier Cliff Quay; Great photo of the Royal Mail Lines`Amazon inside front cover; Nice photo of four Oberon Class submarines of the Royal Australian Navy entering Sydney Harbour; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; European Ferry Commentary; Salvaging the European Gateway; King George V Class Battleships - part 2; Cook`s of Wivenhoe; Still in Steam - Brian Stannard describes the last steam colliers on the UK coast - the three colliers owned by CEGB, now probably in their last year of service; Naval Review; Brocklebank Line Fleet History - part 1 of a short history of T & J Brocklebank Ltd; Ship Sales; By the Latest Packet; Nice photo of the HMS Bold Pathfinder in 1953 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Powell, Michael
Death in the South Atlantic: The Last Voyage of the Graf Spee
247 p. Maps on endpapers. The author directed 1956 motion picture on the same subject, The Battle of the River Plate. Hardcover Very good condition; blue cloth spine spotted chipped d.j. fair
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Preston, Anthony (foreword)
Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper edge and tiny mark to rear. 320pp. With over 1,000 illustrations and with information on over 6,000 warships in this comprehensive encyclopedia of the world's navies during the Second World War. A heavy book.
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RAILROADS / LOS ANGELES / BATTLESHIPS
Scientific American. The Magazine of Today and Tomorrow. April 1927.
New York.: Scientific American Publishing Company. Volume 136 Number 4. 04- 1927. Complete April 1927 issue of magazine 226-296pp 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches color pictorial paper covers as issued. Vertical subscription crease to magazine light discoloration and soft creasing to covers 3 inch tear to left edge of back cover and 1/2 inch tear to tail of spine penciled number to front cover slight bumping to top fore corner; text block in good clean condition overall. Many fascinating articles on a variety of subjects including: skyscraper construction a new cross-Atlantic telephone line the Fritz Lang film "Metropolis" draining water from the Colorado River into Los Angeles railroads and the reconstruction of the battleship "Texas". . Scientific American Publishing Company. unknown
Bookseller reference : 55879
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RAVEN Alan
British Battleships of World War Two. The Development and Technical History of the Royal Navy's Battleships and Battlecruisers from 1911 to 1946.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title, over 600 photographs and diagrams (many full-page) in the text, and many finely detailed drawings (including 16 folding and 4 in colour depicting camouflage patterns); cloth, gilt back, a very good,clean copy in the dustwrapper. Lovely copy of a scarce standard reference updating and expanding Parkes. Includes many designs which never left the drawing board. Law, 1002 (recording the first edition of 1976).
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RAVEN Alan
Ensign 1. King George the Fifth Class Battleships. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with large folding coloured plans and numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. As always with this series, an excellent technical account. Increasingly scarce. Enser, p.59; Law, 1001
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RAVEN Alan
Ensign 4. Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., with large folding coloured plan, and numerous photographs and detailed drawings in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. As always with this series, an excellent technical history. Law, 1003.
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Revue " Connaissance de l'histoire " - Hachette
Revue " Connaissance de l'histoire " - Hachette - Numéro spécial - Cuirassés 1919 - 1977Halte à la course aux armements navanls - La seconde guerre mondiale - La fin des géants
1 vol in-4 broché - N° 8 de décembre 1978 - illustrations noir et blanc et couleurs en et hors texte
Bookseller reference : 33878
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ROBERTS John
Anatomy of the Ship. The Battleship Dreadnought. [Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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Ross II, Al; Cressman, Robert J.; Becton, Julian; Braybrook, Roy; Vukmanovich, George
Sea Combat Magazine, April 1980 - Special Battleship Issue
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
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SCHMALENBACH Fregattenkapitan Paul
Warship Profile 18: KM Bismarck. Battleship. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. One of the scarcest titles in this valuable and much sought-after series. Law, 1683.
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Schnepf, Edwin: Editor
Battleships at War! - A Dramatic Review of the Super-Dreadnoughts & Battle-Cruisers of World War Two: Volume 1 1989
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
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SELIGMANN, Matthew S.
The Naval Route to the Abyss. The Anglo-German Naval Race, 1895-1914. [First English Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
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.
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SILVERSTONE Paul H.
Directory of the World's Capital Ships. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and over 600 photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Massive work of scholarship covering over 1,000 vessels of over 500 classes from more than 20 countries. Unique in its scope.
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SKULSKI Janusz
Anatomy of the Ship. The Battleship Yamato. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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SMITH Peter C.
Battleship Royal Sovereign and her Sister Ships. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 49 plates on 16, text pages very lightly browning at edges; original grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Covers ROYAL SOVEREIGN ('Tiddly Quid'), REVENGE, RAMILLIES, RESOLUTION, and the ill-fated ROYAL OAK. Although classified by Churchill as 'coffin ships' these aged veterans of WWI fought strenuously throughout WWII; surprisingly, all but one survived. THE FIRST EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN DUSTWRAPPER.
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