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20148vo., 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.
19888vo., 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.
20018vo., 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.
1998Roy. 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.
1989Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
20028vo., First Edition, with 25 plates on 8, and several maps and tables in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Very good, detailed and closely-argued survey of the evolution of the battleship, its supremacy through to the final stages of WWII and its eventual decline. Some useful appendices
19798vo., 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.
19794to., 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).
1989130 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
1977191p. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, drawings and deck plans (showing mainly British Battleships of World War Two). 4to. Original full cloth backed binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. WWII 1
1980Sm. folio, First English Edition, with illustrated title and many hundreds of photographic illustrations and drawings in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Substantially revised version of the German original 'Grosskampschiffe 1905-1970' published by Bernard & Graefe in 3 vols., 1977-79. Arranged by class within country, it contains many unique photographs drawn from the Bundesarchiv and elsewhere. A mammoth photographic resource with unusually detailed captions. Law, 1765.
20018vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20028vo., First Edition thus, with plates, and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vividly-written hour-by-hour account of the chase, the battle and the sinking. First published in the US in the previous year.
1976Roy. 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).
1973Roy. 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.
1956Roy. 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.
1990xv, 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
1985réf. 68740Liskeard: Maritime Books, 1985. 104 S. mit zahlreichen sw-Fotos; 8°, OKart. (Taschenbuch);
1957247 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
19848vo., 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.
1964réf. 9003New York, 1964, in-4°, 268 pp, très nombreuses photos, plans, index, cart. éditeur, jaquette. Texte en anglais
19724to., 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
19784to., 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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20104to., 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.
