NELSON TO VANGUARD: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1923-1945
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1828199
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author brings to account the Royal Navy's response to the restrictions placed on it by the Washington Naval Treaties in the inter-war years, and the construction of the fleet with which the Navy fought the Second World War. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1861761368. Pale damp stain (coffee?) to top edge of text block, also to top of pastedowns, endpapers, and inside edge of dustwrapper. Otherwise a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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THE LINE OF BATTLE: THE SAILING WARSHIP 1650-1840
Written by Robert Gardiner; Brian Lavery; et al.
Stock no. 1828189
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Conway's History of the Ship. Large format. B/w illustrations. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0851779549. Spine lightly faded. Prelims lightly crinkled. Contents clean.

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LINCOLN'S NAVY: THE SHIPS, MEN AND ORGANIZATION 1861-65
Written by Donald L. Canney.
Stock no. 1828188
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Companion volume to the highly acclaimed 'Nelson's Navy' and 'The Confederate Navy'. Large format. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 232 pages including index. ISBN: 0851776698. Minor fading to base of spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has a scuff to both fold edges, rear panel is lightly browned and has previous bookseller's price label, lightly scuffed.

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BRITISH BATTLESHIPS 1919-1945
Written by R.A. Burt.
Stock no. 1828177
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New, revised edition. The evolution of the battleship classes through all their modifications and refits. Large format. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848321304. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine else a lovely copy.

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THE TRAFALGAR COMPANION
Written by Mark Adkin. Illustrated by Clive Farmer.
Stock no. 1828174
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A guide to history's most famous sea battle and the life of Admiral Lord Nelson. Large format. Colour illustrations. 560 pages. ISBN: 1845130189. Dustwrapper spine lightly faded, minor loss of surface paper to rear panel, lower edge. Else a lovely copy.

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FRENCH BATTLESHIPS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Robert Dumas.
Stock no. 1828115
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were among the most radical and influential designs of the interwar period. This is a study of these important and technically interesting ships. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848320345. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (title has gone from red to pink).

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WARRIOR TO DREADNOUGHT: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1860-1905
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1828109
Published by Caxton Editions. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The technological changes which transformed warships from the fully-rigged broadside ironclads of the mid-nineteenth century, through the centre battery ships, early turret vessels and barbette ships, to the turbine-powered Dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers which were to fight in the First World War. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1840675292. Minor mark to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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FRENCH DESTROYERS: TORPILLEURS D'ESCADRE & CONTRE-TORPILLEURS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Jean Moulin.
Stock no. 1828104
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between the wars, the French produced some of the larges and fastest destroyers in the world. This volume blends technical and historical analysis. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848321984. Corners lightly rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly faded to spine.

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FRENCH ARMOURED CRUISERS 1887-1932
Written by John Jordan; Philippe Caresse.
Stock no. 1828103
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book has as its subject the French armoured cruisers built from the late 1880s until shortly before the outbreak of the Great War, beginning with the revolutionary Dupuy-de-Lome, the world's first modern armoured cruiser, and ending with the impressive six-funnelled Edgar Quinet and Waldeck-Rousseau. The primary focus is on the tgechnical characterstics of the ships. Large format. Blue boarfds, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781526741189. Light rubbing to corners else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean and bright.

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BRITISH CRUISERS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Written by Alan Raven; John Roberts.
Stock no. 1828099
Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. B/w photos. 444 pages including index and appendices. A detailed account of the design, construction and technical history of the cruisers that served in the Royal Navy during the second world war. 121 cruisers are described with over 60 sets of detailed plans. ISBN: 0853683042. Board edges lightly rubbed. Contents have been bound a little too low in the boards so the lower text block edge is level with the lower board. Text block browned. Name & number in red ink to front pastedown. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned, faded to spine, lightly edge-worn.

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LORDS OF THE LAKE: THE NAVAL WAR ON LAKE ONTARIO, 1812-1814
Written by Robert Malcolmson.
Stock no. 1828089
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Naval War Between the United States and the British Provinces in Canada 1812-1814. Yellow cloth boards, navy title to spine. B/w illustrations. xx + 411 pages. ISBN: 1861761120. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL NAVY 1066-1509: SHIPS, MEN AND WARFARE
Written by Susan Rose.
Stock no. 1327768
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781848321373. Evidence of some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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