THE BRITISH CARRIER STRIKE FLEET AFTER 1945
Written by David Hobbs.
Stock no. 1829923
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st thus 2020. Nearly fine condition.

In 1945 the most powerful fleet in the Royal Navy's history was centred on nine aircraft carriers. This book charts the post-war fortunes of this potent striking force - its decline in the face of diminishing resouces, it final fall at the hands of uncomprehending politicians, and its recent resurrection in the form of the Queen Elizabeth class carriers, the larges ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xvii and 622 pages including index. ISBN: 9781526785442. A lovely copy, looks unread!

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BATTLESHIPS IN TRANSITION: THE CREATION OF THE STEAM BATTLEFLEET 1850-1860
Written by Andrew Lambert.
Stock no. 1829920
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1985. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos and diagrams. 161 pages including index. ISBN: 085177315X. Reprint with minor corrections. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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NELSON TO VANGUARD: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1923-1945
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1829916
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine 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. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 1861761368. A super copy, appears unread!

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THE GRAND FLEET: WARSHIPP DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 1906-1922
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1829914
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The development of British warships up to 1914, the responses to the demands of the First World War, and how the lessons of wartime experience affected warship development in the immediate postwar period. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and line drawings. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 186176099X. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge else a super copy, looks unread!

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REBUILDING THE ROYAL NAVY: WARSHIP DESIGN SINCE 1945
Written by D.K. Brown; George Moore. Illustrated by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1829913
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An authoritative design history of post-war British warship development, based on both declassified documentation and personal experience. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and line drawings. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 1861762224. Light wear to top & tail of spine else a super copy, looks unread!

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BRITISH CRUISERS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA
Written by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by A.D. Baker; Paul Webb.
Stock no. 1829911
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gradually evolving from sailing frigatess, the first modern cruiser is not easy to define, but this book starts with the earliest steam paddle warships, covers the evolution of screw-driven frigates, corvettes and sloops, and then the succeeding iron, composite and steel-hulled cruising ships. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w ship plans. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848320994. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn else a lovely copy, looks unread!

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STEERING TO GLORY: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SHIP OF THE LINE
Written by Nicholas Blake.
Stock no. 1829905
Published by Chatham Publishing. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Day in the Life of a Ship of the Line. A behind-the-scenes portrayal of the great capital ships of the era of Nelson. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 288 pages includes index. ISBN: 1861761775. Pictorial dustwrapper spine is very lightly faded. Else a superb copy, looks unread!

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JUTLAND 1916: DEATH IN THE GREY WASTES
Written by Nigel Steel; Peter Hart.
Stock no. 1829904
Published by Cassell. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An account of the only fleet action of the First World War. Navy blue cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 480 pages including index. ISBN: 0304358924. A superb copy, looks unread!

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NAVAL WARFARE IN THE AGE OF SAIL: THE EVOLUTION OF FIGHTING TACTICS 1650-1815
Written by Brian Tunstall.
Stock no. 1329656
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Based on the life's work of the naval historian Brian Tunstall, this book traces the evolution of fleet tactics from the Dutch Wars of the seventeenth century to the War of American Independence in the late eighteenth and the defeat of the French Empire in 1815. Edited by Dr Nicholas Tracy. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0851775446. Minimal bumping to spine of book and wrapper. Looks unread.

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THE CONSTRUCTION AND FITTING OF THE SAILING MAN OF WAR 1650-1850
Written by Peter Goodwin.
Stock no. 1329653
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Every aspect of the building process is covered and for the modelmaker and technical historian this book will answer most, if not all, of their questions. Large format. Yellow boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. 276 Pages. ISBN: 0851773265. Minimal bumping to spine of book and wrapper.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF RADAR EQUIPMENTS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY, 1935-45
Written by F.A. Kingsley.
Stock no. 1829897
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

This book contains a series of technical monographs dealing with various aspects of British Naval radar from its inception in 1935 until the end of World War 2. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. xl and 476 pages including index. A physical print on demand copy, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 9781349134595. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET: THE ROYAL NAVY'S MOST POWERFUL STRIKE FORCE
Written by David Hobbs.
Stock no. 1829893
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The background, creation and expansion of the BPF from its first tentative strikes, through operation off the cost of Japan to its impact on the immediate post-war period, including the opinions of USN liason officers attached to the British flagships. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 462 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848320482. Binding glue visible to joints else a lovely copy, appears unread!

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