TURNS OF FATE: THE DRAMA OF HMS CORNWALL
Written by Ken Dimbleby.
Stock no. 1829892
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author served on HMS Cornwall, retelling her war careeer and the historical background to it, and also building up a vivid picture of life on board, particularly from the lower deck point of view. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 231 pages including index. ISBN: 071830523X. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, with a tiny closed tear to lower edge.

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TASK FORCE 57: THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET 1944-1945
Written by Peter C. Smith.
Stock no. 1829890
Published by William Kimber & Co. Limited. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The largest British fleet to operate as a single unit in World War II, the British Pacific Fleet was the most modern, with a higher proportion of aircraft carriers than ever mustered before. It was given the American code-name Task Force 57 by the Americans it was to fight alongside of. A complete account of this 'forgotten fleet'; over-shadowed in numbers by the vast American taks forces. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge blue. ISBN: 0718302516. First hinge pulled (looks like a binding error with too much cloth beneath the hinge). Else a lovely copy, looks unread!

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KILLING THE BISMARCK: DESTROYING THE PRIDE OF HITLER'S FLEET
Written by Iain Ballantyne.
Stock no. 1829879
Published by Pen & Sword Maritime. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Providing a harrowing insight into the unremitting cruelty of war at sea, this book is delievered with the verve of a novel, taking the reader on a roller-coaster ride in which each twist and turn yields new shocks. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Foreword by Admiral Sir Jonathon Bad GCB. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844159833. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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TYPE 21 (MODERN COMBAT SHIPS)
Written by John Lippiett.
Stock no. 1829876
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Modern Combat Ships 5. The background and development of the class, including details of the weapons, sensors and machinery. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 109 pages plus appendix. ISBN: 0711019037. Text block lightly browned else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE BRITISH BATTLESHIP 1906-1946
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1329587
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. 448 pages including index. B/w photos through, a few colour profiles. to centre of book (a couple which fold-out). ISBN: 9781848322257. There are a couple of small indentations to front edge of spine which affect the book and the dustwrapper. Otherwise, this is a super copy which looks unread.

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FEARLESS AND INTREPID 1965 - 2002: THE ROYAL NAVY'S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT ASSAULT SHIPS
Written by Neil McCart.
Stock no. 1829869
Published by Fan Publications. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of two of the Royal Navy's longest-serving warships from their beginnings in the early 1960s to the final weeks of operational service in the twenty-first century, when Fearless was finally decommissioned and joined her sister at lay-up berths in Portsmouth Dockyard. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos and a few colour. 176 pages. ISBN: 1901225070. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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ALLIED COASTAL FORCES OF WORLD WAR II VOLUME II: VOSPER MTBS AND US ELCOS
Written by John Lambert; Al Ross.
Stock no. 1829864
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Dealing comprehensively with the technical detail of these boats in words, photographs and line drawings. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851776027. A lovely copy, appears unread!

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THE BATTLESHIP BUILDERS: CONSTRUCTING AND ARMING BRITISH CAPITAL SHIPS
Written by Ian Johnston; Ian Buxton.
Stock no. 1829852
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world's first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete. Britain urgently needed to build an new battle fleet of these larger, more complex and more costly vessels. In little over a decade, fifty such ships were completed. It was made possible by the country's vast industrial nexus of ship builders, engine manufacturers, armament firms and specialist armour producers. Pale blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848320932. A lovely copy, looks unread!

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MIDWAY: DUANTLESS VICTORY
Written by Peter C. Smith.
Stock no. 1829851
Published by Pen & Sword Maritime. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Fresh Perspectives on America's Seminal Naval Victory of World War II. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xx and 358 pages including index. ISBN: 9781844155835. A lovely copy, looks unread!

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VALIANT QUARTET
Written by G.G. Connell.
Stock no. 1829841
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

His Majesty's Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: Curlew, Cairo, Calcutta and Coventry. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w maps. 303 pages including index. ISBN: 0718304268. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

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THE GREAT WAR AT SEA: A NAVAL ATLAS 1914 - 1919
Written by Marcus Faulkner; Andrew Lambert.
Stock no. 1829834
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Setting an unsurpassed standard of cartographic excellence, this new atlas of the Great War at sea offers the first truly graphic account of the naval conflict that was to determine the very outcome of the war itself. Introduction by Andrew Lambert. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps throughout. XIV and 170 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848321830. A lovely copy!

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SAILING SHIPS OF WAR 1400-1860
Written by Frank Howard.
Stock no. 1829830
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of fighting ships and their technical development from 1400 to 1860, from the advent of the three-masted ship to the eclipse of naval sail. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & colour photos. 254 pages plus bibliography. ISBN: 0851771386. Reprint. A lovely copy!

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