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WARSHIP 2004
Written by Antony Preston; Martin Robson; Stephen Dent.
Stock no. 1831579
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume XXVI. An annual publication. Devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. Edited by Anthony Preston et al. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 0851779484. A lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine.

WARSHIP 1991
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1831576
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An annual publication devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. This is volume XV. Includes: The Last Manila Galleon; The Armoured Cruiser USS Brookllyn; British 'M' Class Destroyers; The Father of the Flat-Top?; Inter-War French Submarine Development; Anti-Aircraft Gunnery in the Imperial Japanese Navy; Japanese Naval Air Power; Japanese Oxygen Torpedoes; The Leningrad Class; Romanian Minelaying Operations; Swedish Tre Kroner Class Cruisers; Albacore; Warship Notes; and The Naval Year in Review. Edited by Robert Gardiner. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775829. Boards clean and bright. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and a little scuffed.

WARSHIP 1990
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1831574
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An annual publication devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. This is volume XIV and includes: Chapman's Frigates; Ramming; Sankeikan; USS Oregon; Russian 'Lake' Type Submarines and the Baltic War 1914-1916; Engadine at Jutland; The Weird Sisters; The Japanese Repair Ship Akashi; The Yorktown Class; Aircraft to Malta; The Midget Submarine Attack on the Tirpitz; Naval Notes; and The Naval Year in Review. Edited by Robert Gardiner. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and sketches. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775470. Minor mark to front board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's address label to front flap and rear panel is scuffed.

LINCOLN'S NAVY: THE SHIPS, MEN AND ORGANIZATION 1861-65
Written by Donald L. Canney.
Stock no. 1329969
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.

THE BATTLECRUISER HOOD (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1329959
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The battlecruiser Hood was the largest, fastest and one of the most handsome capital ships in the world. Early on in her career she was employed on several international assignments as a representative of the British Empire, and thus became one of the most recognisable symbols of the Royal Navy; her destruction by Bismarck in 1941 was received with shocked disbelief throughout the country. A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 127 pages. ISBN: 0851772501. Third impression.

CARRIER AIR POWER
Written by Norman Friedman. Illustrated by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1830066
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of ship-based aircraft and their employment. A penetrating analysis of the very special requirements of carrier design and the operational roles both of the ships and of their aircraft. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0851772161. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

THE BATTLESHIP WARSPITE (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Ross Watton.
Stock no. 1830039
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised Edition with 1/300 scale fold-out plan to verso of dustwrapper. Arguably one of the finest capital ship designs of all time, Warspite and her sister-ships were the prototypes of the modern fast battleship, the ultimate development of the dreadnought type. This volume features a complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. 120 pages. ISBN: 0851779212. A lovely copy with minimal fading to front edge of dustwrapper spine.

THE FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE AGASSIZ (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John McKay; John Harland.
Stock no. 1830012
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume is devoted to one of the most famous and most nuerous of all escort vessels, the 'Flower' class corvette. The particular subject is the corvette Agassiz which was build in Vancouver and commissioned in January 1941. Of the short forecastle configuration she best represents the Canadian Flowers as they were when thrown into the thick of the bitter Atlantic convoy battles of 1941-42. A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 160 pages. ISBN: 0851776140. A lovely copy!

THE BATTLESHIP DREADNOUGHT (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1830011
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Revised Edition with 1/256 scale fold-out plan to verso off dustwrapper. Launched in 1906, Dreadnought was the first 'all-big-gun' battleship and as such revolutionised battleship design and construction. A detailed anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. 256 pages. ISBN: 085177895X. Reprint. A lovely copy!

THE FAIRMILE 'D' MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Lambert.
Stock no. 1830010
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Complete with 1/75 scale fold-out plan to verso of dustwrapper. The Fairmile 'D' combined MTB/MGB was the most heavily armed type regularly employed by Allied coastal forces in the Second World War. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and drawings. 120 Pages. ISBN: 184486006X. A lovely copy!

THE ESCORT CARRIER GAMBIER BAY (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Al Ross.
Stock no. 1830008
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The ecort carrier Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a ship of the mid-war Casablanca class, which operated with distinction in the Pacific, even fulfilling frontline roles never envisaged for earlier ships. The most famous of all American escort carriers. A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 112 pages. ISBN: 0851776132. A lovely copy!

THE DESTROYER CAMPBELTOWN (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Al Ross.
Stock no. 1830005
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The destroyer Campbeltown is not only famous for her part in the commando raid on the St Nazaire drydock in 1942, but is also representative of an important type. Built as the USS Buchanan (DD131), she was one of over 270 flush-decked destroyers put into service towards the end of World War I. A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs and drawings. Oblong format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 127 pages. ISBN: 0851775438. A lovely copy!