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THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER VICTORIOUS (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Ross Watton.
Stock no. 1327730
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Anatomy of the Ship series. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 160 pages. ISBN: 0851775802. Spine of dustwrapper is slightly faded. Spine of book is slightly bumped.

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THE DESTROYER THE SULLIVANS (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by Al Ross.
Stock no. 1327726
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Anatomy of the Ship series. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 119 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0851774768.

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CONWAY'S ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1906-1921
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1828012
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete listing of all the significant warships built, or projected, between the epoch-making Dreadnought and the Washington Treaty. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 439 pages. ISBN: 0851772455. Reprint. A lovely copy. Green dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, is a little scuffed and laminate is peeling with loss at top and bottom edge of rear panel.

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CONWAY'S ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1860-1905
Written by Robert Gardiner; Roger Chesneau; Eugene M. Kolesnik; et al.
Stock no. 1828011
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete listing of all major warships built in the period between the first ironclad and the Dreadnought. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0851771335. Text block and endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is faded to spine and is scuffed to rear panel.

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WARSHIP 1995
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1827126
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1995. 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 XIX. Edited by John Roberts. Includes: The Union Navy During the Civil War, 1861-65; The Kaiser Franz Joseph I Class Torpedo Rams fo the Austro-Hungarian Navy; The Mast and Funnel Question; On the Brink of Armageddon; and much more. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 085177654X. Board corners lightly bumped. A few minor marks to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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WARSHIP 2001-2002
Written by Anthony Preston; et al.
Stock no. 1827106
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

'Warship' is devoted to the design, development and service history of the world's combat ships. The contributors are respected authorities, and so detailed and accurate information is the keynote of all the articles - fully supported by plans, tables and photographs. This is Volume XXIV edited by Preston and includes: First Class Cruisers Part 2; The Royal Navy and the Role of Seapower in Global Politics, 1856-1871; Spain's Farewell to Greatness: The Battle of Santiago, 3 July 1898; Australian Colonial Navies, 1855-1900; and much more. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851779018. Light bumping to top of spine. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE SAILING NAVY LIST: ALL THE SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - BUILT, PURCHASED AND CAPTURED - 1688-1860
Written by David Lyon.
Stock no. 1325772
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1997. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The first complete and authoritative list of ships, derived from official sources. Organised by type and class. Details of dimensions, tonnage, armament, building data and fates. Complete ship name index. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 367 pages including index. ISBN: 085177864X. Standard edition reprinted. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Some slight grubbiness to textblock else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby.

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THE CUXHAVEN RAID
Written by R.D. Layman.
Stock no. 2139867
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The world's first carrier air strike. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851773273. Some browning and marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE BATTLESHIP DREADNOUGHT (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 2137843
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Revised edition. ISBN: 085177895X.

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A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY 1855
Written by Howard Douglas.
Stock no. 1823561
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The only comprehensive English-language work on the armament of warships during the final period of the cast-iron smooth-bore gun - the main weapon of western fighting ships for nearly 450 years. First published in 1817 and expanded in the following decades. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0851772757. 1982 reprint of the fourth edition. Name & address in pencil to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Red pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BATTLECRUISER HOOD (ANATOMY OF THE SHIP)
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 2136607
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Anatomy of the Ship. Oblong format. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0851772501. Bumping and wear to corners and edges. Some fading and damp marking to bottom edges and base of spine. Page edge browning. Some grubby marks to endpapers. Wrapper is browned with some chips and nicks to corners.

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MORE MINIATURE MERCHANT SHIPS: THE NEW GUIDE TO WATERLINE SHIP MODELLING IN 1/1200 SCALE
Written by John Bowen.
Stock no. 1817703
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Specially drawn ship plans and essential modelling techniques for 1/1200-scale merchant vessels. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. ISBN: 0851779360.

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