Conway Maritime Press
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COGS, CARAVELS AND GALLEONS: THE SAILING SHIP 1000-1650
Written by Robert Gardiner; et al.
Stock no. 1829714
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Conway's History of the Ship series. The history of the sailing ship 1000-1650. Large format. Navy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775608. A lovely copy!
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
THE AGE OF THE GALLEY: MEDITERRANEAN OARED VESSELS SINCE PRE-CLASSICAL TIMES
Written by Robert Gardiner; John Morrison.
Stock no. 1829711
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1995.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Conway History of the Ship. The development from the earliest paleoithic cart, some of which were paddled rather than rowed, to the classical trireme and its Roman and Byzantine successors. As a warship, the galley survived the coming of the three-masted sailing ship and adapted itself to gunpowder artillery, so later chapters are devoted to the medieval and RRenaissance fleets. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851775543. A lovely copy!
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- WARSHIP
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MEDITERRANEAN
- MILITARY
BRITISH CARRIER AVIATION THE EVOLUTION OF THE SHIPS AND THEIR AIRCRAFT
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1329451
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0851774881. Base of spine is very slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- MARITIME
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- NAVY
- AIRCRAFT CARRIER
SUBMARINE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1329436
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1984.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages (including index). B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0851772994. Spine very very slightly bumped else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is very lightly browned and has the tiniest of nicks to the rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- SUBMARINES
- NAVY
THE POSTWAR NAVAL REVOLUTION
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1829691
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1986.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Warships, weapons and policies - the navies which might have evolved and the factors which shaped their actual development. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 0851774148. A lovely copy!
THE FIRST FRIGATES: NINE-POUNDER & TWELVE-POUNDER FRIGATES 1748-1815
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1329429
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Conway Ship Types Series. Design history and general aspects of the ships. B/w illustrations and draughts. ISBN: 0851776019. Spine slightly bumped else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SHIP BUILDING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
MODERN WARSHIP DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Norman Friedman.
Illustrated by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1329419
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1979.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0851771475. A fine copy in price-cut wrapper which is slightly edge rubbed.
NAVAL WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Written by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1329397
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Encyclopaedic in scope and largely based on original research, the book covers all the major weaponry of the period. Large format. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 403 pages including index. ISBN: 0851779247. Minimal bumping to spine and corners else a fine copy (looks unread). Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- NAVY
- MARITIME
- WORLD WAR II
SEAMANSHIP IN THE AGE OF SAIL
Written by John Harland.
Illustrated by Mark Myers.
Stock no. 1329385
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. An account of the shiphandling of the sailing man-of-war 1600 - 1860, based on contemporary resources. B/w illustrations. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0851771793. Small scuff mark to front board (must have occured during the binding process as the dustwrapper is not damaged by this). Contents look unread. Dustwraper has minimal rubbing to corners and a tiny tear to top edge of front panel.
CONWAY'S ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1922-1946
Written by Robert Gardiner; Roger Chesneau.
Stock no. 1329382
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1992.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and line illustrations. ISBN: 0851771467. Spine slightly bumped at base. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges. Looks unread.
CONWAY'S ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1906-1921
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1329381
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1992.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine 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. Minimal bumping to spine and corners and minimal rubbing to wrapper edges. Looks unread.
CONWAY'S ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1947-1995
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1828513
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st thus
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Single volume, revised edition covering all the world's navies from the Second World War to the present. Large format. B/w photos and line drawings. The Western Powers. ISBN: 0851776051. Boards lightly scuffed. Text block slightly grubby as are the endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly creased across top edge, lightly scuffed.