Description

Quarto sized hardcover in black cloth, lettered in gold on spine. Housed in original non clipped pictorial dust-jacket. 288pp., The third annual hardcover edition, containing issues 9 – 12.. This copy is the second impresion. Illustrated with tables, drawings and photographs. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not exlibray, from a private collection. A collection of articles, by various authors, devoted to the history, design and development of the world’s combat ships. No previous ownership marks present. Dust-jacket is complete. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Features articles on Frigate Design in the 18th Century; The King George V Class parts 1 – 4; The Italian Frigate Lupo; The New Orleans Class; The Helicopter Goes to War; The German Navy in the 1870’s; et alia. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust-jacket. Scans sent on request.