Description

Hardcover, large quarto [28x22cm] bound in dark blue cloth with spine lettered in gold, in original price-clipped dust-jacket. 539pp., 4 pages of ads at rear. Index. Illustrated with 175 photographs and 100 detailed plans. Distributed in the USA by United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland, with their label on title page. First edition, no additional printings listed on copyright page. Dust-jacket protected by Brodart covers. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. A comprehensive record of British destroyers drawn by Admiralty permission from Official records and returns, ships’ covers and building plans. Introduced by the Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Mountbatten of Burma. A very clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket price clipped and showing moderate wear, especially at head ot spine, but complete with no tears or chips and now under acetate wraps. A very good+ copy in a near very good dust-jacket. A very large, heavy book [just under 7 lbs], Priority and International shipping will require extra charges. Scans sent on request.