Description

Quarto sized hardcover in black cloth, lettered in gold on spine. Housed in original non clipped pictorial dust-jacket. 224pp., Index. Illustrated with tables, drawings and photographs. First edition. A collection of articles, by various authors, devoted to the history, design and development of the world’s combat ships. Included also is a Naval Year in Review; Warship Notes; Naval books of the Year. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks present. Dust-jacket is complete with no tears or chips. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Features articles on Swedish Armoured Coastal Defence Ships, The Royal Navy’s 1944 Cruiser, German Type 35, 40 and 43 Minesweepes at War, Loss of the HMS Queen Mary at Jutland,, et alia. A near fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket. Scans sent on request.