Description

Quarto sized hardcover in dark blue cloth, lettered in gold on spine. Housed in original non price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket. 208pp., Index. Illustrated with drawings, diagrams, maps and photographs. First edition.. A collection of articles, by various authors, devoted to the history, design and development of the world’s combat ships. Some articles include Australian Colonial Navies; Swedish Torpedo Cruisers; The Blackwood Class, Type 14 Second Rate Frigates, The Royal Navy and the Role of Sea Power in World Politics, 1856-1871, et alia. Included also is a Naval Year in Review [2001-2002]; Warship Notes; Naval books of the Year; and a gallery of Warship photos. No previous ownership marks present. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers.. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. Dust-jacket is complete with no tears or chips. A fine copy in a fine dust-jacket. Scans sent on request.