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THE FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AD 897-1984
[Buy it!] | E. H. H. Archibald | USD 32.17
(Fri May 24 22:01:59 2024) | AbebooksUK | Amazing Book Company | ISBN10: 0713713488, ISBN13: 9780713713480, [publisher: Blandford Press, Poole] Hardcover This fine unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Originallly published as two books ('The Wooden Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy' and @The Metal Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy') This edition has been fully revised. From the small wooden ships, armed with foot soldiers, with which Alfred the Great defeated the Danes off the Dorset coast in AD 897 to the highly sophisticated frigates, destroyers and aircraft carriers of the twentieth century. The abundant illustrations, many in full colour, are based on original sources, ship plans, models, pictures and photographs principally drawn from the magnificent collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich where the author was a curator for over thirty years. Ref CCC5
[Liphook, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1984] |
