Description and condition: Blue boards hardback, dustcover, folio, 416pp, index, glossary, bibliography, b/w and colour illustrations. Very good, with rubbing along the board edges, nice clean pages throughout. In similar dustcover with slight edgewear, now protected. Contents: Single-volume revised edition. Originally published in two volumes: 'The Wooden Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD 897-1860' and 'The Metal Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 1860-1970'. With numerous illustrations by Ray Woodward, appendices and a glossary of nautical terms. Has become a standard reference work on the subject matter. |
