British Battleships. 'Warrior' 1860 to 'Vanguard' 1950. A History of Design, Construction and Armament. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
by PARKES Oscar
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Seeley Service & Co.,, [1956]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with 450 illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text, free endpapers lightly spotted; original navy buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Bright copy of a standard reference. SCARCE. Law 0998.
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- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47485
- Title
- British Battleships. 'Warrior' 1860 to 'Vanguard' 1950. A History of Design, Construction and Armament. With a Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
- Author
- PARKES Oscar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley Service & Co.,
- Date Published
- [1956]
- Keywords
- naval, ww1, wwI, great war, ww2, wwii, royal navy, battleships, oscar parkes
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
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- Crisp
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- First Edition
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