Battleships of the World
by Rene Greger
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 155750069X
- ISBN 13
- 9781557500694
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997 Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1997. Hardcover. Stated First Published in 1997 by Greenhill Books/ distributed in the US by The Naval Institute. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to tail. DJ: Very Good; rubbing to panels; closed tear to rear panel near gutter; light wear to tips. Black paper over boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 259 pp 4to. This illustrated reference work by a leading naval authority contains reliable details of all the big-gun capital ships built since 1905, and the large pre-dreadnoughts built that year. It incorporates up-to-date research and features many rare photographs and accurate scale drawings. Nearly 120 entries provide information about the capital ships of German, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Austri-Hungary, Russia, the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Greece, Spain and Turkey. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. No International Shipping.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014688
- Title
- Battleships of the World
- Author
- Rene Greger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 155750069X
- ISBN 13
- 9781557500694
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- capital ships, dreadnoughts, battleships, warships, armament, building programs, anti-aircraft weapons, commissioning dates, United States Navy, Aircraft carriers,
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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