Warships of World War I.

London: Ian Allan. Combined Volume. Second Edition (stated). Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. viii, 352 pages. Illustrations. DJ has some wear and soiling and is price-clipped. Hugh Murton Le Fleming was born in 1902. He was a pupil under C.B. Collett at the Great Western Railway Works at Swindon from 1923 to 1925. He obtained the post of Assistant Supply Officer in the Admiralty, being promoted later to Production Engineer. During the war his work concerned warships and their armament. Hugh Le Fleming's writings during this final period included a large number of books on ships, such as Warships of World War I, concise histories of the ships of the Blue Funnel and Holland America Lines and 44 editions of the Ian Allan ABC series. All this did entail a great deal of research, pursued with the passion for accuracy that came to be recognized as one of the outstanding qualities of all his work, whether in writing or painting, and by which he avoided perpetuating mistakes of earlier writers and sometimes brought hitherto unknown details to light. Included in this Combined Volume are all the British and German ships dealt with in the separate ABC series Warships of World War I: Battleships (section One), Cruisers (Section Two), Destroyers (Section Three), Miscellaneous Warships (Section Four), and Submarines (Section Five). A wealth of technical data is included. This is a superb guide to the major naval vessels of the period.