British Cruisers of World War Two
by Alan Raven, John Roberts
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870219227
- ISBN 13
- 9780870219221
- Seller
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Smyrna, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Naval Institute Press, 1980. Hardback. Very Good. VERY GOOD on very good dust jacket. Clean in text with no marks. Binding is solid for such a large book. Small stains on front edge which do not penetrate into pages. . . . . . . . Presents the full story of the design & construction of British Cruisers that served in WWII. . . . . This authoritative and superbly-illustrated book presents a de?tailed account of the design, construction, and technical history of the cruisers that served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. In all, 121 cruisers are described and illustrated in this book with over 400 carefully selected photographs and over 60 sets of detailed plans. To provide the correct historical framework for the subject, the authors go back as far as the Arethusa class of 1912, and follow the story through the interwar years, dominated by the Washington Treaty, and the Second World War to the last of the conventional all-gun cruisers, the Tiger class of the late 1950s. 19801444 pages1400 illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antique Mall Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2405140011
- Title
- British Cruisers of World War Two
- Author
- Alan Raven, John Roberts
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870219227
- ISBN 13
- 9780870219221
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, Md
- Date Published
- 1980
- X weight
- 74 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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About Antique Mall Books, LLC
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