Russian & Soviet Battleships by McLaughlin, Stephen - 2021

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2021. First printing of the 2021 reissued edition. Hardcover. Near fine plus/Lacking dust jacket, likely as issued. McLaughlin, Stephen : Russian & Soviet Battleships. Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, 2021. First printing of this reissue of the 2003 original. ISBN 1682477266. Size is quarto (4vo), 11.25"/28.5cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial paper over boards. Lacking dust-jacket, likely as published. Plain white endpapers. [i-ix], x-xviii, [xix-xx], 1-496, [497] about the author, [498] blank, [499] about the publisher, [500] ad for World of Warships gaming. Author's preface, acknowl, abbrev, 49 chapters (from The Pietr Velikii/Baltic, through various pre-dreadnought classes - such as the ill-fated Borodino class of five BBs, four of which were sunk or captured at the Battle of Tsushima 1905 - to the Soviet era navy); appendix (Former Russian ships in Japanese Service). Notes, bibliography, index. Extensively illus in b&w with photos and line drawings; tables. Condition notes: a near fine plus copy marred only by a slight bowing to the boards; light wear to boards. Interior unmarked. A massive and endlessly interesting resource. We personally inspect every book we offer.