HARDBACK "MACDONALD & JANES EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: Macdonald & Janes.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, very slight sunning to top edge. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £5.95. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with one small nick. Spine and edge faded. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, very slight age to margins, otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: B/w photos and diagrams to virtually every page throughout.* Pages: 131 pp. text. vi pp. glossary. Class index & general index at rear.* Description: Although the Royal Navy was no longer a major maritime power when this guide was published, it still had a major role to play and its many line ships comprised a powerful fighting force. This volume details all the different classrs from Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines to Winchester class experimental Hovercraft then in service. Much has changed since the end of the 1970?s and this is an important snapshot of the Royal Navy at that time.* A NEAR VG++ copy of the 1st. edition reduced by dust jacket faults to VG*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4959
Title: Warships of the Royal Navy
Author: Moore, John E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG+/V++/GD+++
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0354011316
ISBN 13: 9780354011310
Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd
Place of Publication: London UK 208
Date Published: 1979-03-22

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