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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Ex-library with usual markings. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear with rubbing and sunning. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. New York, 1943; blind embossed blue cloth covered boards; edge and corner wear; no jacket; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 282 pages plus pictorial section.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good condition, octavo, embossed blue clothtitles in gilt on pale blue across spine, slight sunning to spine, toning to end papers otherwise internally clean, Contains articles on Foreign Navies; Merchant Shipping and the Battle of the Seas; Air Operations and the War at Sea; The United States Navy; Aircraft verses Ships; Sea Power in the Eastern War; Combined Operations; The Battle of the River Plate; A reference Section including Dimensions and Particulars of Ships of the Larger Navies; Ships of the Smaller Navies; Flotillas of the World; A Pictorial Section: Silhouettes of Warships; Plans and Elevations of War Ships. xvii of advertisements, xvii plus 301 then 119 of illustrations and 7 of index. [QP].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. xxiii, [1], xi, [1], 390, [2], 12, xxv-xxvi pages. Illustrations. Fold-outs. Tables. Profiles and Plans. British and Foreign Ordnance Tables. Naval Reference Section, Merchant Shipping Reference Section. Indexes. Ex-library with library markings. Weakness in front and rear boards. Bookplate of Richard W. Mindte inside front cover. The Naval Annual provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications. It was started by Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey in 1886. The Brassey series began a dozen years earlier, and its special strength was the dozen or more detailed articles on naval matters, authored by experts. They covered British and other nations' naval developments ranging from the latest ships to overall policy. Among the contributors are: E. J. Wyndham, B. T. Wilson, Robert Saundby, Anthony Sokol, Michael Banks, Foxley-Norris, H. E. Horan, Lawrance Darvall Richard Goold-Adams, B. B. Schofield, Bernard Brodie, Rupert Hay, C. M. Desoutter, H. B. C. Watkins, Robert Asprey, Colston Shepherd, John Taylor, W. T. Gunston, Richard Sharples, R. D. Ross, G. W. Williamson, Aubrey Mansergh. The contents include: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, Statesmen, Military Leaders, Royal Air Force, Atomic Age, Naval Strategy, Cold Weather Warfare, Military Training, Royal Marines, NATO Exercises, Strategic Reserve, H-Bomb, Foreign Navies, United States Air Force, Limited War, Persian Gulf, Atomic Weapons, Land Battle, U.S. Marine Corps, Air Defence, Guided Missiles, Military Career, Naval Discipline, Aircraft Development, Naval Education. Navy Estimates, Army Estimates. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Arthur J. W. Burgess (Art Editor) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Printing [Stated]. viii, 303 pages, pictorial section 116 pages, and 7 pages of Index, and [1] page. Illustrations. Tables. Ex-library with usual library markings. Ex-Office of Strategic Services Library. Ex-Department of State Library. Bookplate of Richard W. Mindte inside front cover. The Naval Annual was a book that provided considerable text and graphic information (largely concerning the British Royal Navy) which had previously been obtainable only by consulting a wide range of often foreign language publications. It was started by Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey in 1886. Though often compared with Jane's Fighting Ships, the two British annuals were, in fact quite different. The Brassey series began a dozen years earlier, and its special strength was the dozen or more detailed articles on naval matters, authored by experts. They covered British and other nations' naval developments ranging from the latest ships to overall policy. This volume presents a review of the Second World War in 1943. Among the contributors are: Francis McMurtrie, Archibald Hurd, Oliver Stewart, H. Pursey, A. J. McWhinnie, Herbert Rosinski, Owen Rutter, Russell Grenfell, Gordon Holman and Sir William James. The contents include: The Future of Sea and Air Transport, The Air War at Sea, the U-Boat War, Landing Craft, Sea Power, Fleet Air Arm, Naval Strategy, Man-Machine Interface, and the News Media and the Navy. A Diary of Naval Events is included as is a reference section and a substantive pictorial section. There is a General Index and an Index to Profiles and Plans of Warships.…