Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 14706213-6
Synopsis: From authors' Preface: "Readers of this, our companion volume to British Battleships of World War II, may suppose that the form of this work, and the degree of reasearch it has required, will have followed the same lines, and while this is true to a certain extent, it should be borne in mind that, in its general scope, the history of the cruiser is considerably more complicated than that of the battleship. With cruisers there is a greater degree of overlapping of classes, and a wide variety of influences determined their numbers and characteristics, particularly during the 1930s. It has proven virtually impossible to treat all of the Second World War within the confines of a single chapter, because the events thereof do not lend themselves to a neat and logical exposition. In fact, even with three chapters devoted to the period from 1939 to 1945, an irreducible amount of duplication has proved unavoidable. A further problem has been lack of space. It must be remembered that in this book are described a total of 121 cruisers actually built, as against the mere 21 battleships of the previous work. From a strictly historical viewpoint, the story should start in the Victorian era, but because the most popular and - as yet - most familiar period of naval history is that from 1939 to 1945, it was decided to cover ships from the Arethusa class of 1912 up to the last of the conventional, all-gun cruisers, the Tiger Class of the late 1950s....We have made every effort to ensure that the text be complemented by the visual material and, to this end, have striven to find unusual and hitherto unpublished photographs. All the plans have been drawn using the official 'as fitted' drawings, or design and sketch plans as a foundation. In many cases, the plans depict configurations for which there are no directly dated official sets, and we hope that this will enhance the value of the book." Hardcover, 9.75x10 inches, 444 pages, illustrated throughout with B&W drawings, photos.
Title: British Cruisers of World War II
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication Date: 1980
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1980. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Square 4to., 444 pp., bound in publishers blue cloth with illustrated dust jacket. Minor signs of shelf wear only, text is unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Seller Inventory # 33012
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think_very_0870219227
Book Description Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 4.6. Seller Inventory # bk0870219227xvz189zvxgdd
Book Description Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 4.6. Seller Inventory # 0870219227-2-3
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # 2405140011
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. VERY GOOD / DUST JACKET GOOD. 444 pp. Text clean and unmarked. Pages edges slightly toned. Illustrated throughout with photographs in b/w. Blue cloth boards lettered in gilt at spine, minor shlefwear only. Dust jacket lightly toned, top edges sunned and lightly rubbed, tiny closed tear at op of spine, intact, unclipped. Textblock intact and stable. Seller Inventory # BR005285
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. very nice copy; larger-format. Seller Inventory # 042213
Book Description Condition: Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 4.6. Seller Inventory # bk0870219227xvz189zvxacp
Book Description Condition: Fair. Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 4.6. Seller Inventory # 353-0870219227-acp
Book Description 444 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand. Gewicht 2 kg. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1822. Seller Inventory # 192011