Mcmurtrie Francis E Editor (38 results)

Paginated as (1-60), i-ii, (61), iii, (62), iv, (63), v, (64), vi, (65), vii-xxii, A1-A21, 1-471, (65-66). Hardcover: H 21.5cm x L 33.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Dark blue cloth; boards rubbed with light staining; light rubbing to bright gilt stamped spine lettering; light vertical crease to front board. 66 pages of naval and marine advertisements; profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings, silhouette profile images, ship dimensions, etc. Preliminary advertising pages 2-23 creased with short mostly closed tears at bottom edges; short old tape strips at bottom edges of pages 151-153 and 388. Binding cracked between pages 464 and 465 with last three quires pulled and thus only graded as a good copy. Interior reference pages remain fairly clean and bright. Please note that this thick book has a shipping weight of 6 pounds (2.7 kg) which will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. The MacMillan Company; New York, 1947. Hardcover. A Good Only, blue cloth binding with blind stamped lettering on front and rear board and gilt lettering on spine, binding shaky, some handling/scuffing to boards, sunning to spine, fraying to spine edges, spine buckram separating from backing material, bumped bottom front board corner, some age toning to pages, small abrasions to board corners, previous owner handwritten ink name front and rear pastedown, some scattered foxing to text block edges and front/back matters, starting hinges, tear bottom front joint buckram, abrasion bottom front board edge near spine, book has been handled, without Dust wrapper. A good only copy. Oblong 4to[quarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches], 471pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1943 1st edition, oblong 4to., 62,xxi,582pp., numerous illustrations, good plus copy, cloth faded on spine, slightly worn on edges. The standard work.

Hardcover. Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. 1942, 1st edition, oblong 4to., 61,lvi,529pp., numerous illustrations, very good copy, binding tight, blue cloth. The standard work.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 13.00x10.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Hardcover wartime edition of Jane's Fighting Ships 1942, edited by Francis E. McMurtrie and issued June 1943. Authoritative contemporary reference documenting the world's navies during World War II, with extensive photographs, silhouettes, and technical data. Blue cloth boards, solid and complete. Interior pages clean and well preserved. Original dust jacket present but in poor condition, with heavy wear, tears, and losses, jacket laid in and protected. An important WWII-era Jane's reference with original jacket.…

1st edn. Oblong 4to (8½ x 13 ins). Original gilt lettered blue cloth (casing a little shaken and bumped at extrems; marks on page edges). Pp. 69 + xxv + 581, illus throughout with b&w photos (front endpaper creased and inner hinges loosened).

large landscape format hardback. good condition, but the hinges are badly pulled and half of the first two advert pages have been torn away. [heavy book that may require extra shipping costs for overseas orders. Please see our storefront page for shipping information].

large landscape format hardback. light wear, and hinges a little slack, but generally in good clean and sound condition. [heavy book that may require extra shipping costs for overseas orders. Please see our storefront page for shipping information].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Quarto/Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 12.25 inches. 55 pages of advertisements, 424 pages. Illustrations. Tables. Index. DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has some wear and soiling. Name of previous owner stamped on fep. Cover worn. This is a large and heavy book and would require additional shipping charges if sent outside of the United States. Jane's Fighting Ships is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. Each edition describes and illustrates warships of different national naval and paramilitary forces, providing data on their characteristics. The first issue was illustrated with Jane's own ink sketches--photos began to appear with the third volume in 1900. The present title was adopted in 1905. It was originally published by John Frederick Thomas Jane in London in 1898 as Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships, in order to assist naval officers and the general public in playing naval wargames. Its success eventually launched a number of military publications carrying the name "Jane's". It is a unit of Jane's Information Group, which is now owned by IHS. Ten early editions of Jane's (those of 1898, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931, 1939, 1944-45, and 1950-51) were reissued in facsimile reprints by Arco Publishing starting in 1969. All of these appeared in the oblong or "landscape" format that characterized the series until the 1956/57 edition, while from 1957/58 the present "portrait" layout was adopted, thus matching the sister Jane's publication on aircraft. Oscar Parkes OBE (8 October 1885 - 24 June 1958) was a Royal Navy surgeon, naval historian, marine artist, and editor of Jane's Fighting Ships from 1918 to 1935. He was an associate of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. The Imperial War Museum and the National Maritime Museum have permanent collections of his artwork. His book British Battleships: "Warrior", 1860 to "Vanguard", 1950. A History of Design, Construction and Armament is regarded as a definitive source. Parkes joined the Royal Navy on 25 February 1915, on a temporary commission as a surgeon. His talent for spotting ships sometimes from aircraft came to be recognized, and towards the end of the First World War he served in the Naval Intelligence Division under Admiral Sir Reginald Hall at the Admiralty. While there he worked on the design of Q-ships. Parkes was demobilized in 1919, became an official naval artist, and joined the Imperial War Museum as director of their naval photographic section. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire for "valuable services in H.M. Hospital Ships during the War and at the R.N. Hospitals, Chatham and Plymouth" on 22 August 1919. In 1918, Parkes was appointed an editor of Jane's Fighting Ships, a post he held till 1935. At first, he was joint-editor with Maurice Prendergast, and from 1922 to 1930 with Francis McMurtrie. From 1930 to 1935 he was sole editor. The last edition of Jane's Fighting Ships he was involved with was the December 1934 issue. Parkes' book Ships of the Royal Navy was first published in 1922. It would be reprinted in seven revised editions the next 15 years, and had a change of title to Ships of the Royal Navies (British Commonwealth of Nations) in 1935. In 1929, Sampson Low published the first edition of Parkes' book The World's Warships. Aside from his role as editor of Jane's Fighting Ships, Parkes contributed many naval articles to the Navy League Magazine, the Society for Nautical Research's academic journal for maritime history, the Mariner's Mirror, and other journals. After 32 years of research, Parkes' definitive book British Battleships: "Warrior", 1860 to "Vanguard", 1950. A History of Design, Construction. Presumed First Reprint Edition, First printing this issue.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. The spine is worn. The page edge is tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is otherwise in clean condition.

landscape format hardback. a little damage to top of spine, some light discolouration and a little wrinkling to the bindinf, otherwise in very nice condition, and still in the original cardboard box. [heavy book that may require extra shipping costs for some overseas destinations] includes the war loss section. [Please see our storefront page for shipping information].…

HB. Condition: VG. None. First Edition. Navy blue cloth on boards with blindstamped titles and border trim. Moderate dusting of soiling and rubbings. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping and cracks. Edges: faint touches of a little soiling. Front hinge split. Clean contents. Comprehensive b/w illustrations. Binding is VG albeit being a heavy book feels a touch loose. 529p Landscape. Heavy: 2 kgs. Includes 2 card bookmarks.…

Hb. Condition: VG. None. First Edition. Navy blue cloth on boards with blindstamped titles and border trim. Moderate dusting of soiling and rubbings. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping and cracks. Edges: faint touches of a little soiling. First four advert pages with slight vertical creasing. Fep: circular stamp Received June 13 1942 H.Q. St. John Defences, top margin with J-1-1. Clean contents. Comprehensive b/w illustrations. Binding is VG albeit being a heavy book feels a touch loose. 528p Landscape. Heavy: 2 kgs. Includes card bookmark. …

Reprint of the 1944 original edition. (4), 79 adv., XXX, 36 addenda, 635 PP with b/w illust. (photographs, plans, profiles and silhouettes, flags & uniforms). Fp: H.M.S. Swiftsure. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Faint old tape marks on endpapers and a vertical crease on the half-title page, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21.3 x 31.5. War loss section: P.544 to 635, and 32 to 35 (addenda).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover; Hardcover. Dark blue cloth binding unevenlysunned. Title impressed on front and rear boards. Title in gold on spine. Corners and spine ends are lightly frayed. Cloth over rear board is wrinkled. Sticker residue and closed tear on inside pastedown, which is advertising page 1. Advertising page 2 is missing. Advertising page 4 has half inch chip missing from bottom edge, with a few closed tears. Paper over front hinge is cracked, but binding is still nice and tight. Chock full of photos and technical information. ; B/w Phot & Ill; Oblong 8vo; 582+ pages.…

large landscape format hardback. light water staining to the front cover, otherwise in very nice bright and firm condition. [heavy book that may require extra shipping costs for overseas orders. please see our storefront page for shipping information].

Condition: Sehr gut. sehr viele sw-Bilder und Skizzen-Grafiken / 530 Seiten Auf der letzten Buchinnenseite ist ein Original-Etikett des renommierten hamburger Buchantiquariats für Marine- und Militärwissenschaft: Buchrücken in vergoldeter Schrift. Im hochwertig produzierten Kunstleder-Einband mit Prägungen (Farbe: braun). 64 Seiten mit Werbeanzeigen im vorderen und hinteren Teil. 530 Seiten. Abbildungen. Tabellen. Register. Material: Kunstleder/braun Inhaltlich handelt es sich um einen vermutlich um ein Faksimile der 1941er-Ausgabe. Oder um ein nachträglich in den 60erJahren gebundenes Original. Es wird aber ausdrücklich nicht als Original angeboten. Wann genau diese Ausgabe erschienen ist, ist unbekannt Die Einbanddeckel und Schnitt ist minimalst berieben. Diese Kriegsausgabe enthält zahlreiche neue Abbildungen und aktualisiertes Textmaterial sowie alle Informationen zu den deutschen, italienischen und japanischen Flotten, die sich eingehend prüfen und verifizieren ließen. Jane's Fighting Ships ist ein jährlich erscheinendes Nachschlagewerk, das Informationen zu allen Kriegsschiffen der Welt nach Nationen geordnet bereithält; dazu gehören Angaben zu Schiffsnamen, Abmessungen, Bewaffnung, Silhouetten, Fotografien usw. Die einzelnen Ausgaben beschreiben und illustrieren Kriegsschiffe verschiedener nationaler Marine- und paramilitärischer Streitkräfte und liefern Daten zu deren technischen Merkmalen. Die Erstausgabe war mit eigenen Tuschezeichnungen von Jane illustriert; Fotografien erschienen erstmals im dritten Band im Jahr 1900. Der heutige Titel wurde im Jahr 1905 eingeführt. Ursprünglich wurde das Werk von John Frederick Thomas Jane unter dem Titel Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships herausgegeben, um Marineoffiziere und die Öffentlichkeit bei der Durchführung von Seekriegsspielen zu unterstützen. Zehn frühe Ausgaben von Jane's (1898, 190506, 190607, 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931, 1939, 194445 und 195051) wurden ab 1969 vom Verlag Arco als Faksimiles neu aufgelegt. Alle diese Ausgaben erschienen im Querformat, das bis zur Ausgabe 1956/57 beibehalten wurde; ab der Ausgabe 1957/58 wurde das heute übliche Hochformat eingeführt, wodurch eine optische Angleichung an das Schwesterpublikation Jane's All the World's Aircraft (Flugzeuge) erfolgte. Francis E. McMurtrie war ein renommierter britischer Marineexperte, Autor und langjähriger Herausgeber von Jane's Fighting Ships. LIEFERZEITEN / DELIVERY TIMES: DEUTSCHLAND 5 - 14 Tage EUROPA/EUROPE: 7 - 30 Tage/Days USA/WELTWEIT/WORLDWIDE: 14 - 60 Tage/Days (!!!) +++ Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 4700 21x31cm / Kunstleder (braun) Gebundene Ausgabe.…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Sought-after wartime copy in good+ condition. 582-page text plus adverts in good+, tight condition. Original publisher's dark-blue cloth binding, with gilt titles on spine and title in blind on the front, in good+, tight condition, with just a little edge wear. Profusely illustrated from photographs and drawings. See photos of this copy attached. A heavy book which might require extra postage according to destination.…

Landscape 4to (13" x 8.5") blue clothbound hardback gilt, rebacked, with original spine cloth laid on, blind-stamped lettering to boards; 61pp adverts + [lvi] + 529pp inc. Addenda with b/w illustrations throughout. Blue rubber-stamped name to front pastedown and at least one other place, light foxing and tanning to edges, creasing, handling and edgewear to first 10 pages of adverts, tape reinforcement to front hinge, repair to one closed tear, rear inner hinge pulled, outer corners of boards worn. A Good, Sound copy overall. (Shelf 130) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Book (2.9 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Landscape 4to (13" x 8.5") blue clothbound hardback gilt, with blind-stamped lettering to boards; 62pp adverts + [xxi] + 582pp inc. Addenda, with b/w illustrations throughout. No previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Light foxing to edges, inner hinges a little pulled, some soiling and handling marks to the boards, wear to edges, short split to spine cloth. A Good, Sound copy overall. (Shelf 130) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Book (2.6 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

pp. 55 of adverts, xx, 543. Illustrated. Oblong 8vo. Original blue cloth, head and tail of spine very slightly frayed. 2 of the advert leaves torn otherwise a very good, clean, bright copy.

Dark-blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind-stamped titles to upper cover. Oblong format. lvi, 527 pp., plus 65 pages of adverts. A couple of additional photographs have been taped into the book. Lacking the first 12 pages of ads. Generally Good condition with bumps to corners, heavy rubbing to the spine-ends, and edges, and a few marks to the boards themselves. Internally clean and secure, though both endpapers are a,little grubby. Overall, a very good example. Heavy book, extra international shipping charges may apply.…

Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind-stamped titles to upper cover. No dust-wrapper. Oblong format. lvi, 582 pp., plus adverts; b/w photographs aplenty. Very Good condition with light bumps to corners and edges, a little rubbing to the spine-ends, and a few light splashes to the covers themselves. Owner's name on the front endpaper and a couple of ink annotations to the text; otherwise an unmarked clean and tightly-bound copy. Overall, a decent example. Heavy book, extra international shipping charges may apply.…

Hardcover. Presumed First printing this issue. Quarto/Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 12.25 inches. 54 [3 pages at the back] pages of advertisements. 448 pages. Profusely illustrated. Substantial technical data provided. Front cover separated by present. Spine gone. Covers very worn, torn and soiled. Jane's 1926 aircraft book order form and Romance of navigation order forms bound in. This is a large and heavy book and would require additional shipping charges if sent outside of the United States. Jane's Fighting Ships is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. Each edition describes and illustrates warships of different national naval and paramilitary forces, providing data on their characteristics. The first issue was illustrated with Jane's own ink sketches--photos appeared with the third volume in 1900. The present title was adopted in 1905. It was originally published by John Frederick Thomas Jane as Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships, in order to assist naval officers and the general public in playing naval wargames. It is a unit of Jane's Information Group, which is now owned by IHS. Ten early editions of Jane's (those of 1898, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931, 1939, 1944-45, and 1950-51) were reissued in facsimile reprints by Arco Publishing starting in 1969. All of these appeared in the "landscape" format that characterized the series until the 1956/57 edition, while from 1957/58 the present "portrait" layout was adopted, thus matching the sister Jane's publication on aircraft. Oscar Parkes OBE (8 October 1885 - 24 June 1958) was a Royal Navy surgeon, naval historian, marine artist, and editor of Jane's Fighting Ships from 1918 to 1935. He was an associate of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. The Imperial War Museum and the National Maritime Museum have permanent collections of his artwork. His book British Battleships: "Warrior", 1860 to "Vanguard", 1950. A History of Design, Construction and Armament is regarded as a definitive source. Parkes joined the Royal Navy on 25 February 1915, on a temporary commission as a surgeon. His talent for spotting ships sometimes from aircraft came to be recognized, and towards the end of the First World War he served in the Naval Intelligence Division under Admiral Sir Reginald Hall at the Admiralty. While there he worked on the design of Q-ships. Parkes was demobilized in 1919, became an official naval artist, and joined the Imperial War Museum as director of their naval photographic section. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire for "valuable services in H.M. Hospital Ships during the War and at the R.N. Hospitals, Chatham and Plymouth" on 22 August 1919. In 1918, Parkes was appointed an editor of Jane's Fighting Ships, a post he held till 1935. At first, he was joint-editor with Maurice Prendergast, and from 1922 to 1930 with Francis McMurtrie. From 1930 to 1935 he was sole editor. The last edition of Jane's Fighting Ships he was involved with was the December 1934 issue. Parkes' book Ships of the Royal Navy was first published in 1922. It would be reprinted in seven revised editions the next 15 years, and had a change of title to Ships of the Royal Navies (British Commonwealth of Nations) in 1935. In 1929, Sampson Low published the first edition of Parkes' book The World's Warships. Aside from his role as editor of Jane's Fighting Ships, Parkes contributed many naval articles to the Navy League Magazine, the Society for Nautical Research's academic journal for maritime history, the Mariner's Mirror, and other journals. After 32 years of research, Parkes' definitive book British Battleships: "Warrior", 1860 to "Vanguard", 1950. A History of Design, Construction. As is A thoroughly disreputable copy of this very scarce work.…

Landscape 4to. (13" x 8.5") blue cloth hardback, gilt, with blind-stamped lettering to boards; 61pp adverts + [xxii]+ 21pp Addenda + 471pp, with b/w illustrations throughout. Old pencil notes to front pastedown. Light handling wear to a few pages, faint handling marks to boards, outer corners and spine ends a little worn. Good+ copy overall. (Shelf 130) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Book (2.4 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Landscape 4to (13" x 8.5") blue clothbound hardback gilt, with blind-stamped lettering to boards; 57pp adverts + [xxiv] + 27pp Addenda + 498pp, with b/w illustrations throughout. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Very light edgewear to boards, overall a VERY GOOD COPY. (Shelf 130) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Book (2.4 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct. …

Landscape 4to. (13" x 8.5") blue clothbound hardback gilt, with blind-stamped lettering to boards; 51pp adverts + [xxxiv] + 527pp inc. Addenda, with b/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's ink name and inscription to front pastedown. Light creasing to first and last few pages, some faint soiling and handling marks to the boards, outer corners and spine ends worn, spine slightly faded. Good overall. (Shelf 130) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Book (2.4 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

Landscape 4to (13" x 8.5") blue clothbound hardback gilt, with blind-stamped lettering to boards; 69pp adverts + [xxv] + 20pp Addenda + 582pp, with b/w illustrations throughout. No previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Light foxing and soiling to edges, handling wear and creasing to pp2 Adverts, some faint soiling and handling marks to the boards. Good overall. (Shelf 130) PLEASE NOTE: Very Heavy Book (2.8 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…