Battleships of the World

Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1997. Hardcover. Stated First Published in 1997 by Greenhill Books/ distributed in the US by The Naval Institute. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to tail. DJ: Very Good; rubbing to panels; closed tear to rear panel near gutter; light wear to tips. Black paper over boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 259 pp 4to. This illustrated reference work by a leading naval authority contains reliable details of all the big-gun capital ships built since 1905, and the large pre-dreadnoughts built that year. It incorporates up-to-date research and features many rare photographs and accurate scale drawings. Nearly 120 entries provide information about the capital ships of German, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Austri-Hungary, Russia, the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Greece, Spain and Turkey. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. No International Shipping.