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Naval historical books by Conway
Publishers available from Cranston Fine Arts. To see more of our range of
books go to our military
book shop.
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Order number B1335, price £45. (SOLD OUT)
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Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905
The first volume in the series quickly established itself as the
standard reference work for the ironclad and pre-dreadnought era.
448 page hardback. 471 photographs, 506 line drawings.
at present book is sold out, and out of print
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Order number B2455, price £45
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Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921
All the significant warships built, or projected, between the
epoch-making Dreadnought and the Washington Treaty are covered.
448 page hardback. 438 photographs and 489 line drawings.
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Order number B1467, price £45.
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Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
This volume lists all the significant warships built between the
Washington Treaty and the end of the wartime construction programmes.
464 page hardback. 506 photographs and 530 line drawings.
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Order number B6051, price £75.
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Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
The ultimate reference book covering all the world's navies from the
Second World War to the present, including extensive background articles
which cover important political and technical developments.
640 page hardback. 570 photographs and 530 line drawings.
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rest of World £20.00 STANDARD AIRMAIL CHARGE PLUS £5.00 PER BOOK |
Order number B 5675,
price £28.
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The Golden Age of Shipping
The Classic Merchant Ship 1900-1960
Edited by Ambrose Greenway
This volume takes up the story of the merchant ship with the success of
the steam turbine at the beginning of the 20th century. Each of the
chapters is an in-depth history of a major category of ship including the
great ocean liners, the sleek packet vessels and the elegant cargo
carriers of the period.
208 page hardback. 230 photographs and drawings. |
Order number B 5683, price $28.
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Navies in the Nuclear Age
Warships since 1945
Edited by Dr Norman Friedman
By 1945 the threat to warships from above and below the surface had
become to dominate the naval and strategies planning. Attempts to deal
with the problem of aircraft and underwater weapons, the novel possibility
of wartime operations in a nuclear environment, and the advent of more
capable electronics, all helped to shape the development of the naval
vessels which are described in detail in this volume.
224 page hardback. 260 illustrations. |
Order number B5667, price £28.
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The
Eclipse of the Big Gun
The
Warship 1906-1945
Edited by D. K. Brown
This volume takes as its central theme the decline in the significance
of the all-big-gun battleship, and describes the development of all the
warship types of the period, from the aircraft carrier down to the
smallest coastal forces vessels.
224 page hardback. 275 photographs and drawings.
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Order number B5691, price £28.
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The
Shipping Revolution
The
Modern Merchant Ship
Edited by Professor Alastair Couper
Since 1945 the pattern of international trade shipping has changed
dramatically. The postwar rehabilitation of the world's merchant fleets
initially involved traditional ship types, but this volume charts the
accelerating pace of change from about 1960 onwards and describes the
hundreds of diverse ship types which have been developed. It also pints to
political, economic and social reasons for these, and looks at likely
developments for the future.
208 page hardback. 230 photographs and drawings.
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