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The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD 897-1984
by E. H. H. [Edward Hunter Holmes] Archibald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped.
- ISBN 10
- 0713713488
- ISBN 13
- 9780713713480
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Poole: Blandford Press, 1984. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped. . Ray Woodward. ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.5kg. shipping beyond the shores of my utopian country will be by ParcelForce World Wide, and starts at £15.00 Europe/£30.00 Elsewhere (less the displayed cost) for a 5-7 day service, tracked, duties unpaid. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (blue boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 12¼” x 9¼” (2.5 kg); 416pp; Index; Illustrated by Ray Woodward; Originally published in two volumes: The Wooden Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD 897-1860, 1968 & The Metal Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy 1860-1970, 1971. Contains: Facsimiles; Colour plates; Black & white drawings; Colour drawings; Diagrams; Tables; Glossary; Cutaways; Silhouettes; Appendices [8]; ISBN: 0713713488 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #179865|| Condition:
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- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 179865
- Title
- The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD 897-1984
- Author
- E. H. H. [Edward Hunter Holmes] Archibald
- Illustrator
- Ray Woodward
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0713713488
- ISBN 13
- 9780713713480
- Publisher
- Poole: Blandford Press
- Place of Publication
- Poole
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- archibald ray woodward britain royal navy history warships battleships armed forces ships marine naval engineering 0713713488 9780713713480
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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