Anatomy of the Ship: The Type VII U-Boat by Westwood, David - 1984

Conway, 1984., 1984. 1st ed. 95p. Photos. Line Drawings. Large format. Price clipped. Fine/Near Fine Copy. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Conway Maritime Press , 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 260mm x 245mm. Jacket has moderate general wear and a small nick to top front near spine. Previous owner's blindstamp to title page, otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. 96pp The Type VII U-boat was the backbone of the fighting strength of Nazi Germany's U-boats at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. The first submarine sinking of the war was by a Type VII boat, and some of the most dramatic events of the first year of the war involved a Type VII - the sinking of HMS Courageous by U29 in the Atlantic in September 1939 and the sinking of HMS Royal Oak by U47 in Scapa Flow a few weeks later. The 'Anatomy of the Ship' series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published. What makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These… Read More

London: Conway Maritime Press, 1984. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little faded at the spine and onto the margins of the panels with a price-sticker ghost to the foot of the lower panel. The contents complete, clean and tight.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (grey boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9¾” x 10¼” (1 kg); 95pp; In the Anatomy of the Ship series; Includes: Deck plans; Cross-sections; Black & white photographs, within the text; Diagrams; Cutaways; Frontispiece; ISBN: 0-851-77314-1 || 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 #198561|| Condition:

London: Conway Maritime Press, 2003. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A faint strip of sunning to the join of the upper panel, a decent copy otherwise. . Hardback in dust wrapper (matching pictorial boards). Physically 9¾” x 10¼” (1.1 kg); 95pp; In the Anatomy of the Ship series; 2nd (revised) edition, 1st printing, first published 1984. Includes: Black & white profiles; Black & white photographs; Diagrams; Tables; Frontispiece; ISBN: 0-851-77314-1 || 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 #191004|| Condition: