The Navy League,: The Navy Year Book and Diary 1962 , UK: The Navy League, 1962.

First edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾", very good condition, in a good++ unclipped illustrated (HMSDevonshire) dust-jacket - edge worn with small tears, publisher's original blue card boards with gilt blocking to front, spine cocked, internally clean tight and bright, 228 pages for Year Book with index and 76 page (weekly) diary, 17 superb colour illustrations by artists such as Harold Wyllie, John Stobart and Ellis Silas, b/w photo and line illustrations, numerous b/w and colour adverts,---Contents include; Stories of the Royal Tours; Progress Report on the Royal Navy; A new generation of Carriers; The house that Jack built; Electronics in Ships; Merchant Navy Review; The port of Glasgow - past, present and future; Survival at Sea; Lines out of Order; Plastics in Shipbuilding; Salute to Great Ship (Queen Mary Jubilee); The Fun of Drawing Ships; Index to Advertisers. Colour illustrations include: HMS Bulwark in Malta harbour; H.M.S. Amethyst; the 17 gun HMS Albion; King Henry's great sip Queen; The Shark angling fleet Looe; HMS Falcon c1420; HMS Ark Royal 1588; Woolwich Reach; Sea Spray; Fire Ship Thomas Drake; HMS Superb 1780; Scarborough Light; HMS Swiftsure 1870; HMS Alert 1875; MV Plainsman leaving Kingston Jamaica; SB Veronica ans SB Sirdar; Devon Ships. (Book ref. 3084)  £25.00

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