Warships of the Great War Era: A History in Ship Models Tapa dura - 2014

Paperback. Very Good.

Seaforth Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. New/New. New oversized hardcover in like DJ. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes full color photographs. 128 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. Treated as historical evidence, they offer far more detail than even the best plans or the finest marine paintings. This book features a selection of over one hundred ship models, all in full color, of the various classes of warship that fought in the First World War, from dreadnoughts to coastal motor boats, including many close-up views. These color photos are captioned in depth, and many are also annotated to note interesting or unusual features. Although pictorial in emphasis, the book weaves the… Leer más