JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS. An Encyclopedia Of The Navies Of The World. (Acting Editor: Maurice Prendergast). (Twentieth Year Of Issue).

oblong folio. pp. 173(ads), 43, [3], 44-485, 174-175(ads). frontis. profusely illus. original cloth (rear hinge partly cracked, corners frayed). An important reference source for international maritime defence, providing reliable visual and technical information. In this wartime edition all illustrations of British Warships have been prohibited by the Defence of the Realm Act. Similarly all illustrations of American Warships were deleted at the request of the US Navy Department. All sections have been revised, notably those for Germany, Japan, and Russia: "In the case of the German Navy, details of considerable interest will be found, concerning new types of enemy warships. Some of the particulars given in this Section are, of necessity, incomplete and liable to future amendation. It is believed, however, that the information given represents the maximum that can be collected from reliable sources, and published, under the difficult conditions now prevailing. The pages describing the Imperial Japanese Navy have been officially revised by order of H. E. the Minister of Marine. We have again to thank Rear-Admiral K. Funakoshi, the Japanese Naval Attaché, for his kind assistance in securing so valuable a contribution...The effects of the recent Revolution are displayed by the altered names of important Russian warships [including the Potemkin]. These details have been kindly communicated...by the Petrograd Ministry of Marine, through the Russian Naval Attaché in London." (Preface) The work includes technical terms in foreign languages, the fighting ships signal code, and a details relating to ships lost in the war.