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HMS Victory Manual 1765-1812: An Insight Into Owning, Operating and Maintaining the Royal Navy's Oldest and Most Famous Warship (Owner's Workshop Manual) by Peter Goodwin Synopsis Using the tried and tested formula HMS Victory, now available in the Haynes manual format, is probably the most famous surviving historic warship in the world today. She was flagship to Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when he was... (read more) Your price: $35.95 New - Hardcover 
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Jane's Warship Recognition Guide by Keith Faulkner Publisher Comments The essential guide to all the world's fighting ships. Jane's Warship Recognition Guide shows you how to identify all the world's fighting ships. Fully updated since the 1996 edition, it is organized in a new way that makes it easier to look up ship... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail by Bernard Ireland Publisher Comments Covering the classic era of sailing ship warfare from the mid-eighteenth century to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail reveals how warships were built, sailed, and fought in the era made popular today by the novels of... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $24.95 Used - Hardcover
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Jane's Warship Recognition Guide by Keith Faulkner Book News Annotation The poor man's Jane's Fighting Ships. Pages provide a photo facing, a drawing, recognition features, displacement, speed range, armament, electronics, country and number of the class active. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Warships of the Napoleonic Era: Design, Development and Deployment by Robert Gardiner Publisher Comments Between 1793 and 1815 two decades of unrelenting naval warfare raised the sailing men of war to the zenith of its effectiveness as a weapon of war. Every significant sea power was involved in this conflict, and at some point virtually all of them were... (read more) Your price: $74.95 New - Hardcover
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Jane's Warships Recognition Guide 3e (Jane's Warships Recognition Guide) by Robert Hutchinson Publisher Comments The essential guide to all the world's fighting ships. How to identify a worldwide range of warship types.Photographs, now largely in colorRecognition featuresTechnical dataDetailed line diagramsWeapons systems and radarsEasier to use... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Aircraft Carriers by Michael Green Publisher Comments Even for nonmilitary buffs, the power and massive lines of aircraft carriers inspire awe. Now readers can get a close-up look at these behemoths in this lavishly illustrated volume. It tells the story of the development of these immense vessels... (read more) List Price $29.98 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World) by Eric Wertheim Synopsis Internationally acknowledged as the best one-volume reference to the world's naval and paranaval forces, this popular Naval Institute guide is both comprehensive and affordable. It has come to be relied on for its all-inclusive, accurate, and current... (read more) List Price $225.00 Your price: $99.98 Sale - Hardcover
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War at Sea in the Age of Sail by Andrew Lambert Publisher Comments Every library requires a basic source on sailing ship warfare, a need solidly met by Lambert's profusely illustrated survey of the two centuries of naval dominance...Lambert, a naval historian in Britain, efficiently economizes his text, wasting few... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Vital Guide To Modern Warships by Leo Marriott Publisher Comments By nature, the modern warship must basically fight in three separate environments - on the surface of the sea, under the surface and in the air above. This is a concise, detailed and color-illustrated guide to modern warships from around the world. To... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Navy by W J Holland Synopsis A poignant and breathtaking tribute to the noble tradition of the United States Navy. The Naval Historical Foundation proudly presents this handsome edition chronicling the remarkable history of the Navy. Features over 350 pages of full-color classic... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Seaforth World Naval Review, 2012 by Conrad Waters Publisher Comments This annual has rapidly established a reputation as an authoritative but affordable summary of all that has happened in the naval world in the previous twelve months. It combines the standing features of regional surveys with one-off major articles on... (read more) Your price: $52.95 New - Hardcover
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Naval Weapons of World War One by Norman Friedman Publisher Comments Although the Great War might be regarded as the heyday of the big-gun at sea, it also saw the maturing of underwater weapons the mine and torpedo as well as the first signs of the future potency of air power. Between 1914 and 1918 weapons development was... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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The War of 1812 and the Rise of the U.S. Navy by Mark Collins Jenkins Publisher Comments Discover the epic naval story of the war that threatened to undo our nation in 1812. Riveting firsthand accounts enliven this official sea-level view of the conflict that proved American naval prowess a force to be reckoned with. Explore historic... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Always Ready by Kit Bonner Publisher Comments The US Coast Guard.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Illustrated Directory of Warships of the World by David Miller Publisher Comments Covering every major warship type from the American ironclads of the 1860s through today's super-sophisticated aircraft carriers, this fact-filled directory describes more than 200 fighting vessels, providing technical specifications along with... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Modern U.S. Navy Destroyers (Enthusiast Color) by Stephen F Tomajczyk Publisher Comments Hop on board for an up-close look at the Navy's destroyer fleet! Full of color photography, this book takes you inside the Spruance, Kidd, and Arleigh Burke class destroyers of the current Navy fleet. You'll also get a glimpse of the twenty-first century... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare by R G Grant Publisher Comments Battle at Sea looks at every aspect of the story of warfare on, above, and under the sea, including classic naval engagements daring raids carried out on ships in harbor, and landing operations such as D-Day, where control of the sea was essential to... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships 1937-1948 by Erminio Bagnasco Publisher Comments For its final battleship design Italy ignored all treaty restrictions on tonnage, and produced one of Europe's largest and most powerful capital ships, comparable with Germany's Bismarck class which were also built in defiance of international agreements.... (read more) Your price: $85.00 New - Hardcover
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Heart of Oak a Sailors Life in Nelsons N by James P Mcguane Publisher Comments The extraordinary photography in this book was inspired by the author's reading of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels. In small museums along the English coast, and in private collections, James McGuane has recorded artifacts recovered from... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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