Following the success of Jane’s War at Sea 1897-1997 and Jane’s Battleships of the 20th Century, Bernard Ireland’s latest book gives the same treatment to the Age of Sail.
Covering the classic era of sailing ship warfare from the early 18th Century to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, England Expects reveals how ships were built, sailed and fought in the era made popular today by the novels of Patrick O’Brian, C.S.Forrester, Alexander Kent, Dudley Pope and others.
Acclaimed naval artist Tony Gibbons will illustrate every type of sailing warship from ships of the line, frigates and sloops to privateers’ schooners, bomb ketches and xebecs.
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Bernard Ireland is a marine engineer and is the leading warship author in the UK.
Tony Gibbons illustrated Jane’s Battleships and War at Sea.
'Following the success of Jane’s War at Sea 1897-1997 and Jane’s Battleships of the 20th Century, Bernard Ireland’s latest book gives the same treatment to the Age of Snail.'
Covering the classic era of sailing ship warfare from the early 18th Century to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, England Expects reveals how ships were built, sailed and fought in the era made popular today by the novels of Patrick O’Brian, C.S.Forrester, Alexander Kent, Dudley Pope and others.
Acclaimed naval artist Tony Gibbons will illustrate every type of sailing warship from ships of the line, frigates and sloops to privateers’ schooners, bomb ketches and xebecs.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Tony Gibbons (illustrator). Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Tony Gibbons (illustrator). First large-format paperback edition, 2001, in overall near-fine used condition with only very slight signs of handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight, appears unead, no inscriptions or other markings; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Seller Inventory # 203626
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Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Paperback. Covering the classic era of sailing ship warfare from the early-18th century to the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, this text reveals how ships were built, sailed and fought in the era made popular today by the novels of Patrick O'Brien, C.S.Forester, Alexander Kent, Dudley Pope and others. Paperback 2000. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy. {"length"=>["28"], "width"=>["22"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}. Seller Inventory # 14380957
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First large-format paperback edition, 2001, in overall near-fine used condition with only very slight signs of handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unead, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This item weighs over 1kg. Not an old library book. Photograph available. Seller Inventory # 130053
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