Jane's Fighting Ships, 1942 (Issued June, 1943); Founded in 1897 by Fred T. Jane Forth-Sixth Year of Issue
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. Forty-Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 13" x 8.25", 62 pages of Advertisements at the front. 582 pages. Illustrations. Tables. Index, Boards scuffed and scratched. Some weakness to boards noted. Sticker of previous owner on fep. This is a large, heavy book that if shipped outside of the United States will require an additional shipping payment. This wartime edition includes numerous new illustrations and fresh textual material, as well as whatever information on the German, Italian, and Japanese fleets which could be thoroughly examined and checked. Jane's Fighting Ships is an annual reference book of information on all the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. Editions describes and illustrates warships of different national naval and paramilitary forces, providing data on their characteristics. The first issue was illustrated with Jane's own ink sketches--photos appeared with the third volume in 1900. The present title was adopted in 1905. It was originally published by John Frederick Thomas Jane as Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships, in order to assist naval officers and the public in playing naval wargames. It is a unit of Jane's Information Group, which is now owned by IHS. Ten early editions of Jane's (those of 1898, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1914, 1919, 1924, 1931, 1939, 1944-45, and 1950-51) were reissued in facsimile reprints by Arco starting in 1969. All were in the "landscape" format that were used until the 1956/57 edition, while from 1957/58 the present "portrait" layout was adopted, thus matching the sister Jane's publication on aircraft. Francis e. McMurtrie was a noted British naval authority, author, and long-time Editor of Jane's Fighting Ships. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Naval, WWII, Royal Navy, Allied Navies, H.M.S. Exeter, War Construction, Battle Cruisers, German Battleships, Russian Battleships
[Book #56466]
Price: $250.00