COLLECTION OF FOUR AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY REFERENCE BOOKS - MID-20TH CENTURY

A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF FOUR AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCE WORKS DOCUMENTING AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY, MILITARY VESSELS, AND MARITIME EVENTS. THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS ESSENTIAL PRIMARY RESEARCH MATERIALS FOR NAVAL HISTORIANS AND COLLECTORS SPECIALISING IN AUSTRALIAN MARITIME HERITAGE.

CONTENTS OF COLLECTION:

1. 'N' CLASS DESTROYER BY L.J. LIND AND M.A. PAYNE, PUBLISHED BY THE NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA. COMPREHENSIVE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION FEATURING DETAILED SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS OF THE 'N' CLASS DESTROYER SPECIFICATIONS, DISPLACEMENT TONNAGE, ARMAMENT CONFIGURATIONS, AND INDIVIDUAL SHIP HISTORIES. INCLUDES TECHNICAL DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF VESSELS INCLUDING NAPIER, NESTOR, NIZAM, AND NORMAN. CLOTH BINDING WITH PERIOD DUST JACKET.

2. THE WORLD'S WARSHIPS BY RAYMOND V.B. BLACKMAN. COMPREHENSIVE ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE COVERING GLOBAL NAVAL VESSEL CLASSIFICATIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS. BLUE CLOTH BINDING WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC DUST JACKET FEATURING NAVAL VESSELS IN FORMATION. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WARSHIP CLASSES.

3. AUSTRALIA'S SHIPS OF WAR BY JOHN BASTOCK. AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCE WORK BOUND IN BROWN LEATHER WITH GILT LETTERING AND ANCHOR EMBLEM. COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION OF AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VESSELS WITH HISTORICAL NARRATIVES AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. GILT-EDGED PAGES AND DECORATIVE BINDING INDICATE PREMIUM PUBLICATION STATUS.

4. HISTORIC NAVAL EVENTS OF AUSTRALIA DAY-BY-DAY BY LEW LIND. CHRONOLOGICAL DOCUMENTATION OF SIGNIFICANT AUSTRALIAN NAVAL EVENTS, BATTLES, AND MARITIME MOMENTS. CREAM CLOTH BINDING WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC DUST JACKET FEATURING WARSHIP IMAGERY. SUBTITLE NOTES 'SHIPS, MEN, BATTLES, GREAT MOMENTS'.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- FORMAT: HARDCOVER REFERENCE BOOKS
- PERIOD: 1950S-1980S PUBLICATION DATES
- CONDITION: GOOD, CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE
- BINDING: CLOTH AND LEATHER WITH GILT DECORATION
- ILLUSTRATIONS: PHOTOGRAPHS, TECHNICAL DIAGRAMS, SCHEMATICS
- CONTENT: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS, HISTORICAL NARRATIVES, VESSEL DOCUMENTATION

PROVENANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS ESSENTIAL REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR SERIOUS NAVAL HISTORIANS AND AUSTRALIAN MARITIME RESEARCHERS. THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE 'N' CLASS DESTROYER VOLUME WITH ITS DETAILED SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS AND INDIVIDUAL SHIP HISTORIES, PROVIDES PRIMARY RESEARCH VALUE. THE BASTOCK WORK IS RECOGNISED AS A STANDARD REFERENCE FOR AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VESSEL DOCUMENTATION. TOGETHER, THESE VOLUMES FORM A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH LIBRARY FOR UNDERSTANDING AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY FROM THE MID-20TH CENTURY PERSPECTIVE.

CONDITION ASSESSMENT:
ALL VOLUMES SHOW APPROPRIATE AGE-RELATED WEAR. DUST JACKETS PRESENT WITH MINOR EDGE FADING. CLOTH BINDINGS REMAIN STRUCTURALLY SOUND. PAGES ARE CLEAN AND LEGIBLE THROUGHOUT. NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, WATER STAINING, OR MOULD OBSERVED. SPINES SHOW CREASING CONSISTENT WITH REGULAR REFERENCE USE. BINDING INTEGRITY IS MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION.

THIS COLLECTION WOULD BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO NAVAL HISTORIANS, MARITIME RESEARCHERS, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY ENTHUSIASTS, AND INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARIES SEEKING COMPREHENSIVE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DOCUMENTATION FROM AUTHORITATIVE MID-20TH CENTURY SOURCES.

Item Size: Height: 20cm, Width: 22cm, Depth: 11cm, Weight: 4Kg

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

TOORMINA
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Location of item: 9 Hi-Tech Drive, Toormina, NSW, Australia

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