Author: Ireland, Bernard,
Title: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER.
Description: Marshall Cavendish Books, London, 1979, 1st edn., 168pp, numerous col'd and half tone photo ills., maps and drawings in text, photo pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, oversize (11.5 x 8.5 inches), an account of the development of the aircraft carrier, from the early experiments and the first flush decked carrier 'Argus' in WW1, through to the major carrier to carrier battles of WW2 and subsequent post-WW2 developments, including details about the WW2 CAM ships, merchant conversions and escort carriers, etc., sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned and faint foxing at upper edge, dustwrapper: tanned along top edges, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

Keywords: war ww1 ww2 navy pearl harbor harbour coral sea midway atlantic russia convoys pq17 philippines leyte gulf a/s


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