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WHITE, DAVID: : ANATOMY OF THE SHIP: THE FRIGATE DIANA

LONDON,CONWAY MARITIME PRESS,2004.

ISBN 035620099X.

UK,landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus. [Originally and first published by same publisher in 1987,this edn re-issued 2004, so 1st edn thus.Complete number line 9 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and dw/dj unclipped.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.The dw/dj is also reversible,revealing a 1/96 scale b/w fold-out plan of the ship.Spine/backstrip of dw/dj inevitably and ubiquitously but lightly sunned/faded.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original glazed bds with repeated design from the dw/dj and immaculate plain white eps.UK,slim landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,6- 120pp [paginated] includes an introduction,5 chapters/sections covering design,construction,rigging,armament and service history (5 commissions - from 1794 through to 1812) and sources,10 pp b/w photographs,b/w line drawings A-I,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,3/4-page b/w photographic double-paged title pages and contents list/table. The frigate was the 18thC equivalent of the cruiser,used for a variety of roles from fleet reconnaisance to patrolling the sea lanes.Launched in 1794,Diana' was a typical British frigate of the period, whose long and active career spanned virtually all the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.In 1815 she was sold to the Dutch Navy,which she continued to serve until destroyed by an accidental fire in 1839. This volume features a full description of the ship and her position in the development of the British frigate.A pictorial selection covers the most reliable models of the ship and a guide to the ship's colour scheme and decorative work.There are more than 300 perspective and 3-view drawings,with in-depth descriptive keys,of every detail of the ship - general arrangements,hull construction,fittings,masts and yards, rigging and sails,and armament.A complete anatomy of the ship in words,photographs and drawings. This highly acclaimed series aims to provide the finest documentation of individual ships and ship types ever published.It is a radical departure from the usual monograph approach,which concentrates on either the ship's service history,its technical details or external appearance.All of these aspects are included in the 'Anatomy of the Ship',but what makes the series unique is a complete set of superbly executed line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory perspective views,with fully descriptive keys.Although elaborate drawings are extremely popular in aviation publications, this is the first attempt to document a ship in similar depth - literally down to the nuts and bolts.These drawings are accurate,visually exciting and totally comprehensive,offering ship buffs,historians and model-makers a novel insight into the technicalities of each ship type covered. Trained as a naval architect,David White is employed (then 2004) at the National Maritime Museum,Greenwich,where his duties include responsibility for the large Admiralty Collection of ship plans.His special interest has always been 18thC shipbuilding and he has made a particular study of the design and development of the English frigate. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included. Available UK only. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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