JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1928. Thirty-Second Year Of Issue. Joint Editors Oscar Parkes...Francis E.McMurtrie.

oblong folio. pp. 53(ads), 486, p. 54(ads on rear paste-down). frontis. profusely illus. original cloth (inner hinges & rear joint partly cracked, extremities chipped & frayed). An important reference source for international maritime defence, providing reliable visual and technical information. Of particular interest in this edition is the new data released by the Admiralty that allows the "presentation in text and illustration [of] an exceptionally complete record of new construction in the British navy. This includes the much discussed 8,400 ton cruisers of the York class which have hitherto been surrounded with the utmost secrecy...The 10,000 ton cruisers of the London class...the natural development of the Kents, to which they are distinctly superior as regards underwater protection, arrangement of upperworks, and facilities for handling aircraft...[and the HMS Medway, the first purpose-built submarine depot ship constructed for the Royal Navy]." (Preface) "Since the War, the closest secrecy has enveloped Japanese naval construction. It has been the privilege of "Fighting Ships" to present the first intelligence of each new type. In the present issue the illustrations of the aircraft carrier Akagi, the 10,000 ton cruiser Nachi, the reconstructed battle cruiser Haruna, and the latest type of destroyer, will command instant attention. Additional photographs of many other Japanese warships will be noticed. The unique series of photographs of the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga given excellent idea of these remarkable ships...". (Idem.)>