Naval Warfare

Naval Warfare (Illustrated Naval History in Dust Jacket)

A Large Illustrated Survey of Sea Power from Ancient Galleys to the Modern Aircraft Carrier

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Naval Warfare: An Illustrated History
• Editor: Richard Humble
• Publisher: Orbis Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 1983
• ISBN-10: 0856132853
• Edition Details: First published in Great Britain by Orbis Publishing, 1983. Edited by Richard Humble.
• Binding: Publisher's blue cloth boards, spine lettered in cream with the Orbis logo, with pictorial endpapers. Issued with an illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large, tall illustrated quarto-format volume, with many photographs and illustrations in black and white and colour.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: The plain blue cloth boards are clean, with square corners and no visible marks or fading. The dark blue spine, lettered in cream with the Orbis logo, looks sound and straight.
• Interior: The text pages are clean and bright, with no foxing, markings or writing. The binding is tight. The pictorial endpaper at the front hinge shows a slight vertical crease along the hinge.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The illustrated jacket shows an aircraft carrier photograph on the front and a medieval sea battle miniature on the back. It has light surface scuffing and rubbing, mostly to the back panel. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Naval Warfare: An Illustrated History, edited by Richard Humble and published by Orbis in London in 1983, is a large and lavishly illustrated survey of fighting at sea. It follows the story from the oared galleys of the ancient world to the Falklands conflict, covering ships, battles and commanders.

The book is arranged in six era-based parts, each opening with an introduction to the naval technology of its period. Readers move from galleys and sailing ships of the line through the age of steam and shell to the modern aircraft carrier. The endpapers reproduce a view of the bombardment of Gibraltar in 1704, and a foreword is contributed by a former head of the Royal Naval Historical Branch.

A 1983 review in the US Naval Institute Proceedings noted its coverage from ancient oared vessels to the loss of HMS Sheffield. It is a handsome and substantial reference for anyone interested in maritime and military history, presented here in its original dust jacket.

Author Profile: Richard Humble

Richard Humble is a British military and naval historian who read military history at Oriel College, Oxford. He is described as the official biographer of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser of North Cape.

His many books on naval subjects include Hitler's High Seas Fleet and Japanese High Seas Fleet, and Napoleon's Admirals, which was published by Casemate.

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