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British Warship Recognition: The Perkins Identific: Volume III: Cruisers 1865-1939, Part I Volume 3
Contributor(s): Perkins, Estate Of Richard (Author), Choong, Andrew (Introduction by)
ISBN: 1473891450     ISBN-13: 9781473891456
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
OUR PRICE:   $85.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Naval
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
- History | Military - Pictorial
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 11.7" W x 15.4" (5.25 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
 
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Publisher Description:
The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal Navy ships. However, it is a unique hand-drawn manuscript artifact in the care of the National Maritime Museum, so despite its value it is rarely seen by anyone besides the museum's curators, for whom it is a precious resource, used on an almost daily basis.

The first publication of this monumental work in a superbly produced multi-volume edition that captures all the qualities of the original has been possible because of the collaboration with the museum. Every page is reproduced at full size, making the extensive hand-written annotation readable, while the fine-line drawings retain all the colors that Perkins used to denote appearance differences and alterations.

Following the museum's binding arrangement, the third volume of the series is the first half of the coverage of all cruisers from the Amazon-class corvettes of 1865 to the Belfast-class of 1939; the second half constitutes Volume IV. Highlights of this first part include armored cruisers, the so-called large light cruisers, and the cruisers of the inter-war period.


Contributor Bio(s): Choong, Andrew: - ANDREW CHOONG's introduction highlights the wider significance of this edition. Choong is a curator at the National Maritime Museum for whom the albums are an indispensable reference.Perkins, Richard: - RICHARD PERKINS originally produced what he called his �Historical Identification Book� to help identify and date photos in his monumental collection.