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Topic review - Selling very rare BRITISH BIG GUN MONITORS book
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Foeth
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I've seen this one for $250 once, fortunately I picked it up for somewhat less. Very good book if you are interested in monitors, highly recommended.
Post Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 5:35 am
Laurence Batchelor
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Cheers Ted,

If anyone is interested I contacted Dr. Ian Buxton last year he still works full time at Newcastle University and if you do a google search with his name his University contacts page appears including his email.

Regards
Post Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:49 am
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Thanks, yes, just to confirm now that I'm home from work that my copy is the 1980 reprint by the USNI. The photo on the cover is the one of HMS Roberts firing on 6 June 1944, with HMS Frobisher in the background.
Good luck with the auction,
Ted
Post Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:40 pm
bengtsson
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Yes, the USNI Press did their edition in 1980. That has the cover with the action photo. To anyone who hasen't got a copy of this book. Buy it now :big_grin: Really a first class book covers ships and their wartime careers. I give it a 9 on a scale of 1-10. USNI edition has as usual not the best photo reproduction and paper, but still is quite good. I'm sure theU.K. edition is better.

Bob B.
Post Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:49 pm
Laurence Batchelor
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Yes Ted this is the original 1st edition I'm selling produced by the WSS and another publisher together.

The USNI did the US one a few years later I believe.

Regards
Laurence
Post Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:09 pm
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That was me, sorry!

Ted
Post Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:40 pm
Guest
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Hi Laurence,

Interesting, my copy of Buxton has a different dustjacket, with (I'm at work so going on memory here) a photograph of one of the monitors firing a salvo. Was there a revised edition, or one for US and one for UK?

Thanks,
Ted
Post Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:40 pm
Laurence Batchelor
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Hi everyone I'm selling this very rare book at present as I have 2 copies.

BIG GUN MONTIORS BY DR. IAN BUXTON.

I'm also selling a few very rare early Warships Supplement and also some Warship Internationals on a variety of warships of all navies.

If interested here we are:-

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQf ... Zlozza1981

Many thanks for looking
Regards
Post Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:19 am

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