My collection of naval books

My recent blog post about my collection of WARSHIP annuals and some of the other naval books that I own sparked some interest in my collection of naval books ... so I took some photographs of the relevant bookshelves in my toy/wargame room.

These shelves carry many reference books that I could not do without, including:

• Thirteen volumes from Conway's ANATOMY OF THE SHIP series.
• John Jordan's WARSHIPS AFTER WASHINGTON and WARSHIPS AFTER LONDON.
• Three volumes of David K Brown's THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF BRITISH WARSHIPS.
• NAVAL WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR ONE (by Norman Friedman) and NAVAL WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR TWO (by John and N J M Campbell).
• Both volumes of Eric Gröner's and Peter Mickel's GERMAN WARSHIPS 1815-1945.
• Norman Friedman's US BATTLESHIPS, US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, US CRUISERS, and US DESTROYERS.
• Dr Oscar Parke's BRITISH BATTLESHIPS and BRITISH DESTROYERS.
• David K Brown's WARRIOR TO DREADNOUGHT, THE GRAND FLEET, and RODNEY TO VANGUARD.
• The three volumes of WARSHIPS OF THE SOVIET FLEETS 1939-1945 by Przemyslaw Budzbon, Jan Radziemski, and Marek Twardowski.
• OTTOMAN STEAM NAVY 1828-1923 by Bernd Langensiepen.

• R A Burt's BRITISH BATTELSHIPS 1889-1904, BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR ONE, and BRITISH BATTLESHIPS 1919-1945.
• JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1969-70.
• Norman Friedman's US NAVAL WEAPONS.
• The four volumes of CONWAY'S ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS (1860-1905, 1906-1921, 1922-1946, and 1947-1995).

• Twelve volumes of small naval reference books published by Ian Allan.

• Norman Friedman's BRITISH BATTLESHIPS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA and BRITISH CRUISERS OF THE VICTORIAN ERA.
• Two more naval reference books published by Ian Allan.
• THE WINDFALL BATTLESHIPS by Aidan Dodson.

I also have numerous Osprey paperback books that deal with naval topics, most of which seem to have been written by Angus Konstam:

• WARSHIPS OF THE WAR OF THE PACIFIC 1879-83: SOUTH AMERICA'S IRONCLAD NAVAL CAMPAIGN.
• BRITISH GUNBOATS OF VICTORIA'S EMPIRE.
• WARSHIP OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR.
• EUROPEAN IRONCLADS 1860-75.
• BRITISH IRONCLADS 1860-75.
• NILE RIVER GUNBOATS 1882-1918.
• GUNBOATS OF WORLD WAR 1.
• SOUTH AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS 1908-59 (by Mark Lardas).
• OTTOMAN NAVY WARSHIPS 1914-18 (by Ryan K Noppen).
• KRIEGSMARINE COASTAL FORCES (by Gordon Williamson).

I also discovered (in a separate cupboard) three further volume's of JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS for 1914, 1944-45, and 1950-51.