40 vols., 8vo., First Edition, each volume with photographs, maps, diagrams and double-page colour illustration; original series binding of pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine set. COMPLETE SET OF THIS INVALUABLE SERIES, much sought after by historians, collectors and modelmakers alike. The series comprises: 1: John Wingate. HMS Dreadnought; 2: David Lyon. HMS Cossack; 3: William Cracknell. USS Hornet; Gerhard Bidlingmaier. KM Admiral Graf Spee; 5: John Wingate. HMS Campbeltown; 6: Paul Schmalenbach. KM Prinz Eugen; 7: David Cobb. HM MTB; 8: Jurgen Rohwer. Kriegsmarine U-107; 9: William Cracknell. USS Charles Ausburne; 10: David Lyon. HMS Illustrious (Technical); 11: David Brown. HMS Illustrious (Operational); 12: Masataka Chihaya and Yasuo Abe. IJN Kongo; 13: Randall Tonks. HMS Exeter; 14: Friedrich Ruge. SMS Seydlitz; 15: William Cracknell. USS Enterprise; 16: M. Crawford. HM S/M Upholder; 17: Aldo Fraccaroli. RN Zara; 18: Paul Schmalenbach. KM Bismarck; 19: R. R