SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND THEIR SPONSORS.
Benham, Edith Wallace
Annapolis: Naval Institute, 1913-1991. 5 volumes, 157 illus. (Item ID: 001761)
$435.00
Vol 1-2, 1797-1913 , 1913-1923 compiled by Edith W. Benham and Anne Martin Hall, and privately printed. Vols. 3-4 1924-1950, 1950-1958 compiled by Keith Frazier Somerville and Harriotte W.B. Smith. Volume 5, 1959-1990 complied by M.M. Jackson & J.D. Beecher. Includes type, size, source of name, sponsor and date of launch. Unusual to have all five volumes together. Volume 1 has minor spotting on cloth boards, volume two has been rebacked with original cloth spine relaid, together a very good set, all in navy blue cloth.
