Fighting Ships. 1908. (Eleventh Year of Issue.) [Jane's]

viii, 468 pp. Oblong, 7 5/8 x 12 3/4. An early installment in the series of military vehicle identification guides that eventually achieved such a level of popularity that they are now collectively referred to as simple "Jane's". Includes a preface by Fred T. Jane, introductory sections on: technical terms in foreign languages; notation of guns and armour; statistical summary, guns and armour; naval programmes of the great powers; ships of the great powers arranged in parallels of fighting value; fighting ships signal code; alphabetical index. Following these is a thumb-indexed guide to British, United States, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian craft, followed by smaller sections on Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian, Roumanian, Argentine, Brazilian, Chilian, Colombian, Costa Rican, Cuban, Ecuadorian, Haitian, Mexican, Panamanian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Santo Domingan, Uruguayan, Venezuelan, Chinese, Siamese, and Persian navies. Also include period advertisements.