Esploratori, Fregate, Corvette Ed Avvisi Italiani, 1861-1968
Roma: (L'Ufficio), 1971. First Edition. Thick Quarto. Item #025266
. xix, 693 pages, 29 leaves of folding plates for ships, Italian text. The definitive text on the great ships of the Italian Navy, from the Explorers, the Frigates, the Corvettes and the Italian alerts. This is the official history with details previously unknown until the unclassified material was approved. It begins with the early corvettes but then with its growth in World War II, there is the Mirabello, Augusto Ribolty, the Verazzano, and many others with folding plates showing the different views. While the Italians saw the Mediterranean as their personal sea, the British access to the Ultra Secret allowed them to have a major victory over the Italian fleet which was complicated by the failure of the Italian air force to provide the promised support. The definitive work on the Italian ships with extensive documentation. Bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, three lightly bumped corners, in very good pictorial dust jacket with some fading to spine and general shelf wear.
Price: $150.00