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"Ever since its first edition in 1898, Jane's Fighting Ships has been the go-to information source for navalists. As a result past issues of Jane's are an irreplaceable source of contemporaneous perspectives on the world's navies. Flipping through Jane's for 1898 or 1906 or 1939, you are seeing through the eyes of history. Unfortunately, most past editions are no longer in print and can only be obtained by purchasing used copies, which can be expensive and scarce, or via interlibrary loan, which can be slow and unreliable. The World's Warships were condensed wartime versions of the full editions of Jane's Fighting Ships that provided lists of ships by class and name, photographs, and basic particulars such as number of guns, while omitting the detailed technical information found in Fighting Ships. The 1915 edition was published in a 5.50 x 4.10"" landscape format. Unfortunately, this likably compact format is not available from the large US print-on-demand vendors, so this reprint is published in 11"" x 8.5"" landscape with page images expanded to fit. This edition is annotated with a contemporary photograph of Fred T. Jane as a young man; a modern photograph of the ""blue plaque"" historical marker placed at the site of his residence in Southsea; and a second, modern preface written in 2022 from the point of view of the AI spirit of Fred T. Jane. 115 photographs and illustrations."

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An indispensable guide to the world's warships, sanctioned by the Admiralty. --To-Day, edited by Holbrook Jackson (1917). The book has been prepared more for the general public and contains lists of the navies of the world, with some particulars about the ships. A number of photographs of warships are also included . Of course, the data has been extracted from Mr. Jane's well-known Fighting Ships, but the many technical details contained in that book have been excluded here. --The Marine Engineer And Naval Architect. August, 1915. Banned in New Zealand! Wellington, Dec. 2-- The sale within New Zealand of certain publications dealing with the world's navies is prohibited by a regulation gazetted to-day under the War Regulations Act, 1914 The Minister of Defence has power under that Act to prohibit the sale of any books or other publications which he deems injurious to the public interest in respect of the present war. The volumes which have been placed under the ban are: Fleets of the world (published by Evelyn Nash) ... Fighting Ships, The World's Warships ...edited by Mr F. T. Jane and published by Sampson, Low, Marston, and Co. During the last week or two some volumes that Come under the new regulation have been sold locally, and the Defence authorities have been taking steps to trace them, apparently with the object of removing from them certain pages containing information regarding some of the fighting ships engaged in the present war. The regulation is understood to have originated with the Imperial Government, but the curious thing about it is that the volumes were published in London with the consent of the Admiralty. They contain none of the detailed information regarding British ships that used to be issued broadcast by all the naval publications prior to the outbreak of the war, and it is difficult for a layman to see what harm their general circulation could do. But New Zealanders, at any rate, are not to have these particulars. --Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 566, 2 December 1915, Page 9.

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