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bought Conway Maritime Press. Around this time the publisher was renamed Conway Publishing. Whilst still committed to producing specialist maritime books, Conway broadened their catalogue to incorporate general, military and aviation history, exploration, as well as railway and
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in the United States, have become stalwarts of the Conway catalogue. Over its history, it has built an extensive catalogue of books specialising in maritime heritage, ship design and construction, and naval military history, from authoritative figures such as
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and coordinating with several recent international anniversaries, Conway released a series of popular nostalgic reproduction wartime pocket-books ranging from officers' manuals, the Spitfire, to the
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In recent years, Conway has found success with several television series tie-ins. In line with the current heritage culture espoused by television shows such as BBC's
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Conway Maritime Press was founded in 1972 as an independent publisher. Its origins lay in catering for a specialised readership, publishing quarterly journals such as
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Not Enough Room To Swing a Cat: Naval Slang and its Everyday Usage
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Conway Maritime Press
Bloomsbury Publishing
Anatomy of the Ship
Naval Institute Press
Brian Lavery
Anova Books
scale modelling
Hornby
Airfix
Home Guard
James May's Toy Stories
Dan Snow
Bruce Parry
Bloomsbury Publishing
Adlard Coles Nautical
Osprey Publishing
Shipwright
Warship
Anatomy of the Ship
James May's Toy Stories
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