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THE ROMANCE OF WAR INVENTIONS


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THE IAN HARDY SERIES

BY

COMMANDER E. HAMILTON CURREY, R.N.


_Each Volume with Illustrations in Colour. 5s. each_

Ian Hardy's career in H.M. Navy is told in four volumes, which are
described below. Each volume is complete in itself