Every U.S. Navy ironclad-oceangoing and riverine-from monitors to casemate riverboats, with descriptions of their Civil War combat and operational roles, failures as well as successes is included.
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Every U.S. Navy ironclad-oceangoing and riverine-from monitors to casemate riverboats, with descriptions of their Civil War combat and operational roles, failures as well as successes is included.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. The Old Steam Navy, Volume 2. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 4to. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1993. Xx, 204 pgs, xvi, 168 pgs. Illustrated with black and white photos. First Edtiion/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In this, the first of two volumes on the 19th century's "sailing steamships" and the policies that produced them, the author has collated a range of documents, photographs and ship plans. This book provides an account of an era that saw the introduction of steam power and the first iron warships. Every U. S. Navy ironclad-oceangoing and riverine-from monitors to casemate riverboats, with descriptions of their Civil War combat and operational roles, failures as well as successes is included.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Quartoa, hardcovera, near fine in VG beige pictorial djs. Vol.1: Frigates, Sloops, and Gunboats, 1815-1885. Vol.2: The Ironclads, 1842-1885. Volume 1, 205 pp.; Volume 2 162 pp. An informative, highly readable history of U.S. warships, generously illustrated with black and white archival photographs, illustrations and line drawings.
