A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY 1855
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1st thus. 1982
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The only comprehensive English-language work on the armament of warships during the final period of the cast-iron smooth-bore gun - the main weapon of western fighting ships for nearly 450 years. First published in 1817 and expanded in the following decades. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams.
1982 reprint of the fourth edition. Name & address in pencil to front endpaper. Text block slightly grubby. Red pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.
ISBN: 0851772757
Stock no. 1823561
