A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY 1855
Written by Howard Douglas
Published by Conway Maritime Press
in 1982
ISBN: 0851772757
A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY 1855
Written by Howard Douglas.
Stock no. 1823561
1st thus.
1982.
Hardback.
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. ISBN: 0851772757. 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.