Before the Ironclad: The Development of Ship Design, Propulsion, and Armament in the Royal Navy; 1815-60
by D. K. Brown
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870217844
- ISBN 13
- 9780870217845
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About This Item
E-211, E-315: Naval Institute Press. Very Good. 1990. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1990. 217 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The author is the former Deputy Head of Ship Design for the Royal Navy. This work is the seminal piece on the technological development of the Royal Navy in the years between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the arrival of armored hulls. Extensively illustrated with b&w photography and ship plans. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
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- Title
- Before the Ironclad: The Development of Ship Design, Propulsion, and Armament in the Royal Navy; 1815-60
- Author
- D. K. Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870217844
- ISBN 13
- 9780870217845
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- E-211, E-315
- Date Published
- 1990
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