Big Gun Monitors
by Buxton, Ian
- Used
- Condition
- VG/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870211048
- ISBN 13
- 9780870211041
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1980. Reprint. Cloth. VG/Good. Buxton, Ian : Big Gun Monitors: The History of the Design, Construction and Operation of the Royal Navy's Monitors. Annapolis : Naval Institute Press, 1980. Reprint. Size is quarto (4vo), 10.5"/26.5cm h. Bound in publisher's rusty red cloth, silver lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dust jacket. Plain white endpapers. [1-4], 5-215, [216] blank. Abbrev, preface, origins, chaps on monitors by big gun size (14 inch, 12 inch, 15 inch), ex-Brazilian river monitors, ex-Norwegian coastal defense bbs, both WWs. Notes, bibliography, index. Replete with b&w photos, drawings, charts/specs. Condition notes: A well-loved but solid copy: dustjacket shows several small tears, tape repairs, staining; flaps have been neatly taped to both pastedowns. Interior shows several scattered stains, no markups. A fascinating and thorough study of a little-known side of the Dreadnaught-era naval history. We personally inspect every book we offer.
Synopsis
Reprint of the ed. published by World Ship Society, Kendal, Eng. Includes index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1919
- Title
- Big Gun Monitors
- Author
- Buxton, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870211048
- ISBN 13
- 9780870211041
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis
- Date Published
- 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; History;
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Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in a magical, historic farmhouse in piedmont Maryland stuffed with books. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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