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GREEK AND ROMAN NAVAL WARFARE; A Study of Strategy, Tactics, and Ship Design from Salamis (480 B.C.) to Actium (31 B.C.)
by Rodgers, William Ledyard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0870212265
- ISBN 13
- 9780870212260
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986. 1986 reprint of 1937 edition. 9 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xvi, 555. Brown cloth boards with engraved embem in gold gilt on front board and gold gilt titles on spine in red rectangle with gold gilt borders. With illustrations, maps, appendices. Naval Institute book plate unaffixed inside front cover.
No dust jacket. Vertical crease at spine. Gilt titles are faded. Pages are lightly bumped on fore edge from pages 15-40. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.
An expansive and comprehensive work examining the scope and history of Greek and Roman Naval warfare through specific historical battles.
No dust jacket. Vertical crease at spine. Gilt titles are faded. Pages are lightly bumped on fore edge from pages 15-40. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.
An expansive and comprehensive work examining the scope and history of Greek and Roman Naval warfare through specific historical battles.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1018
- Title
- GREEK AND ROMAN NAVAL WARFARE; A Study of Strategy, Tactics, and Ship Design from Salamis (480 B.C.) to Actium (31 B.C.)
- Author
- Rodgers, William Ledyard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0870212265
- ISBN 13
- 9780870212260
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1986
Terms of Sale
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
About Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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