Ships Upon New Designs

Lundborg, Charles

Verlag: Government Printing Office, Washington D. C., 1884

Beschreibung

Presentation copy with author's signature on first endpaper. This book includes a report for the House of Representatives titled "Improvements in Steamships: Memorial Relating to Inventions and Improvements in Steamships by Capt. Charles G. Lundborg, Formerly of the Royal Swedish Navy" with two tipped in, sepia-toned frontispieces and four fold-out plates. Boards are dark brown with gilt lettering on cover. Boards have moderate wear and soiling; head and tail of spine are chipped and starting to fray. All edges have moderate foxing. Moderate foxing to frontispieces and light foxing and soiling to fold-out plates. All plates have a 1" tear where bound into book. Frontispieces are tipped in photographs of proposed steamship models, or photographs of paintings of proposed steamship models. Plates are b&w and contain charts concerning improvements of steamships. In this report, Charles Lundborg, a former Captain of the Royal Swedish Navy, provided new ship models for the improvement of the U. S. Navy which were received with enthusiasm. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 71 pp; Signed by Author. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 013728

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ships Upon New Designs

Verlag: Government Printing Office, Washington D. C.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1884

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers