Siege Artillery in the Campaigns Against Richmond, with Notes on the 15-Inch Gun, Including an Algebraic Analysis of the Trajectory of a Shot in Its Ricochets upon Smooth Water

Brevet Brigadier General Henry L. Abbot

Verlag: D. Van Nostrand Publisher, New York, 1868

Beschreibung

An important Association copy: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY ABBOT, TO MAJOR WILLIAM H. NOBLE (1813-1894) on the front free endpaper. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the uncommon 1868 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its red pebbled boards, with bright gilt-titling and insignia along the front panel. Very light wear at the spine crown, mild dusting to the endsheets and pastedowns. 6 large fold-out plates at the rear, titled as follows: Plate I: Untitled; Plate II: U.S. Siege and Field Rifle Projectiles 1864; Plate III: Confederate 8 Inch Rifle Projectiles; Plate IV: Confederate 7 Inch Rifle Projectiles; Plate V: Confederate 6.4 Inch Rifle Projectiles; and Plate VI: Confederate Siege and Field Rifle Projectiles. #14 in the "Professional Papers Corps of Engineers" series, part of a larger series studying, directly after the Civil War, the "Siege Artillery in the Campaigns in Virginia". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 20593

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Siege Artillery in the Campaigns Against ...

Verlag: D. Van Nostrand Publisher, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1868

Einband: Boards

Zustand: Very Good +

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

Auflage: 1. Auflage