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Big Gun Monitors Cloth - 1980

by Buxton, Ian

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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.
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  • Title Big Gun Monitors
  • Author Buxton, Ian
  • Binding Cloth
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - VG
  • Pages Book, 215 pp
  • Publisher Naval Institute Press, Annapolis
  • Date 1980
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1919
  • ISBN 9780870211041

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