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Chatham Dockyard, 1815-1865: The Industrial Transformation (Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. 154)
by MacDougall, Philip (Edited by)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0754665976
- ISBN 13
- 9780754665977
- Seller
-
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 2009. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt. Clean and unfaded with sharp corners and lightly bruised spine tail. Firmly bound. Small chip to top edge of front pastedown. Contents clean and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. xiii, 410 pp. Chapters: Towards 'Achilles': Shipbuilding and Repair; Improving the Facilities; Manufacturing and the Move to Steam Power; Storage, Security and Materials; Economics, Custom and the Workforce; Local Management; Central Management. Appendix 1: Ships and Other Vessels Built at Chatham Royal Dockyard, 1815-1865. Appendix 2: Post Holders, 1816-1865. Documents and Sources. Index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005168
- Title
- Chatham Dockyard, 1815-1865: The Industrial Transformation (Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. 154)
- Author
- MacDougall, Philip (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0754665976
- ISBN 13
- 9780754665977
- Publisher
- Ashgate for the Navy Records Society
- Place of Publication
- Farnham
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Military & Maritime; Business, Industry & Economics; History; Transport; Industrial Revolution; Maritime; Naval Dockyards; Royal Navy
Terms of Sale
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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