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The Groundwork of Practical Naval Gunnery: A Study of the Principles and Practice of Exterior Ballistics, As Applied to Naval Gunnery and of the Computation and Use of Ballistic and Range Tables
by Alger, Philip R
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1917. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth binding ex-library with usual stamps & markings; number inked on backstrip; binding rubbed at extremities; spine base frayed; backstrip yellowed; boards smudged; hinges cracked & nearly separated; leaf edges, eps & tp foxed, else a nice, clean copy of this comprehensive study. No dj. ; Many b&w charts & diagrams, some are fold-out.; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; 331 pages .
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- Seller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 42173
- Title
- The Groundwork of Practical Naval Gunnery: A Study of the Principles and Practice of Exterior Ballistics, As Applied to Naval Gunnery and of the Computation and Use of Ballistic and Range Tables
- Author
- Alger, Philip R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- United States Naval Institute
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- World War One Weaponry, US Department of Ordnance and Gunnery, US Military Logistics
- Bookseller catalogs
- GC: Military History;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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