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- ISBN 10 0498064832
- ISBN 13 9780498064838
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The Confederate Ironclads
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # mon0000282521
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The Confederate Ironclads
Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Thomas Yoseloff [Published Date: 1968]. Hardcover, 319 pp. No other printings listed. Very good in acceptable dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with silver lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 2" tear to the paper over the bottom edge of the back cover and several other smaller nicks and tears and creasing along edges. Light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket as well. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. Black and white illustrations, bibliography, index. [from jacket flaps] Naval warfare during the War Between the States was a destructive, horrifying experience to many who were directly involved in its actions. But there were none more horrified or dismayed than those who witnessed the death and destruction inflicted by the never-before-seen Confederate ironclad C.S.S. Virginia - formerly the Merrimac - upon its wooden adversaries. Here indeed was Satan himself, disguised as an armor-plated, fire-breathing, seemingly indestructible floating weapon that could destroy unmolested. The Confederate Ironclads is the story not only of that first ironclad, the Virginia, but of the entire Confederate iron fleet. This will prove to be the definitive work on these "iron maidens." Included in this fascinating history are the stories of the ships themselves (why and how they were built); of their officers and men; of the battles in which they fought; and of the Northern ships - both ironclad and wooden - which bravely, but sometimes futilely, set out to challenge them. Here in one volume is an undertaking of monumental proportions, for the author has recreated the exploits of every Confederate armored ship ever put afloat. Maurice Melton has taken the four years of the Civil War and has brought all the panorama and sweep of naval warfare within the discernible range of the Civil War buff; those years that marked the turning point in naval design, when the entire world, following the lead of the Union and Confederate navies, made the transition from vessels of wood to vessels of iron. To illustrate and clarify his text, Mr. Melton has included scores of reproductions of photographs and line drawings of naval personnel and ships, both wooden and ironclad. There can be no historian or, at least, no Civil War enthusiast who would not relish the thought of owning this book. It is as magnificent in scope as the era that covers its pages. The "hell and glory" that reverberates throughout The Confederate Ironclads lends an excitement and authority that makes this a must for bookshelf or library. Seller Inventory # 20241203013
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The Confederate Ironclads
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Thomas Yoseloff January 1968, 1968
ISBN 10: 0498064832
ISBN 13: 9780498064838
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Seller: Colorado's Used Book Store, Englewood, CO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Edgewear with tearing to dust jacket, binding sound and pages unmarked. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers. Seller Inventory # 388797
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