On the Great Strength Given to Ships of War By the Application of Diagonal Braces [and] A Letter Addressed to the Right Honorable Viscount Melville, Baron Dunira, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, on the Circular Sterns of Ships of War
Language: English
Published by William Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's, London, 1818
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.A Book By Its Cover
AbeBooks seller since January 20, 1998
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 776.51
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White vellum spine over marbled boards. Two works bound in one volume. "On the Great Strength of Ships of War by the Application of Diagonal Braces", London: William Bulmer and Co, Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1818. [2] + 8 pages, with fold-out plate at rear. "A Letter Addressed to the Right Honorable Viscount Melville, Baron Dunira, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, on the Circular Sterns of Ships of War", London: Winchester and Co., No. 61, Strand, 1822. 39 pages, with 7 plates at rear. Various light edgewear to boards. Bump to corner. Inscription "from the author" in upper corner of "Letter", with name of recipient removed. Both works, Rare.
Seller Inventory # 36714
Bibliographic details
- Title
- On the Great Strength Given to Ships of War By the Application of Diagonal Braces [and] A Letter Addressed to the Right Honorable Viscount Melville, Baron Dunira, First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, on the Circular Sterns of Ships of War
- Author
- Robert Seppings, Esq. F.R.S.
- Publisher
- William Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's, London
- Publication year
- 1818
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Half-Leather
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Military, Ships, Ship Building, Nautical Design
A Book By Its Cover
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