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Add this copy of Report on European Dock-Yards to cart. $60.00, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1886 by Government Printing Office.
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Book. Octavo, 96 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is brown with gilt lettering. Boards have shelf wear, major rubbing, bumping to corners, some sunning to spine, and minor tearing to back cover. Text block has a small paper glued to the front paste down, the first front end paper is partially torn from binding, a small tear and pen signature on the title page, and minor foxing throughout. Shelved in Room G. 1373212. Special Collections.
Add this copy of Report on European Dock-Yards, By Naval Constructor to cart. $90.00, good condition, Sold by Nick Bikoff's Books, IOBA rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairfield, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1896 by Washington Printing Office.
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Good+ Blue cloth with the gilt title on front cover. Bottom edge of covers have a dull area and are slightly bowed. Deckle page edges. 96 pages of text, 47 fold out plates & photographs. Plans of Dock-Yard facilities, vessels, ship building. Tour of the dock-yards of England, France, Germany & Italy, observing improvements in naval architecture. Military, Naval; Fold out Plates & Photographs; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 89 pages.
Add this copy of Report on European Dock-Yards to cart. $124.95, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1886 by Government Printing Office.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1889. 90 pgs. With inserted photographic plates and foldout plates, some of which are very large. Second Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and orange cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Front board is off the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn toured European dock yards and ship-building facilities toward the end of the 20th Century and filed this report. Seven photo-gravure plates plus a frontis of the author. Forty seven additional maps, plans and diagrams, including a massive six-fold illustration of of the Mersey's Gun-Deck. They represent plans of dockyards (Portsmouth, Cherbourg, Dumbarton, Belfast, London, etc. ), ships (Riachuelo, Naniwa Kan, Esmeralda, etc. ), sections, and more. Chapters include Details, Fittings, and Equipment of Naval Vessels, Torpedo-Boats, Ship-Yard Appliances and Tools, British Private Yards, Management of Work and Employees, Iron and Steel Works, and more. EB.
