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Gunboat! : Small Ships at War
by Perrett, Bryan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0785816046
- ISBN 13
- 9780785816041
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
Edison: Castle Books, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. A military study of small gunboats, their personnel, armament, and tactics, and the various conflicts they were used in throughout history, discussing 'Gunboat Diplomacy' and the conflicts from 1824 through 1949 in China, the Crimea, the Mississippi during the American Civil War, the Persian Gulf, East Africa, and many other areas and wars. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains maps, illustrations, bibliography, indexed, 224pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00012956
- Title
- Gunboat! : Small Ships at War
- Author
- Perrett, Bryan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0785816046
- ISBN 13
- 9780785816041
- Publisher
- Castle Books
- Place of Publication
- Edison
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY, GUNBOATS, NAVIES, NAVAL WARFARE, GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY, CIVIL WAR, CRIMEAN CHINA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, PERSIAN GULF, EAST AFRICA, WORLD WAR I ONE 1, II TWO 2
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Military; World War 2; World War 1;
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JB Books
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About the Seller
JB Books
Biblio member since 2003
Garrison, North Dakota
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