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Description: Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. SO-SCM-2015-9780764348242-X2 The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865 by Donald L. Canney ISBN:9780764348242 Book Title:The Confederate Steam Navy 1861-1865 Author:Donald L. Canney Binding:Hard Cover with dust jacket Copyright:2015 Pages:192 Size:9.5 x 8.5 in. This is the first book-length study devoted to the vessels of the Confederate Navy, including all types used during the conflict: ironclads (both domestic and foreign-built), commerce raiders, blockade runners, riverine and ocean-going gunboats, torpedo and submersible vessels, and floating batteries. The book emphasizes the development, construction, and design of these vessels using, where available, original plans, photographs, and contemporary descriptions. The author describes these vessels in context with wartime conditions as well as with the transitional naval technology of the era. Over 100 vessels are detailed, including more than 30 ironclads, both American and foreign built. Over 150 illustrations are included, many of which have not previously been published. Also included is a section on steam engine technology of the era. 152 b/w images (SO Schiffer Categorical generated 2024-12-26) 374245df81e145bde3a8f0a7f1b8d501

Price: 39.99 USD

Location: Atglen, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2025-01-26T13:04:40.000Z

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