WOODEN WALLS IN ACTION
by Bowen, Frank C
- Used
- Condition
- good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket
- Seller
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Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: Halton & Company Limited, 1951. HC. good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket. B&W and color illustrations. NO DUSTJACKET -- This book opens with the Battle of Sluys in 1340, often described as the first English naval victory. It ends in 1866 with the engagement at Lissa, the last fleet action in which wooden walls took part. The author's secondary purpose has been to describe the evolution of naval tactics, from the soldiers-at-sea policy of Sluys to the preoccupation with ramming which followed Lissa. 144pp.
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- Bookseller
- Ray Boas, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS020575I
- Title
- WOODEN WALLS IN ACTION
- Author
- Bowen, Frank C
- Illustrator
- B&W and color illustrations
- Format/Binding
- HC
- Book Condition
- Used - good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Halton & Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
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