About this title: The book covers some 150 vessels, their hull design and construction, rig, engines, armament, and performance under sail as well as steam.
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Edition: First edition. stated first printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Anapolis, MD
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780870210044ISBN:0870210041
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Dust jacket has mild shelving scuffs, now in archival quality clear overwrap. Hardcover, blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, graphic dust jacket, 28.5 cm. xx, 204 p. Illustrated, includes bibliography & index. read more
Description: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1990. first US edition, hard bound in dust jacket, VG/VG condition ( dj spine sunned), 8 1/2 x 11, xx, 204 pages, profusely illustrated............................. now, information on the nineteenth century's "sailing steamships" and the policies that produced them has been scattered and incomplete. Here Donald L Canney fills the gap by bringing together material gleaned from ship plans, photographs, and documents to create the first comprehensive ... read more
"The Old Steam Navy Vol. 1 (Frigates, Sloops and Gunboats) and it's companion Vol 2 (The Ironclads) are by far the finest books of their type and fill a long vacent gap which begged to be filled. Canney is the best naval technical historian author since Howard I. Chapelle and these books are in my opinion his finest works. They are elegant volumes, rich in detail and brimming with outstanding photos and line drawings. The text is rock solid and complete. As with any good book of this type, the reader will emerge a virtual expert ( it is like a university level class between two covers).
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