their qualities, performances, and cost. with chapters on turret ships, iron-clad rams, etc.
by E.J. Reed
London, John Murray, 1869.
£2501st edition. ppxxxii 332. folding frontispiece showing all the iron-clad ships of the Royal Navy, and other engraved illustrations in the text.
a little marking, but generally z good clean condition hardback in a modern cloth binding with leather lettering-piece to spine.
the book has been a bit trimmed in size when rebound.
an important study of the iron-clad ship in the mid-19th century navy, written by the Chief Constructor of the Navy, a man of firm views and strong opinions, and one of the main architects of the development of the iron-clad warship in the Royal Navy
