Siege Artillery in the Campaigns Against Richmond, with Notes on the 15-Inch Gun, Including an Algebraic Analysis of the Trajectory of a Shot in Its Ricochets upon Smooth Water SIGNED
New York: D. Van Nostrand Publisher, 1868. Boards. An important Association copy: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY ABBOT, TO MAJOR WILLIAM H. NOBLE (1813-1894) on the front free endpaper. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the uncommon 1868 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its red pebbled boards, with bright gilt-titling and insignia along the front panel. Very light wear at the spine crown, mild dusting to the endsheets and pastedowns. 6 large fold-out plates at the rear, titled as follows: Plate I: Untitled; Plate II: U.S. Siege and Field Rifle Projectiles 1864; Plate III: Confederate 8 Inch Rifle Projectiles; Plate IV: Confederate 7 Inch Rifle Projectiles; Plate V: Confederate 6.4 Inch Rifle Projectiles; and Plate VI: Confederate Siege and Field Rifle Projectiles. #14 in the "Professional Papers Corps of Engineers" series, part of a larger series studying, directly after the Civil War, the "Siege Artillery in the Campaigns in Virginia" Very Good +. Item #20593
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