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Ammunition and gunnery: 'A Manual of Gunnery 1873 for Her Ma...

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Ammunition and gunnery: 'A Manual of Gunnery 1873 for Her Majesty's Fleet', London, HMSO, 1873. Well-bound with a few marks to blue boards. 317pp. Many diagrams. Also 'Treatise on Ammunition 1887' Published by order of the Secretary of State for War. 4th ed. (revised) Corrected up to 31st October, 1887. Red boards mottled and worn, but very clean and interally with many illustrations, some in colour. Also 'B.R. 224/45 The Gunnery Pocket Book' with a number of fod-outs in colour to rear. Also, a pamphlet: 'Is England to be Caught Napping?', Longridge, James A., March 1885. It takes the form of a letter to the then Chancellor, Hugh Childers. (4 items.)

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Auction Date: 17th Nov 2022 at 10am

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