Author: Thomas J. Hayes
Title: Elements of Ordnance a Textbook for Use of Cadets of the United States Military Academy
Description: New York, John Wiley & Sons, INC, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this mid twentieth-century handbook on ordnance, illustrated with many in-text illustrations. The first edition thus of this work, being the first edition of the revision of the 'Textbook of Ordnance and Gunnery&apos.An extensive and detailed work on ordnance in the military.Discussing propellants and high explosives, interior ballistics, breech mechanisms, and more.Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout.Prepared under the direction of Major General Thomas J. Hayes.Institutional stamp to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. A few spots to the fore edge. Institutional stamp to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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