Author: CLARKE, SIR GEORGE SYDENHAM.
Title: Fortification Its Past Achievements, Recent Developments, And Future Progress.
Description: 8vo; pp. 312; sketch illustrations, diagrams, map of Port Arthur; 3 appendices, index; dustjacket; a fine copy. (Liphook, Hants, UK), Beaufort, (n.d). One of the best general accounts of fortress-warfare since the Renaissance. This new impression is reprinted from the expanded second edition of 1907and is complete with all the original fine-line engravings, although the folding map of Port Arthur has been reduced to a double-page spread.A significant part of the book is given over to the development of warships and its significance for coastal defence.
Keywords: gmil fortification fortress guns fixed defences warships coastal defence
Title: Fortification Its Past Achievements, Recent Developments, And Future Progress.
Description: 8vo; pp. 312; sketch illustrations, diagrams, map of Port Arthur; 3 appendices, index; dustjacket; a fine copy. (Liphook, Hants, UK), Beaufort, (n.d). One of the best general accounts of fortress-warfare since the Renaissance. This new impression is reprinted from the expanded second edition of 1907and is complete with all the original fine-line engravings, although the folding map of Port Arthur has been reduced to a double-page spread.A significant part of the book is given over to the development of warships and its significance for coastal defence.
Keywords: gmil fortification fortress guns fixed defences warships coastal defence
Price: AUD 75.00 = appr. US$ 51.89 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 103935
- Book number: 103935