Search Results: fireship the terror weapon of the by kirsch peter

Hardback. Very Good.

a good read.

Seaforth Publishing, 2009-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1024 in x 11.4173 in x 10.0000 in.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 4to (30 x 25 cm). 256 pp. Yellow cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ.

Naval Institute Press, 2009. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine Copy With The Previous Owner's Name Neatly On Top Of Half Title Page. Pristine Interior Along With The Dust Jacket. The Fireship Was The Guided Missile Of The Age Of Sail. Packed With Incendiary (And Sometimes Explosive) Material, It Was Aimed At Its Highly Inflammable Wooden Target By Volunteers Who Bailed Out At The Last Moment. Although It Often Missed Its Target, The Panic It Caused Among The Crews--Who Generally Could Not Swim And Had No Method Of Safely Abandoning Ship--Did The Job. The Most Famous Example Of Its Use Was The English Attack Off Gravelines In 1588 That Led To The Rout Of The Spanish Armada And The Adoption Of The Fireship As An Integral Part Of The British Fleet. The Author Explains How Increasingly Sophisticated "Fireworks" Were Designed Into Specially-Built Ships, And How Doctrines Were Worked Out For Their Deployment. In Covering Some Of The Most… Read More

Naval Institute Press, 2009-06-01. First American Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Naval Institute Press, 2009. Fine. Kirsch, Peter. Fireship: The Terror Weapon of the Age of Sail. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009. 256pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Cloth. Book condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine.

Barnsley, Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st English Language Edition. Original decorated boards. 1848320256 . With b/w & coloured plates & illustrations. Light shelfwear. Dustjacket lightly worn. ; Quarto; 256 pages .

Naval Institute Press, 2009-06-01. First American Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.