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RARE ANTE-BELLUM CIVIL WAR ERA BOOK ON ARTILLERY BY DAHLGREN, 1856

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RARE ANTE-BELLUM CIVIL WAR ERA BOOK ON ARTILLERY BY DAHLGREN, 1856

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"Shells and Shell-Guns" by J.A. Dahlgren, Commander in Charge of Experimental Ordnance Department, Navy Yard, Washington", Philadelphia, King & Baird, Printers, No. 9 Sansom St. 1856. 3/4 black leather with gilt title. Spattered red edge. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", 436 pages. Wear to binding, contents near fine, bright and fresh, with only a few spots of toning.