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The 32-Gun Frigate Essex
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The 32-Gun Frigate Essex Hardcover - 2005

by Portia A. Takakjian


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  • Title The 32-Gun Frigate Essex
  • Author Portia A. Takakjian
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition This edition
  • Pages 127
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher US Naval Institute Press, London
  • Date September 8, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781844860135 / 1844860132
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.24 x 9.76 x 0.59 in (26.01 x 24.79 x 1.50 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90060009
  • Dewey Decimal Code 623.822
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E-373: Phoenix Publications. Very Good. 1990. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Phoenix Publications, Cedarburg, WI. 1990. 127 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (scuff mark present to the rear board; last photo). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. On the successful completion of the War of Independence, the American navy was disbanded, and it was not until the late 1790s that a regular naval force was reconstituted. Provoked by the need to protect American merchant shipping from the belligerent European nations and the piratical Barbary powers, Congress decided on a programme of frigate building, which included the 32-gun frigate Essex. Designed by William Hackett, Essex was a typical medium frigate of her time. Working from both US and British sources, the author has reconstructed… Read More
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E-020: Conway Maritime Pr. Very Good. 2005. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Phoenix Publications, Cedarburg, WI. 1990. 127 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. On the successful completion of the War of Independence, the American navy was disbanded, and it was not until the late 1790s that a regular naval force was reconstituted. Provoked by the need to protect American merchant shipping from the belligerent European nations and the piratical Barbary powers, Congress decided on a programme of frigate building, which included the 32-gun frigate Essex. Designed by William Hackett, Essex was a typical medium frigate of her time. Working from both US and British sources, the author has reconstructed many previously undetermined details of the ship and in passing has… Read More
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