Report On European Dock-Yards. by Hichborn, Philip - 1886

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Original blue cloth stamped in gold on the front panel. With eight inserted photographic plates and forty-seven foldout plates, some of which are very large. They represent plans of dockyards (Portsmouth, Cherbourg, Dumbarton, Belfast, London, etc.), ships (Riachuelo, Naniwa Kan, Esmeralda, etc.), sections, and more. Chapters include Details, Fittings, and Equipment of Naval Vessels, Torpedo-Boats, Ship-Yard Appliances and Tools, British Private Yards, Management of Work and Employees, Iron and Steel Works, and more. Front hinge a bit weak, cloth shows some faint stains. Internally fairly clean with the occasional smudge and the edges of two of the foldout plates showing some wear and small stains. A good+ copy. ; Octavo.

E-123: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1889. 90 pgs. With inserted photographic plates and foldout plates, some of which are very large. Second Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and orange cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Front board is off the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn toured European dock yards and ship-building facilities toward the end of the 20th Century and filed this report. Seven photo-gravure plates plus a frontis of the author. Forty seven additional maps, plans and diagrams, including a massive six-fold illustration of of the Mersey's Gun-Deck. They represent plans of dockyards (Portsmouth, Cherbourg, Dumbarton, Belfast, London, etc. ) , ships (Riachuelo, Naniwa Kan, Esmeralda, etc. ) ,… Read More