Ruggles, Lieutenant Colonel Colden L'H Ruggles, Ordnance Department U.S. Army, Formerly Professor of Ordnance and Science of Gunnery, United States Military Academy Stresses in Wire-Wrapped Guns and in Gun Carriages , New York & London: John Wil, Inc. and Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1916.

First Edition, First Thousand of 2nd Edn. Cloth. Very Good/No d/w. Lge 8vo. Hardback, 150mm x 235mm tall (6" x 9.25" approx.). Pp xi, 259, with 98 illustrations in b/w photo & line. Previous owner's signature to upper blank margin of title-page and spine sunned, otherwise fine, in the original buckram-covered boards/gilt spine title. The Preface explains that the text was originally prepared for the use of cadets of the United States Military Academy and was printed by the Military Academy Press. "On this account it has not hitherto been available to the public. The copies of the original edition being exhausted, a new edition is necessary and to make it available to the public it is now being published by John Wiles & Sons, Inc." (Book ref. 004122)  £22.50

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